Video of Making History: President Obama’s New Approach to Old Adversaries (24-17944-F.1)

The materials in FOIA 24-17944-F.1 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.1 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 on March 20, 2016.  Footage from March 22, 2016, includes the Obamas attending a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National Team, and President Obama meeting with Cuban dissidents.  

80 video clips

  • Videos

The materials in FOIA 24-17944-F.1 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.1:

Audiovisual Records

     Communications Agency, White House (WHCA)

     Obama Administration Material

          Tape 2755 President Obama Attends Baseball Exhibition Game 1 in Cuba 

          Tape 2755 President Obama Greet with Civil Dissidents in Cuba

          Tape 2755 Clips 032216 President Obama Attends Baseball Exhibition Game 2 in Cuba

     White House TV

          Tape 7342 20160320-20160324 Arrivals, Departures OTR's - 03/20/2016, 7 clips, 7 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.