Lyndon Baines Johnson takes the oath of office as Vice President. The American poet Robert Frost reads out poem named 'The Gift Outright' as his presidential inaugural poem. After that John F Kennedy is sworn in as the youngest ever elected President of United States. The oath is administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren. John Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th President.
President John Fitzerald Kennedy begins his inaugural speech and calls it a celebration of freedom and not a victory of a party. He talks about how under his leadership, America would be willing to "pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty." The speech continues.
In this first speech John F Kennedy makes it clear to the American public as their President he supports Eisenhower's policy of supporting South Vietnamese government. He argued that if South Vietnam became a communist state , the whole of the non communist world would be at risk. If communism was not halted in Vietnam it would gradually spread throughout the world.
President John F Kennedy challenges the people of the United States with the statement "Ask not what your country can do for you, but rather what you can do for your country." With that he finishes his inaugural speech which provoked cheers and applause. President John Kennedy seen with his wife Jacquline Kennedy and father Joseph Kennedy on reviewing stand in front of the White house for inaugural parade. Inaugural parade starts.
George Washington Carver and an elder doctor (Walter Crump?) examining lilies. Close view of amaryllis and lilies. Carver transfers the pollen grains of lily to the plant carpel of amaryllis
"When Black is Read" Depicts how news is spread all over so fast in the form of newspapers. View of newspaper boys (newsboys, newsies, paper boys) racing out of a newspaper building carrying copies of the latest news. One boy is riding on a 4-wheeled cart. Montage of scenes show possible news stories. A baseball game in progress. A team of firefighters fighting a fire blazing in a building. The building collapses to the ground in a dramatic shot. The reporter reports the news on telephone and editorial department works out the copy text. View of newspaper men in newsroom editorial offices working at desks. Scene of workers working in newspaper printing press. They work on Linotype machines, they create a stiff cardboard Matrix for all pages, then using the Matrix, they cast cylindrical plates from which the newspaper will be printed. Workers in overalls and hats examine the cylindrical plates for quality control. Newspaper printing staff examine a sample final issue of the Detroit News with headline "Italians beat back fierce foe attack." Worker attaches plates to big steel cylinders of printing press, preparing to run the press.
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