U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivers a speech in Washington DC. President Kennedy seated on a podium and delivers his speech. He speaks into the microphone. A flag of United States on the stage. In the context of U.S. resumption of nuclear testing, President Kennedy talks about the constant change in nuclear weapon technology and development of the weapons according to the changes. He states that if the weapons have to be secure flexible and selective in impact, experiments with new designs have to be made. He also speaks about the development of low weight new series weapons for survival in a surprise attack. The weapons will be of low weight and high explosive content.
U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy speaks at Washington News Conference in the United States. Kennedy at a podium. Journalist seated in a hall during the conference. Kennedy speaks over a microphone. He speaks about the Berlin crisis. He also speaks about the areas in South East Asia where U.S. can be involved. He also expresses his concern as he mentions the era as the most dangerous time in the history of human race.
A television presentation 'Welcome to Texas' welcomes U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy on his visit to Dallas. A presenter reports on the President's Chamber of Commerce breakfast speech at the Hotel Texas (815 Main St. Town or city, Fort Worth, Texas) in Fort Worth. Guards at the entrance to the conference hall. Officials, members, and others seated inside the hall. Officials and Secret Service agents enter and leave the hall. Dignitaries including Vice President Lyndon B Johnson and his wife Lady Bird Johnson seated at tables on the stage. Attendants stand behind the seated guests. Policemen and Secret Service agents inside the hall. A 'Chamber of Commerce' banner on the stage. Officials, agents and guards at the hall entrance. These events took place on the morning of President Kennedy's assassination.
United States President John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivers a speech in Washington DC. President Kennedy seated on a podium as he delivers his speech. He speaks into the microphone. A flag of United States on the stage. He talks about the New 18-Power Conference on nuclear disarmament, scheduled for the14th of March, where the U.S. will present a statement of agreed principles that has been worked out with Soviet Union and endorsed by United Nations.
Helen Hollis, curator of the keyboard section of The Smithsonian Museum of History and Technology, seen during one of her daily lectures. She is seated at an 18th Century English harpsichord in the museum. Hollis plays the harpsichord, accompanied by Robert Sheldon on an 18th Century flute. They play a sonata by G.F. Handel. Scene shifts to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Interior view of Kenney Center Opera House, and of the bust sculpture of former U.S. President Kennedy. The Hall of nations with numerous flags displayed. Entrance to the Eisenhower Theater. Bust of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Interior of the Eisenhower Theater. The Kennedy Center viewed from across the Potomac River. A man jogging or running over the Memorial Bridge toward Washington, DC, with Arlington House (Robert E. Lee's home) in Arlington Cemetery in the background. (Note: Helen Hollis was author of a book called "The Piano." Prior to joining the Smithsonian staff, she had her own morning radio show in Cleveland called, "The Helen Hollis Show." She was a child prodigy and later attended Oberlin Conservatory of Music.)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy speech in Washington DC. He is seated on a podium and delivers his speech. He speaks into the microphone. A flag of United States on the stage. He talks about the background radioactivity normally found in nature and claims that weapons testing will be designed to limit any measurable increase in this level. He describes Soviet weapons and tests. He explains what kind of tests need to be done by the U.S.
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