Lester Pearson Visits President Johnson (1964)

Unused / Unissued material - Title reads: “President Hails US - Canadian Cooperation“. American voiceovered newsreel material. Washington DC, United States of America (USA). LS Helicopter coming into land on the lawn at the White House. VS President Lyndon Baines Johnson walks across and greets Canadian Prime Minister Lester B Pearson and his wife, who alight from the helicopter. VS In the White House with their two wives also present, the two heads along with their Secretaries of State Dean Rusk and Paul Martin get down to signing two treaties, one on the multi-million dollar power and flood prevention development in the Pacific Northwest and the other making former-President Roosevelt’s home at Campobello Island an international park. (.) Old record suggests this material dates from around 26/01/1964. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.