Video footage captured for the "Making History: President Obama’s New Approach to Old Adversaries" YouTube Video [Segment 2] (24-17944-F.2)
The materials in FOIA 24-17944-F.2 are a selective, not necessarily all-inclusive, body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult an archivist about related materials.
FOIA 24-17944-F requested any rushes, additional video that was not edited, or without music from the video Making History: President Obama's New Approach to Old Adversaries, released on the Obama White House YouTube channel on December 9, 2016. The requester narrowed the request to videos showing travel to Cuba on March 20, 2016, and all videos in Cuba from March 22, 2016.
This FOIA primarily contains footage of travel to and arrival in Cuba. Footage from March 22, 2016, includes the Obamas attending a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National Team, President Obama participating in a sketch for the television show Panifillo, and the departure from Cuba.
56 video clips
- Videos
The materials in FOIA 24-17944-F.2 are a systematic body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult an archivist about related materials.
Documents responsive to this FOIA were found in these collection areas – White House Communications Agency.
White House Communications Agency records are processed at the folder/videotape level. While this method maintains folder/videotape integrity, it frequently results in the incidental processing of videotapes that are not wholly responsive to the subject area.
The following is a list of documents, folders, and electronic search results lists (SRLs) that were processed in response to FOIA 24-17944-F.2:
Audiovisual Records
- Communications Agency, White House (WHCA)
- Obama Administration Material
- Tape 2753 - WWW V26 E10 (16 clips; 14 Release in Full, 2 Withheld in Full):
- Travel to Cuba, March 20, 2016
- Tape 2755 - WWW V26 E10 (16 clips; 11 Release in Full, 5 Withheld in Full):
- President Obama Participates in a Panfillo Sketch, March 21, 2016
- Departure from Cuba, March 22, 2016
- Tape 2753 - WWW V26 E10 (16 clips; 14 Release in Full, 2 Withheld in Full):
- White House TV
- Tape 7342 - 20160320-20160324 Arrivals, Departures OTR's - 03/20/2016 (24 clips; 24 Release in Full): President Obama in Cuba, March 22, 2016
- Obama Administration Material
Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Barack Obama Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.
Audiovisual records in this collection were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, USC) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
Official records of Barack Obama’s presidency are housed at the Barack Obama Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).
Staff Archivists, 2025. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.