People welcome 35th President of United States in Mexico. Policemen ride bikes and people stand on either side of the street to welcome 35th President of U.S. John F. Kennedy. Kennedy in a motorcade. People cheer as he arrives. People crowd on streets. The picture of John F. Kennedy on a building. Kennedy during his speech speaks into the microphone about fighting against communism. A flag of Mexico and United States. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy board an aircraft.
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.
A crowd of 300, 000 West Germans cheering for United States President John F. Kennedy before delivering a speech in West Berlin. At a podium flanked by American and Berlin City flags, Kennedy begins his speech referring to ancient Roman declaration: "cīvis rōmānus sum" ( I am (a) Roman citizen). President Kennedy goes on to say that today the best boast is: "Ich bin ein Berliner." Crowded streets of West Berlin during President John F Kennedy's visit. Music played by the band as song lyrics contain name of President Kennedy (his Presidential campaign song). Presidential motorcade on the outskirts of West Berlin. Enthusiasm shown by West Berlin people is more than that shown by the people of Frankfurt, Cologne and Bonn. Robert Kennedy and Vice President Johnson were prior visitors to West Berlin after the Wall was built in 1961. Large crowds cheering for Kennedy along the Kurfurstendamm, the main shopping boulevard of West Berlin. The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin, Germany) can be seen on the background. Boys and girls ride scooters and bicycles trying to keep pace with the entourage. Bricked up windows in buildings from East Berlin as seen from West Berlin in the Bernauer Straße. A woman walks her dog along the Berlin Wall. Two women stop to reflect at a memorial for Ida Siekmann, the first victim killed by East German police while trying to cross over "no man's land" between the two sides. Views of the Berlin Wall and surrounding anti-tank barriers and barbed wire in no man's land. The Quadriga on the Brandenburger Tor as seen from West Berlin. Street sign “Straße des 17. Juni”. Presidential motorcade turns to onto 17th June Street. President Kennedy takes a look at East Berlin side. Red flags draped on the Brandenbuger Tor by East German police. Communists display anti-American propaganda in English facing West Berlin. English propaganda by East Germany says “These pledges have been fulfilled in the German Democratic Republic. When will these pledges be fulfilled in West Germany and West Berlin, President Kennedy?”, pertaining to the Yalta and Potsdam Agreements from World War 2. East Germans set up a camera facing West Berlin. East German photographer capturing President Kennedy’s visit on film. President Kennedy stands before the Wall accompanied by Chancellor of West Germany Konrad Adenauer. Motorcade leaves Brandenburg Gate and crosses 17th June Street. President's car is preceded by a truck with American and German photographers. President Kennedy’s entourage pass by the Berlin Victory Column (Siegessäule, Großer Stern, 10557 Berlin, Germany). Street signs saying “Friedrichstraße” and “Zimmerstr.”. The entourage stops at the Allied Checkpoint Charlie. President John F. Kennedy views the East German side from a platform near Checkpoint Charlie with German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
A crew truck is pulled up in front of a parked F4U Corsair airplane (number 036) of the Marine Aircraft Group 11. ("MAG-11"is displayed on door of the crew truck.) A seat pack parachute sits on the truck fender. Plane captain straddles the cockpit of the airplane. Pilots gather next to the aircraft as the senior officer gives a last minute briefing after which they pick up their parachutes and head toward their respective aircraft. The pilot of aircraft number 036 climbs into his cockpit with help from his plane captain, starts the engine and taxis out for takeoff. F4U number 081 is seen taxiing out.Two F4U Corsairs are seen taking off.
U.S. Air Force and Chinese Nationalist spectators during transfer of F-104 planes to Chinese Nationalist Air Force at Kuang Kuan Air Base in Taiwan. General Dean addresses from podium. Interpreter at his left and the U.S. and Chinese Nationalist flags in the background. Generals view Chinese Nationalist F-104B's on ramp. General Dean, General Chen, Captain Battle, General Doan, Captain Wang (CAF) and other VIP's lined up before Chinese Nationalist F-104B.
View at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. Pre-loaded bomb racks are tug pulled by transport vehicles toward a B-52 F bomber aircraft. Pre-loaded racks of Mk 82 bombs are loaded into bomb bay of B-52 F aircraft by airmen. MJ-1 loading Mk 82 bombs on B-52 F wing cluster rack.