(2025-0646-F) White House Videos - Video of Beth Medrash Govoha event

One (1) White House Television Office unit tape totaling four (4) minutes and thirty-four (34) seconds.

FOIA 2025-0646-F is a video recording of President William Jefferson Clinton at an event for the Beth Medrash Govoha at the St. Regis Hotel in New York, New York on March 11, 1996. The footage includes video of President Clinton entering the event, Jay Schottensetin making brief remarks and presenting the President with a Talmud. While the President does make remarks, the White House Television Office (WHTV) unit did not record the entirety of the remarks.

FOIA 2025-0646-F is a video recording of President William Jefferson Clinton at an event for the Beth Medrash Govoha at the St. Regis Hotel in New York, New York on March 11, 1996. The footage includes video of President Clinton entering the event, Jay Schottensetin making brief remarks and presenting the President with a Talmud. While the President does make remarks, the White House Television Office (WHTV) unit did not record the entirety of the remarks.

Videos

Records that were responsive to this FOIA request were found in one collection area and one series— Clinton Presidential Records: Video of the White House Television Office unit and the series therein— Video Recordings Relating to the Clinton Administration. Processing is done at the individual tape level. While this method maintains tape run time integrity, it frequently results in the processing of video that are not wholly responsive to the subject area.

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Staff Archivist, 2025

Clinton Presidential Records: Video Recordings of the White House Television Office Unit
Series: Video Recordings Relating to the Clinton Administration
Video Tapes:
MT05031 March 11, 1996