Pictorial Parade No. 184 - New Zealand's Day with 'LBJ'

Short Film (Full Length) – 1966

President Lyndon B Johnson's whirlwind visit to New Zealand on 19 October 1966 is chronicled in this National Film Unit documentary. The visit came as controversy grew over Kiwi involvement in the Vietnam War. But aside from a few protestors, the first visit to NZ by a serving US President and his wife was greeted with enthusiasm by about 200,000 Wellingtonians. State and civic receptions were followed by the obligatory farm visit to watch a shearing gang, before the President flew out at the end of 'New Zealand’s day with LBJ'.

It was in 1942, almost a quarter of a century ago, during the darkest days of World War Two, that Lieutenant Commander Lyndon B Johnson of the United States Navy, was last in New Zealand.
– Narrator