Respondent to being in service to the president. Is. But i think it would be a far reach to see anything like duri dowton abby. Mr. Walters, i have a very simple question to ask you. During your tenure, who was your favorite social secretary that you worked with . Somehow, i thought a former social secretary might come up with that question. And, of course, it had to be caprica marshall. Th we spent probably more time with each other than we did with our spouses for eight years. This is working, yes, absolutely workinu at the white house. This is a light hearted question, but i noticed when yo. Were talking about the pingpong, you never said who won. Thats right. I didnt. Tt. G you mentioned that at one time there was the suggestion during mr. Trumans administration that they tear down the white house and start over again. And i wonder, have there ever been serious recommendations that it might be healthier if the president and his family lived separately from their office . At least s
Wasnt seeing things, seeing spots as it were and notice d te edge indicated thoerp kodakole lor, which to me, would be color film and you would see image of color in the frame, but they werent and they looked further the dates indicated they early 30s, late 20s and did research and discovered kodacolor film was an early precursor to kodachrome. Only exist ed from 28 to 35 ad the design of these films, the mechanics of the film, the lines i was looking at were little tiny microscopic lenses that would trap the color when filmed through a camera with a filter developed and then reprojected through that same filter on a projector. And thats where the color was seen. But from the naked eye, it look ed like a black and white film with odd little stripes how hard was it to get them projected in color . Did you have that technology lying around . No, we dont. Several years ago, i found or seen on an exhibit in oklahoma in a museum, a kodacolor protect er. But never gave it a Second Thought be
Sign up. Sunday night on q and e. Founder and ceo of open the books. On how taxpayer dollars are spent and the need for transparency. Last summer, we found that during a period where up to a thousand sick veterans died while waiting to see a doctor. The va spent 20 million on a high end art fort portfolio. 27 fo 27 foot Christmas Trees costing like cars. Sculptures cost like homes. By a va center that serves behind veterans. It was a cubed rock sculpture with landscaping for 1. 2 million. This is the type of waste thats in our government. Sunday night at 8 eastern. On cspan q and a. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. On the phone with us here on American History tv is lynn smith, who is an audiovisual archivist at the Herbert Hoover president ial library and museum in west branch, iowa. You made an interesting discovery recently while working w
Teaches womens history, american diplomatic history and africanAmerican History. She has published six books, most recently editing in 2016, the companions for first ladies. Her monographs include red spies in america and don of the cold war. Of sovietion relations. Behind the tragedy and controversy. She received her phd from the university of california. Usa today, canadian broadcasting company. Here is something you dont hear about historians every day. Which she wrote at the ohio state marion campus. We are so enthused by her work that we are gladly welcoming her back. As a primary organizer, we will be having on southern first ladies. Lets learn about a northern first lady. Thank you so what so much. Im thrilled to see so many of you here to learn about Florence Harding. You are probably wondering why she up there. She broke think that the mold, because we all know she broke the mold. Et me give you another example who made the cracks . The subject of our talk, Florence Harding. F
Smith who is an audio visual archivist at the herbert president ial library. You made an interesting discovery while working with home movies. What did you find . Well, it was an interesting thing i was working on evaluating the films measuring for shrinkage and all of that. I noticed some of these black and white film had lines on each frame. I pulled it out to make sure i wasnt seeing spots as it were. As the etch code indicated they curcolor. Which to me you would see image of color in the frames. They werent. I looked for dates indicated they were early 30s, late 20s. I did research and discovered that this was an early precursor to koto chromophilm. The design of the films, the mechanics, the lines i was looking at were little tiny lenses that would trap the color when film through a camera with a filter developed and then reprojected through the same filter on a projector. And thats where the color was seen. But from the naked eye it looked like a black and white film with odd st