United States President John F Kennedy visits the United States Air Base in Wiesbaden, West Germany during the Cold War. The presidential Air Force One VC-137 aircraft taxiing before takes off from Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany. Sign of Headquarters 7101st Air Base Wing Wiesbaden Air Base. A car exits the Wiesbaden Air Base and U.S. Army Fliegerhorst Kaserne, Hanau.
Motorcycle police escorting President John F. Kennedy's motorcade through parade route in Wiesbaden. People wave small flags of West Germany and U.S. Police controls crowd. View of the Wiesbaden Kurhaus (Kurhauspl. 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany) with "Aquis Mattiacis" inscribed on building facade.
A U.S. Army VH-3A helicopter lands on the lawn of the Hotel General von Steuben, in Wiesbaden, Germany. A crowd of spectators stands across the drive from the hotel lawn, constrained by German policemen. U.S. Air Force Military policemen stand guard on the nearer side of the drive. Soon the Presidential VH-3 helicopter, Marine One, lands on the lawn. It displays the Presidential seal and that of the Military District of Washington, DC. Next, President John F. Kennedy is seen walking past the Army helicopter and into the U.S. Military's Hotel General von Steuben. He is accompanied by German Chancellor, Ludwig Erhard, U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk and U.S. Army Aide, Brigadier General Chester V. Clifton, along with a phalanx of Secret Service Agents. Other officials look out from a dining room window of the hotel as the Presidential party arrives. (Note: In the 1950s, the U.S. built three large military hotels in Wiesbaden. In 1951,a star-shaped Hotel [the American Arms] was built on Frankfurter Strasse. In 1955, the 9-story Amelia Earhart Hotel was opened. It was a utilitarian structure, with row after row of windows. President Nixon once stayed there. It closed in 1995. The General von Steuben Hotel, depicted in this film, was the newest, built in 1956, on Auguste Viktoria Strasse, near the train station. It is now a commercial hotel, "the Dorint Hotel Pallas Wiesbaden.")
United States Air Force aircraft perform an airshow upon the departure of United States President John F. Kennedy at the Wiesbaden Air Base Operations in Wiesbaden, Germany. President Kennedy and of United States Air Forces in Europe General Truman H. Landon inspect United States Air Force officers and crew and greet spectators. General Landon salutes as he stands beside President Kennedy. President Kennedy greets the military band playing music. President Kennedy and General Landon board Air Force One aircraft (VC-137C SAM 26000). Crewmen pushing air stair back before departure. Sign reads “Headquarters 7101st Air Base Wing Wiesbaden Air Base”.
People wave flags of U.S. and West Germany on streets and from balcony in Wiesbaden during U.S. President John F. Kennedy's visit. Presidential party cavalcade with West Germany Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard escorted by motorcycle police down Wilhelmstrasse to Kurhaus (Kurhauspl. 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany).
President Kennedy's first day started with aerobatic demonstration by planes. Airplanes are ready to take President to the visits most important stop, West Berlin. President's plane takes off from Wiesbaden Air Base. At Military Airport, West Berlin U.S. President Kennedy arrives. The welcome ceremony begins by Allied Troops as the President steps down. He came here to discuss the political problem of divided Berlin.President Kennedy addresses gathering. 26 June 1963.
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