U.S. Military band, Units of the U.S. Navy, Army, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard, Color Guard, horse-drawn caisson with casket going past crowds and followed by procession of cars. View of Potomac River in background. Funeral cortege approaching and crossing over Arlington Memorial Bridge.
Marching Military Units of United States arriving at gravesite in Arlington Cemetery. Richard Cardinal Cushing leads the procession followed by pallbearers carrying caskets. Pallbearers place casket on open grave. Irish Guard in background can be seen. Honor Guard holding flag above the grave as the casket is lowered. Dignitaries in background. A folded flag is presented to President Kennedy’s widow, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy. Soldiers light the torch and hand it over to Mrs. Kennedy. Richard Cardinal Cushing blesses the casket. Mrs. Kennedy lighting the eternal flame.
Interior of Capitol Rotunda. Flag-draped casket of John F. Kennedy surrounded by combined Honor Guard and changing of the combined Honor Guard by the casket during eulogy. View of people filing past in background.
Interiors of Capital Rotunda. Flag-draped casket surrounded by combined Honor Guard. Jacqueline Kennedy, her daughter Caroline, Peter Lawford, Patricia Kennedy Lawford and large crowd of dignitaries standing near the casket during the Eulogy. President Lyndon B. Johnson lays a wreath at the head of coffin. Mrs. Kennedy and Caroline walk to the casket and kneel. Mourners and dignitaries leaving Rotunda.
Interiors of Capital Rotunda. Wreath can be seen in the background. Color Guard entering the Rotunda followed by Honor Guard carrying the flag-draped casket of John Kennedy. Coffin is placed in the center of Rotunda. Jacqueline Kennedy with daughter Caroline and large number of dignitaries including President Harry S. Truman, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Secretary of State Dean Rusk present in Rotunda. Combined Honor Guard standing at attention, by the casket. The men salute and march off. Casket surrounded by a combined Honor Guard.
Mrs. John Kennedy and children Caroline and John, Jr, Attorney General Robert Kennedy and members of the family leaving Rotunda and walking down steps of Capitol. Dignitaries leaving Rotunda and walking down the steps. Standing in left in foreground Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Ambassador to United Nations, Adlai Stevenson. Views of crowds walking up steps and entering Rotunda. Interiors of Rotunda where crowd viewing flag-draped casket. Overhead view of Honor Guard standing at attention around casket.
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