Foreign dignitaries arrive for the state funeral of assassinated U.S. President John F Kennedy. French President Charles De Gaulle arrives at a terminal building of Dulles Airport. He greets officials and ministers from former French Colonies in Africa, French officials and officers including a General, Admiral and an Air Force General. The President is followed by U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Foreign Minister of France Maurice Couve De Murville. President De Gaulle shakes hands with officials. He receives an applause from by standers at the airport. Photographers click pictures of the dignitaries. Dean Rusk leads the President through the terminal gate to the waiting State Department limousine. The President, his military aide and security guard get into the car and leave for Washington DC. The U.S. Capitol building. Secretary of State Rusk walks towards his car behind the terminal building.
Foreign dignitaries arrive for the state funeral of assassinated U.S. President John F Kennedy. West Germany President Heinrich Lubke arrives at the Dulles Airport. He shakes hands with a member of the German delegation in Washington. West Germany Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, West German Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroder and U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk walk into the airport terminal. The dignitaries pose for the journalists and photographers. Secretary Rusk talks to Chancellor Ludwig. He leads the party towards the airport entrance and into the waiting cars. A television presenter gives details of the stay arrangements of the visiting foreign dignitaries.
Foreign dignitaries arrive for the state funeral of assassinated U.S. President John F Kennedy. U.S. officials await the arrival of Israeli President Zalman Shazar. President Shazar enters the terminal with U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir. The President greets the Israeli Embassy staff. President Shazar, Secretary Rusk, Foreign Minister Golda Meir, Ambassador of Israel Avraham Harman and the military attache of the Embassy pose for the photographers. Secretary Rusk escorts the dignitaries towards the waiting cars. Photographers take pictures. A television presenter winds up the report on the arriving dignitaries.
A man stands at a lectern bearing the Presidential seal and announces the news of the John F. Kennedy shooting at the Dallas Trade Mart gathering, saying "The motorcade has been shot." He says "we will tell you as much as we know, as soon as we know anything." Another man comes to the microphone to lead a prayer. All present stand up and pray. People depart after the prayer. (President Kennedy had been scheduled to speak at a luncheon at the Trade Mart at 12:15pm that day. He was en route to the Trade Mart when he was assassinated.)
United States Air Force Soviet Awareness Program titled 'Heirs of Victory' depicts Soviet military equipment and its use in terms of purpose and jurisdiction. Introduction by Brigadier General James C. Pfautz, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Headquarters U.S. Air Force. Brig. Gen. Pfautz gives details about the subject, translation, narration, and editing. The Soviet Communist hammer and sickle symbol. A Soviet long winged early warning radar keeps a watch in the sky. Soviet Air Force MiG-25 (Mikoyan-Gurevich) interceptor bombers with air to air missiles. Pilots board aircraft and they take off. The aircraft in flight. Soviet missiles and rockets protect the borders. World War II Soviet Air Force fighter pilot Nikolai Kozmoff talks to highly trained young Soviet pilots at a air base.
The role and contribution of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in combat and war. Amphibious landings of the first wave of Allied troops including Signal Corps Units in Normandy, France on D Day during World War 2. The Joint Assault Signal Companies (a Signal Corps Unit that accompanies the soldiers on every beach landing) go ashore in Normandy. Soldiers in landing crafts approach the beach. Landing crafts anchored along the shore line. A U.S. flag on the beach. Crafts approach the beach. U.S. Army Signal Corps combat photographers using motion picture cameras to film the battle that ensues on the beach and in the fields. Gun fire and explosions in the battlefield, filmed by combat cameraman. Allied aircraft in flight. Airmen load weekly film reports of the war in all Theaters made by Signal Corps officers from a van into an aircraft. The films are sent to the Photographic Center in New York. A soldier assembles the films. Technicians organize and arrange the films. They place the film reels onto racks. The film content is used to make training and orientation films for the U.S. troops. Troops watch the films in order to cut down the training period, and stay informed about the order of event in other Theaters of Operation. The films include 'Why We Fight' and 'The Fighting Men' series. Clips and recordings from these films.
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