Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL OF HIS BODY

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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. PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL OF HIS BODY

1963

Summary: Coverage of Pres and Mrs John F. Kennedy's departure for Texas by VC-137C and arrrival of the President's body after his assassination in Dallas. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 783': 1) MCU's of Brig Gen Clair L. Wood, Comdr 10001st AB Wing Hqs Comd, and a lieutenant colonel talking. 2) LS to MLS of USAF VH-3A taxiing to stop -- shows Mrs. Eunice Schriver and Edward (Ted) Kennedy alighting and boarding VC-140B, after which the ramp is rolled away and aircraft door closed. 3) Scenes of chocks being pulled from VC-140B and aircraft taxiing -- intercut with photographers. 4) LS's & MLS's of waiting crowd including newsmen and photographers; high-lift truck moving out to rear door of VC-137C, No. 26000, receiving the flag-draped casket bearing the body of John F. Kennedy, casket being transferred into Navy ambulance -- the President's widow and Attorney General Robert Kennedy watching in bg, and Navy ambulance pulling away (night scene). 5) Scenes of lighted sign on building: ANDREWS AFB OPERATIONS; crowd, cameramen, newsmen and NBC TV personnel in action -- shows honor guard in front of air terminal. 6) LS's of members of Pres Kennedy's cabinet alighting from VC-137B -- shows Secy of State Dean Rusk (center) talking with newsmen -- with him, left to right, are: Secy of Agriculture Orville Freeman; Secy of Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Secy of Interior Stewart Udall; Secy of Commerce Luther H. Hodges; Dr. Walter Heller, Chairman of Council on Economic Advisors; and Secy of Labor W. Willard Wirtz. Shows VIP's leaving cars. 7) LS of Pres Lyndon B. Johnson, with his wife at his side, reading his first public statement before a bank of microphones. Reel 2, 100': Scenes of Pres and Mrs. John F. Kennedy arriving at Andrews AFB by USMC VH-3A. Shows them alighting, Pres Kennedy and Navy aide going to VC-137C, aircraft ramp rollaway, VC-137C taxiing and taking off. Also shows the USMC VH-3A taxiing away. Good (Basic: Orig neg)

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