President Johnson Presents Freedom Medals (1963)

President Johnson presents freedom medals to a variety of people. It is the highest civilian award one can get in 1963. Unissued / Unused material - Title reads: “Freedom Medals Presented; Highest Civilian Award“. American voiceovered newsreel material. White House, Washington DC, United States of America (USA). CU of the new Presidential Medal of Freedom. VS at ceremony in which President Lyndon Baines Johnson presents medals to various people including singer Marian Anderson, Peace Corps. member Genevieve Caulfield, trades union leader AFL-CIO President George Meany and Attorney General Robert Kennedy who accepts a posthumous medal for his brother the late President John F Kennedy. (.) Old record suggests material dates from around 11/12/1963. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT