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John F Kennedy inaugurated as 35th President of U.S. in Washington DC.

Transfer of office from outgoing President Dwight Eisenhower to President elect John F Kennedy. Exterior view of the White House after a snow fall. View of Kennedy sitting at his desk in the Oval Office. View of part of the National Mall in the snow, with Washington Monument in the distance in Washington DC. John F Kennedy with wife Jacqueline Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhower, Vice President Richard Nixon, former President Harry Truman, members of Congress, Supreme Court Judges, Diplomats, representatives of the art and literature community including contralto singer Marian Anderson and poet Robert Frost, Vice-President elect Lyndon Johnson, and others walking in the U.S. Capitol Building toward the inauguration ceremony seating. John F Kennedy takes Presidential Oath of Office administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren witnessed by a large crowd. President begins his Inaugural speech. 20 January 1961.

Date: 1961, January 20
Duration: 6 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034026
John F Kennedy's Inaugural speech as 35th President of U.S. in Washington DC.

John F Kennedy gives inaugural speech on being elected as 35th President of U.S. in Washington DC. He raises issues of employment for poor, making United Nations more powerful and a new beginning for peace with adversaries through negotiation. 20 January 1961.

Date: 1961, January 20
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034027
U.S. President John F Kennedy's Inaugural Parade as 35th President of U.S. in Washington DC.

President John F Kennedy and wife Jacqueline Kennedy in Inauguration Parade cheered by crowd in Washington DC. Parade includes floats presented by various states and military. Float representing President's home state Massachusetts and its Governor John A Volpe and Vice President Lyndon Johnson's home state Texas. President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson with their wives at the Inaugural Ball introduce members of the Cabinet, Secretary of State Dean Rusk with his wife, Secretary of Treasury C Douglas Dillon with his wife, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and wife, Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy, and Ambassador to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson and his Daughter-in-Law.The following day all the cabinet members and John F Kennedy taking charge. 20 January 1961.

Date: 1961, January 20
Duration: 7 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034028
R. Sargent Shriver shows articles collected from various nations as he prepares to leave his office in Washington DC.

Director of Peace Corps Robert Sargent Shriver in Washington DC. Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. is interviewed. He is questioned about pictures and sovereigns as he prepares to leave his office. Pictures and sovereigns in the office. Sargent Shriver removes a Mexican sombrero and a whip from a wall and tells the interviewer how he obtained it. He shows a wooden stick which was used and presented by the chief of a tribe of West Africa. An ebony cane received from northern Nigeria. He shows the Magsaysay Foundation Award for the work done by United States Peace Corps in Asia. He shows the White House pen which was used by former U.S. President John F. Kennedy to sign the Peace Corps Act on September 27, 1961 with the President's autograph. Sargent shows a framed letter by the parents of the first Peace Corps volunteer to die abroad. He reads out the letter.

Date: 1966
Duration: 6 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071954
President John F. Kennedy State visit to Paris, France.

Glimpse of President John F. Kennedy (JFK) making a speech at his inauguration,on the Capitol steps, Washington, DC, in January, 1961. The White House. President Kennedy speaking on June 6, 1961, while seated at his desk in the Oval Office, to report the the American people about his just completed 4-day trip to Europe. View of Air Force One taxiing in after landing at Orly Airport, Paris, France. French President, Charles de Gaulle strides red carpet to the President's plane, as President and Mrs. Kennedy descend to the foot of the stairs, where de Gaulle greets them. American and French flags wave on flag poles and a French military band plays as the two Presidents walk on a red carpet. Madame de Gaulle and French Government leaders are gathered in Airport reception room, where U.S. ambassador, James Gavin, introduces JFK to members of the French welcoming committee, including Lee Radziwill, his sister-in-law, whom he kisses. Glimpse of cinematographers. President de Gaulle gives formal welcoming speech. President Kennedy makes some brief responding remarks. The two Presidents drive from the airport in an open car, escorted by mounted Guards of the French Republic. Scene reverts back to JFK's report to the people on June 6th in Washington, DC, and then to de Gaulle stepping from a car and the the two First Ladies stepping from a French Citroen limousine. American Flag flying with those of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The two Presidents and First Ladies pose for pictures.

Date: 1961, June 30
Duration: 4 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034252
President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy visit London on the way back from Paris and Vienna, in 1961

Views of London Bridge and the Houses of Parliament in London, England. Closeup of Big Ben. Views of St. Paul's Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and Nelson's Column. Scene shifts to Royal Navy band, playing at London airport, as the U.S.President's airplane, Air Force One, arrives. The President and Mrs. Kennedy step from their aircraft and are greeted by The Lord Chamberlain, Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough,representing Queen Elizabeth and by Prime Minister,Harold Macmillan. The party walks a red carpet and pauses for a salute from the Navy band. Lady Dorothy Macmillan and Mrs.Jacqueline Kennedy, stand together next to the President's airplane, during these ceremonies. View of Admiralty House (temporary residence of the Prime Minister, due to renovation at 10 Downing Street). President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan walk together to the President's car following their consultations. Mrs. Kennedy follows and Kennedys and Macmillans are seen saying goodbyes. Britons cheer as the car drives away. New sequence shows Guards parading during Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. Police strain to hold back crowds of spectators during arrival of President and Mrs. Kennedy, on June 5, 1961. But some manage to break through and approach closer as their car arrives bringing the Kennedys for a private dinner with the Queen and Prince Philip. The next scenes show President Kennedy still in formal attire, from the Royal dinner, escorted to his airplane by Prime Minister Macmillan. U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James, David Bruce, is the last to shake hands with the President as he ascends the steps to Air Force One, which then taxis out for takeoff, at midnight. Scene shifts to the White House in Washington, DC, and President Kennedy's broadcast report on June 6th to the Nation about his trip.

Date: 1961, June 4
Duration: 5 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034258
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