On the steps of the Capitol
An elderly member of the US Senate looks through the viewfinder of an equally elderly Akeley newsreel camera belonging to a member of the local press corps.
Coolidge and the Press
President Calvin Coolidge and newsreel photographers. Coolidge was well loved by the press for being as pliable as putty in their hands, and was always willing to stand for a gag shot dressed as anything from a cowboy (photo above) to a fisherman to a boy scout.
A senator, a gun and a few news crews
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Senator Tom Connally (D-TX), shows off his shooting skills for the newsreel crews on Capitol Hill before he leaves D.C. on a hunting trip in his native Texas on June 14, 1938
Presser at the White House, 1946
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News crews film President Truman and General Montgomery outside the White House on September 11, 1946
