Video Footage captured by White House Videographers (22-21458-F.7)

The materials in FOIA 22-21458-F.7 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 22-21458-F.7 requested all the raw video footage shot by White House Videographers Arun Chaudhary, Hope Hall, and any other official videographer working in the White House during the Obama Administration.  

This FOIA primarily contains footage from a St. Patrick’s Day Reception at the White House on March 17, 2009, and the groundbreaking of the White House Kitchen Garden on March 20, 2009.  
 

57 video clips
 

  • Videos

The materials in FOIA 22-21458-F.7 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 22-21458-F.7

Audiovisual Records

Communications Agency, White House (WHCA)

Obama Administration Material

Tape 1771 St. Patrick's Day - 03/17/2009, 14 videos reviewed, 13 Release in Full, 1 Withheld in Full.

Tape 1797 St. Patrick's Day - 03/17/2009, 14 videos reviewed, 13 Release in Full, 1 Withheld in Full. (These 14 clips are duplicates of the videos from Tape 1771.  These videos can be made available upon request.)

Tape 1772 FLOTUS Garden Ground Breaking - 03/20/2009, 37 videos, 37 Release in Full.

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.
 

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, 2024. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.