Gerald Ford Presidential Library

The eighth in a series on presidential libraries focused on Gerald R. Ford’s life and career through rarely seen film and sound recordings, … read more

The eighth in a series on presidential libraries focused on Gerald R. Ford’s life and career through rarely seen film and sound recordings, as well as letters, documents and artifacts collected from the stacks and vaults of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Library officials guided a tour of the library and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Series historian and consultant Richard Norton Smith participated from the studio in Washington, D.C.

Highlighted film and sound featured during the program included audiotaped interviews with President Ford conducted by journalist and former Ford White House aide James Cannon from the late 1980s and into the mid-1990s; a filmed 1995 interview with President Ford by his White House photographer, David Hume Kennerly, in which President Ford tells the behind-the-scenes stories of photographs documenting his presidency; and the first-ever filmed tour of Camp David. President Ford opened the secretive sit close

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Gerald Ford Presidential Library

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Program ID:
200508-1
Category:
C-SPAN Specials
Format:
Call-In
Location:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
First Aired:
Oct 26, 2007 | 8:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:
Dec 27, 2007 | 11:13pm EST | C-SPAN 2

Airing Details

  • Oct 26, 2007 | 8:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Oct 26, 2007 | 11:07pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Dec 27, 2007 | 11:13pm EST | C-SPAN 2
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