West German and American diplomats and their families at airport to say goodbye to President Kennedy. Someone holds up a banner that reads, "Hello Jack, over here!" Children in the crowd as boys and girls wave flags of America and West Germany. Light rain is falling and several women are seen in raincoats under umbrellas. A boy with a crewcut stands with his brownie camera and takes photos of the event. Honor guard and military personnel standby. Motion picture camera men with cameras record the event. General Landon escorts President John F. Kennedy between USAF guard. Lt General Richard M Montgomery, Vice Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Air Force in Europe in line with other officers saluting. President boards Air Force One aircraft VC-137C with tail number 26000.
United States President John F. Kennedy arrives and enters Kurhaus (Kurhauspl. 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany) in Wiesbaden, Germany. Police controls spectators. Various dignitaries arriving at event. Inside, view of dignitaries at a party.
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.")
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.
U.S. President John F Kennedy during a recording at the White House for national television. View of cameramen and multiple film cameras setup to record the President. Brief view of exterior of White House and semi-circle driveway. Inside, two different men stand at the podium for sound or lighting checks before the President speaks. Next, the film take begins and the President addresses viewers. (The next clip in this series includes audio; this clip has no audio). The subject of the speech is the President's recent trip to Europe.
White House photographers taking light meter readings in advance of JFK address. President John F Kennedy comes to podium and awaits signal from techinicians, to proceed. After getting the start signal, President Kennedy commences to report to the Nation about his tour of Europe.
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