Videos of White House videographers (22-21458-F.2)

The materials in FOIA 22-21458-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 22-21458-F.2 requested all 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 shot by the White House videographer during the Lincoln Concert from January 18, 2009.

58 video clips

  • Videos

The materials in FOIA 22-21458-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 22-21458-F.2:

Audiovisual Records

Communications Agency, White House (WHCA)

     Obama Administration Material

          Tape 2800 Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. This video contains 58 of the clips,

          contains 58 clips, of which 55 are released in full and 3 are withheld 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, 2023. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.