Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 1921 - 2008. Motion Picture Films. 1961 - 1990. KENNEDY INAUGURATION 1961

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 1921 - 2008. Motion Picture Films. 1961 - 1990. KENNEDY INAUGURATION 1961

1961

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Reel l, Pres. Eisenhower greets the Kennedys as they arrive at the White House. Eisenhower and Kennedy together with Vice Pres. Nixon and Sen. Johnson drive to the Capitol. Shows crowds and the White House parade stands. Kennedy, Johnson, and others walk from the White House to the reviewing stand. Parade units pass. Includes scenes of the Cabinet members being sworn into office--close-ups of Sec. of State Rusk and Att. Gen. Robert Kennedy. Reel 2, Sound. Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, and Johnson, appear on the Inaugural platform. A priest prays. Marian Anderson sings. Reel 3, Sound. speaker of the House Rayburn administers the oath to Vice-Pres. Johnson; Chief Justice Warren swears in Pres. Kennedy who begins his Address. Reel 4, Sound. Kennedy concludes his Address. A rabbi prays, the Marine Band plays, and the official party leaves the Inaugural platform. Reel 5, other guests leave the platform. Kennedy walks through the Capitol Rotunda on his way to and from the ceremony. Shows crowds. Rayburn swears in Johnson and Warren, Kennedy. Reel 6, Part 1 shows people in bldgs. along the parade route. Pres. Kennedy's escort, servicemen with state flags, the Fife and Drum Corps, and cadets from the military and naval academies march up Pa. Ave. Shows the Kennedy's, Truman's, Cabinet members, and Joint Chiefs of Staff's cars. Part 2, the Pres. party drives to the Capitol for the Inaugural. A man holds the Bible used by Kennedy in taking his oath. Shows the Marine Band and souvenir sellers. The Pres. delivers his Address (no sd.). Reel 7, shows parade units, crowds, souvenir sellers, Scouts, the Kennedys and others in cars, Robert Kennedy waving, and the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Academy units. Police "controllers" use handy-talkies. Reel 8, shows crowds, parade units, Navy and Air Force units (including PT Boat float), the police "V" beginning the parade, Gen. Gavin (Grand Marshall), the Army band, and thePres.'s. escort. The Kennedys pass in an open car. Includes scenes of the Trumans (with Gen. Harry Vaughan), Mrs. Alben Barkley and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, the Cabinet members, and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and Eleanor Roosevelt in their cars. Reel 9, the Presidential party drives to and returns from the Capitol. Shows the beginning of the parade. Reel 10 shows pre-parade snow removal operations across from the White House. The Pres.'s party arrives at the White House from the Capitol. Parade units pass in review. Reel 11, Pres. and Mrs. Kennedy pose with their families. The Cabinet members shake hands and pose. Chief Justice Warren swears in the Cabinet; Kennedy speaks (no sd.). Parade units are shown including the Mass. and Texas units. Shows a man riding a buffalo, crowds watching, and crowds filing into stands. Reel 12, shows service academy marchers, Army units and missiles, and the Mass. and other parade units. Reel 13, shows Army missiles; the Mass. and Texas units; Air Force marchers, missiles, and floats; Indians; the cars of Mrs. Wilson and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Joint Chiefs, and some Senators; Army and Navy Academy units; and other paraders. Reel 14, shows a man on a buffalo, parade units, the Kennedys and Johnsons in cars, and Navy marching units and floats. Reel 15 shows parade units including Marine marching and armored units, and Govs. Rockefeller (N. Y.) and Combs (Kentucky). Reel 16, Part 1 shows Marine units, Air Force marching units and missiles, close-ups of the Presidential party reviewing the parade, Navy marching units and floats, and miscellaneous paraders. Part 2, Kennedy takes his oath and begins his Address (no sd.). Reel 17, parade units pass in review including Marine units and Navy marching units and floats. Shows Gov. Rockefeller's car. Reel 18, crowds and the Pres. watch the parade. Shows the Navy units, Gov. Erbe of Iowa, and Air Force marching units and missiles. Reel19, shows parade units; Govs. Rockefeller and Sanford (N. Car.); crowds; Scouts; the Presidential party on

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