Four Bishops in scarlet-robes walk up steps and enter Saint Matthew’s Cathedral (1725 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States) before the funeral requiem mass for President John F. Kennedy. They are followed by military and civilian dignitaries. Funeral procession led by the Marine Band marching. Caisson arrives and stops in front of the church. View of riderless horse. Combined Honor Guard line up the steps. Crowds in background. Widow and former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and members of the family arrive at the church. The Kennedy family is followed by foreign dignitaries led by President Charles de Gaulle of France and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. Jacqueline Kennedy walking up church steps with children Caroline and John Jr. is embraced by Cardinal Richard Cushing. Dignitaries entering the church. Joint Chiefs of Staff and military aides standing at bottom of church steps saluting as pallbearers remove casket from caisson. Priest blesses casket which is then carried into church. Crowd waiting outside church.
View of Saint Matthew's Cathedral (1725 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States) where the funeral requiem mass for President John F. Kennedy is conducted. Pallbearers carrying flag-draped casket out of church after the funeral mass. Priests including Cardinal Richard Cushing on the steps of church. Horses on road to draw a caisson on which casket is to be placed.
United States President Lyndon B. Johnson, President Ferdinand E. Marcos of the Philippines and their wives, Lady Bird Johnson and Imelda Marcos, in flight to Corregidor Island. Field trials of rice varieties developed at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), with Mount Makiling in the background. Field trial of the “Taichung Native 1 (TN1)” rice variety grown at IRRI. Farmers planting rice in paddy field. President Lyndon B. Johnson, President Ferdinand Marcos and others inspecting farmers transplanting the IR8-288-3 rice variety (popularly known as the “Milagrosa” or “Miracle Rice”) developed by IRRI scientists in the fields inside the IRRI compound. “One strain developed here has been called the “Miracle Rice”. I am glad to know that the institute is prepared to make these seeds available to all nations- to all nations- whatever their politics and ideology.” said President Johnson during his speech. President Johnson at the microphone speaking as Mrs. Marcos and Mrs. Lyndon Johnson stand by at International Rice Research Institute in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. Crowd listening. Aircrafts in flight. President Johnson arriving at a Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. President is followed by procession of cars. United States troops lined up holding American flags. Troops in attention and saluting President. Close view of United States Navy flag. President decorating troops. President shaking hands with troops. President decorating wounded soldiers lying on bed. (Vietnam War period).
Plane flies over Washington coast and cloudy skies. Olympic Mountains in background. Islands and rocks on coast. Mount Rainier is seen above low hanging clouds.
From a 1975 production on European immigration to America, with a mix of modern interviews, historical footage circa 1905-1910, and historic still images of immigrants. Elderly immigrant to the United States recalls his experiences. Picture of men with shaved heads having arrived at Ellis Island processing facilities after being sprayed and shaved for decontamination measures. European immigrants aboard ships. Band play music at port as immigrants embark on boats and ships. Animated map connects Hull and Liverpool. Vintage footage of old steam Passenger train as it runs on route from Baltic regions to Liverpool, England carrying European immigrants bound for America. View of Liverpool harbor and port areas. Ships at port in Liverpool. Passengers at railway station. Old man shares his memories of watching immigrants pass through Liverpool. People on horse-drawn carriages in Liverpool streets bound for Lime Street Station. One covered carriage with sign on side "London Northwestern Railway Collecting Van For Fast Train Traffic" passes by on Lime Street with St George's Hall in background. Another more simple carriage has a sign "Lucania" on it. Immigrants in Liverpool aboard ocean liners at dock, including the RMS Lucania (which clarifies this footage as before 1909). Passenger Ocean liner underway in heavy seas. View from ship with waves crashing over bow during heavy seas. Old woman shares her experience aboard the ship then, commenting on problems of seasickness among the immigrant passengers in the forward steerage compartments.
Disarmament of Heligoland (Helgoland) following World War 1. Fortress and harbor seen from a high point on the island. Obstacles at the shoreline to inhibit invasion. Views across the fortress from above showing control tower, ventilation ducts on roof, and pair of 30.5cm SK L/50 (12-inch) guns in a turret. A man sits on one of the gun barrels. Their muzzles are covered. In later view, the man sits near end of gun barrel. Scene shifts to men working to dismantle a gun turret. One is using an acetylene torch. Group of men loading small rail cars with shells and dismantled parts.
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