Videos of White House videographers (22-21458-F.3)

The materials in FOIA 22-21458-F.3 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.3 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 Memorial Concert on January 18, 2009, and the stop at Baltimore’s War Memorial Plaza during the inaugural Whistle Stop Tour on January 17, 2009.

116 video clips

  • Videos

The materials in FOIA 22-21458-F.3 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.3:

Audiovisual Records

Communications Agency, White House (WHCA)

     Obama Administration Material

          Tape 2800 Lincoln Concert and Inauguration - 01/20/2009, 23 clips, 21 Release in Full, 2 Withheld in Part

          Tape 2801 Lincoln Concert and Inauguration - 01/20/2009, 33 clips, 33 Release in Full

          Tape 2265 DC Concert – 01/18/2009, 30 clips, 24 Release in Full, 1 Withheld in Part, 5 Withheld in Full (These 30 clips are duplicates of the videos from Tape 2800 That were released in Segment 2.  These videos can be made available upon request.)

          Tape 2437 DC Concert – 01/18/2009, 30 clips, 24 Release in Full, 1 Withheld in Part, 5 Withheld in Full (These 30 clips are duplicates of the videos from Tape 2800 That were released in Segment 2.  These videos can be made available upon request.)

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.