WHCA video footage filmed during President Obama's July 7, 2009 visit to Moscow, Russia (24-38489-F)

The materials in FOIA 24-38489-F 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 24-38489-F requested White House Communications Agency (WHCA) video footage filmed during President Obama’s visit to Moscow, Russia. 

This FOIA primarily contains footage of President Obama at the Parallel Civil Society Summit at the Metropol Hotel, and the New Economic School graduation ceremony at Gostiny Dvor. First Lady Michelle Obama accompanied at the graduation ceremony. There is also footage of pool sprays of President Obama meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at Putin’s dacha, and
President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin.

82 video clips

  • Videos

The materials in FOIA 24-38489-F 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 24-38489-F:

Audiovisual Records

     Communications Agency, White House (WHCA)

       White House TV

          Tape 661 Breakfast with Prime Minister Putin - 07/07/2009, 20 clips, 20 Release in Full.

          Tape 662 POTUS remarks at Economic School Graduation Speech - 07/07/2009, 25 clips, 25 Release in Full.

          Tape 663 POTUS remarks at Economic School Graduation Speech - 07/07/2009, 2 clips, 2 Release in Full.

       Obama Administration Material

          Tape 1807 Moscow Trip 2 - 07/07/2009, 35 clips, 31 Release in Full, 4 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, 2024. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.