First Lady's Tour: Inspects Coal Areas Hit By Unemployment
First Lady's Tour: Inspects Coal Areas Hit By Unemployment
Clip: 429210_1_1
Year Shot: 1964
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1719
Original Film: 037-004-03
HD: N/A
Location: Pennsylvania
Timecode: 00:23:00 - 00:24:03
Mrs. Lyndon Johnson assumes her duties as First Lady with a visit to one of the nation's distressed areas -- the coal mining region of Scranton and Wilkes Barre, Pa. She attends the dedication of a science center designed to train unemployed men in new skills that will attract modern industries to the area. Pennsylvania The First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson is greeting and shaking hands with the people who live in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. MS - Throngs stand behind the ropes. MCUOH - Lady Bird smiling and shaking hands with children and adults. CUS - Lady Bird Johnson attending a dedication.