A national television report on public reaction to U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination in the United States. Chicago: The deserted Main Street during and after the funeral of John F Kennedy. Cars and pedestrians on the street. Closed stores. The Chicago Shopping and Commercial District. A notice in a store window reads 'Day of mourning for President John F Kennedy'. A woman with her baby stops by a store window to look at a picture of President Kennedy with an 'In Memoriam' message. A crowd around a television set watches the news about Kennedy's funeral. The Kennedy family-owned Merchandise Mart (222 Merchandise Mart Plaza Chicago, Illinois) in The Loop. Soldiers lower the United States flag to half-mast. A large crowd outside St. Peter's Catholic Church (110 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60602, United States) in the Loop wait in long lines for the Mass while others inside pray. A school classroom inside a closed school. African American students put on their own close circuit television to pay tribute to Kennedy. A teacher and students speak about the late President and his life. An advertisement billboard sign reads the date of President Kennedy's assassination as a sign of respect and tribute.
Assassinated U.S. President John F Kennedy's casket lies in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Washington DC. Guards around the casket bearing the body of Kennedy resting on the Lincoln catafalque. Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy with her daughter Caroline Kennedy and late President Kennedy's brother Attorney General Robert F Kennedy stand on one side. A large crowd gathered in the Rotunda. Newly appointed President Lyndon B Johnson lays a wreath on Kennedy's flag covered casket and pays his respects. Priests, civilians and guards present in the Rotunda. Jacqueline and Caroline Kennedy approach the casket and kneel beside the casket. People walk out in a line.
United States President John F. Kennedy's Chamber of Commerce breakfast speech at Hotel Texas (815 Main St, Fort Worth, TX 76102) in Fort Worth, Texas. Entrance to the Crystal Ballroom, a conference hall. U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy walks in. The crowd applauds enthusiastically and greets the First Lady. She walks up to the stage and greets the seated dignitaries. She greets U.S. Vice President Lyndon Johnson. Photographers and cameramen record the event. She takes her seat next to U.S. President John F. Kennedy. President Kennedy begins his speech to the Chamber. These events took place on the morning of President Kennedy's assassination.
A film titled 'A Special Day' about President John F. Kennedy's last Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia , United States. A guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery. The Amphitheater at the cemetery. People visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. People gathered in large numbers on Veterans Day at the Cemetery. Honor Guard and Color Guard march during the ceremony. People offer prayers. A 21 rifle salute. A cameraman records the ceremony on 11, November 1963. President John F. Kennedy arrives at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. President Kennedy places a wreath at the Tomb. Officers salute. The American flag flies from a pole.
Funeral services for U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia, United States. Officials kneel down near the coffin. Officials stand around the coffin. Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and her children kneel down near the coffin. Robert Kennedy's widow Ethel Kennedy and his brother Ted walk through the crowd preceded by U.S. President Lyndon Johnson and his wife. The cemetery area lit up by candles. Jackie Kennedy and two children place a wreath on the grave of former President John F. Kennedy.
American correspondents in Netherlands to mark 25th anniversary of Allied invasion of Europe in World War II. A steamer underway in a canal. Views in the village of Opijnen, in Gelderland, the Netherlands. A correspondent and his wife come out of a house. American correspondents near a bus. Houses along a road. An American flag at the walled cemetery in Opijnen, beside its 17th century Dutch Reformed Church, where the crew members of an American B-17 bomber from the 323 Squadron of the 91st Bomb Group (H) of the U.S. 8th Army Air Force are buried; shot down July 30, 1943 by the German Luftwaffe. Gravestones bearing the names of American soldiers who lost their lives when their crippled B-17 was shot down, including: Mike Anthony Perrotta, Hermon Daines Poling, Harold Royce Sparks, Robert Urquhart Duggan, Douglas Victor Blackwood, Americo Cianfichi. U.S. Color Guard marches from a town building toward the cemetery. A woman correspondent takes pictures. An American flag flies at half mast. Men, women and children at the cemetery. Dutch children carry flowers in their hands. The mayor of Opijnen speaks into a microphone. He and a woman place flowered wreaths at the graves of dead American soldiers. Two groups of four U.S. Convair F-102 Delta Dagger aircraft fly overhead followed by four F-104 Starfighters of the Royal Netherlands Airforce. Children walk past the graves. Additional propeller aircraft pass overhead honoring the airmen.