Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities . 1982 - 1999. Robert F. Kennedy Funeral

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Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities . 1982 - 1999. Robert F. Kennedy Funeral

1968

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This film provides a brief glimpse of the funeral of Robert F. Kennedy, held at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Footage includes a scene of President and Mrs. Johnson arriving at the Cathedral, shots of Ethel and Edward Kennedy and other members of the Kennedy family, and ex-Supreme Court Justice and Ambassador to the United Nations Arthur Goldberg. Although most of the footage is silent, there are two sound bites. The first is Edward Kennedy's reading of a quote from his brother Robert: "Some men see things as they are and ask 'Why?' I dream things that never were and ask, 'Why not?'" The second is the choir's singing of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" as the clergy file past the casket.

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