Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY

1961

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Summary: Coverage of the inauguration of John F. Kennedy as US President at the Capitol Building and the inaugural parade. Reel 1: MLS of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Vice President Richard Nixon, Vice President Elect Lyndon B. Johnson and President Elect John F. Kennedy arriving on the inaugural platform. 231': MLS to MS of VIPs on the inaugural platform including President Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Johnson, Vice President Nixon and Lyndon Johnson. 266': MS to MLS Cardinal Richard Cushing giving the invocation and Marian Anderson singing the national anthem. 594': Total footage in reel. Reel 2: MS to MLS of London Johnson taking oath of office as Vice President of the United states. 84': MS to MLS Chief Justice Earl Warren giving presidential oath of office to John F. Kennedy and President Kennedy delivering inaugural address. 964': Total footage in reel. MS to MLS President John F. Kennedv completing inaugural address. 142': MS to MLS of benediction by Rabbi Nelson Glueck, President and Mrs. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Eisenhower, Vice President Johnson and Mr. Nixon leaving the inaugural platform. 633': Total footage in reel. Reel 4: MSs of arrival of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, Senator John Sparkman and Representative Sam Rayburn at the White House where they are greeted by Pres. Eisenhower. 51': MSs of Vice President Nixon. Lyndon Johnson. Pres. and Mrs. Eisenhower Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, Senator John Sparkman and representative Sam Rayburn leaving White House for inauguration ceremonies. 95': LS, MS & MCUs of convoy of official cars leaving the White House for the Capitol Building. 316': Scene of the inaugural ceremonies at the Capitol Building showing Pres. Kennedy delivering address and spectators and officials taking places on the platform. 684': Scenes of Pres. Kennedy delivering address and Marine Corps band playing. 777': LS & MLS of spectators leaving and the ceremonies on the inaugural platform. 953': Total footage in reel. Reel 5: Personalities riding in open cars in the inaugural parade include Pres. and Mrs. John F. Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General; J. Edward Day, Postmaster General; Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior; Sen. John Sparkman; Earl Warren, Chief Justice; Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Truman; Luther H. Hodges, Secretary of Commerce; Arthur J. Goldberg, Secretary of Labor; Abraham A. Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare; Mrs. Woodrow Wilson; Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt; Adm. Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. Thomas D. White, Air Force Chief of Staff; Adm. Alfred G. Richmond; Sen. Carl Hayden; Mrs. John Sparkman; Mrs. W. A. Thomas; Sen. Styles Bridges of New Hampshire; Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin; Gov. Matthew E. Welsh of Indiana; Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York; Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan; Mrs. Alben W. Barkley; Mrs. Nicholas Longworth; Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of Treasury; Dean Rusk, Secretary of State; Sen. Mike Mansfield of Montana; Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. David M. Shoup, USMC and Vice President Johnson's daughters, Lynda Bird and Lucy Baines. 898': Total footage in reel. Reel 6: MLS & MS arrival and departure of VIPs at the inaugural platform. 177': MLS & MS swearing in ceremonies and receiving line for President Kennedy's cabinet consisting of; Dean Rusk, Secretary of State; C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of Treasury; Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General; Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of Interior; J. Edward Day, Postmaster General; Orville L. Freeman, Secretary of Agriculture; Luther H. Hodges, Secretary of Commerce; Arthur J. Goldberg, Secretary of Labor; and Abrahem A. Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. 499': Scenes of Washington DC policeman using portable radio-telephone and motorcycle escort at front of the parade. 801': Total footage in reel. Reel 7: Personalities riding in cars in the inaugural parade include: Pres. and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, Sen. John Sparkman, Dean Rusk, Gen. David M. Shoup, Vice Pres. and Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Truman, Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin, Gov. Terry Sanford of North Carolina, C. Douglas Dillon, and Robert S. McNamara. 183': LS, MS & MCU of US Army band and US Military Academy cadets marching in the inaugural parade. 615': LS, MS & MCU US Naval Academy band, drum and bugle corps and cadets marching in parade. 901': Total footage in reel. Reel 8: LSs, MLSs & MS of US Naval Academy band, drum and bugle corps and cadets and USAF Academy band marching in the inaugural parade. 607': LS, MS & MCU US Army bands, troops, WACs, tanks and Pershing, Lacrosse, Nike, Hercules and Nike-Zeus missiles in the inaugural parade. 893': Total footage in reel. Reel 9: Scenes of US Army bands, WAC band, 26th Infantry Division band, troops, tanks, 175mm self propelled gun and Pershing, Lacrosse, Little John, Hawk, Nike-Hercules and Nike-Zeus missiles in the parade. 770': Total footage in reel. Reel 10: LS, MLS & MSs US Coast Guard and US Merchant Marine Academy bands and cadets marching in the inaugural parade. 410': MS, MCU & CU spectators watching the parade. 827': Total footage in reel. Reel 11: LS, MS & CU spectators watching parade and inaugural ceremonies at the Capitol. 674': President and Mrs. Kennedy and Vice President Johnson watching parade from review stand. 898': Total footage in reel. Real 12: MLS, MSs of Pres. and Mrs. Kennedy, Vice Pres. Johnson and official party watching inaugural parade from review stand. 76': LS & MSs of equestrian, high school, military school and honorary military units marching in the inaugural parade. 874': Total footage in reel. Reel 13: LS & MS of military schools and honorary military units marching. 130': MS & MCUs of floats representing March of Dimes, Kentucky, Four Freedoms, Georgia, Texas, Maine, Communication Workers of America, Delaware, South Carolina, Massachusetts, District of Columbia, New York, Tennessee, Maryland, Ohio, Florida, Chicago, Alabama and Missippi in the parade. 944': Total footage in reel. Reel 14: LS, MS & MCU of high school, college and military school bands and marching units in the inaugural parade. 891': Total footage in reel. Reel 15: Scenes of the parade showing high school and college bands, marching units, man riding a buffalo, USAF airmen and band, WAF's, WAF band, Thor-Agena missile, Discoverer capsule, Round Dog, Minuteman, X-15 and B-70 model in the inaugural parade. 746': MLS, MS & MCU of US Navy band, sailors, WAVES, PT-109 boat, Polaris missile, Transit satellite, A4D and F4H aircraft in the inaugural parade. 889': Total footage in reel. Reel 16: LS, MS & MCU of Navy band, sailors, WAVES, PT-109 boat, Polaris, Transit, A4D, F4H and Bathesphere Trieste in the inaugural parade. 782': MS & MCU of USMC band and drum and bugle corps, Marines and Women of the Marines in the inaugural parade. 923': Total footage in reel. Reel 17: MS & MCU of USMC band and drum and bugle corps, marines, Women of the Marines, 1/4 ton trucks pulling howitzers and mule vehicles with recoilless rifles in the inaugural parade. 463': Shows 50-star US flag flying on flagpole. 481': Total footage in reel. Good-poor

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