All of the raw footage shot within the Obama Administration by White House videographers (22-21458-F.5)

The materials in FOIA 22-21458-F.5 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.5 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 filmed by the White House videographer from trips President Obama took to Elkhart, Indiana, on February 2, 2009, and Ottawa, Canada, on February 19, 2009.  Footage from the Elkhart trip includes remarks by the President at the Monaco RV Factory.  Footage in Ottawa includes remarks by the President at the U.S. Embassy, meeting with Canadian leaders, shopping at a local mall, and travel. 

101 video clips

  • Videos

The materials in FOIA 22-21458-F.5 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.5:

Audiovisual Records

     Communications Agency, White House (WHCA)

          Obama Administration Material

          Tape 1732 20090209_Elkhart_Indiana, 27 videos, 27 Release in Full

          Tape 1733 20090219AC_Ottawa_Trip, 74 videos, 67 Release in Full, 1 Withheld in Part, 6 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.

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, 2023. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. 

22-39755-F [2]: Video Shot for Inside the White House: The Situation Room.

22-51429-F [2]: Raw Footage from the West Wing Week Episode from July 17, 2015.

23-00006-P: Videos from the Precision Medicine Initiative Event at the White House on January 30, 2015.

23-00011-P: Videos of the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday Trip.

23-00012-P: Videos from the Obamas Trip to Visit the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on June 13, 2014.

23-00028-P: Videos from President Obama’s Trip to Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 15, 2010.

23-00029-P: Videos from the 1985 Chicago Bears Visit to the White House on October 7, 2011.

23-00030-P: Videos from the Let’s Move! South Lawn Soccer Event on October 7. 2010.

23-00031-P: Videos from the Astronomy Night Event at the White House on October 7, 2009.