'The World Mourns' Funeral procession of President John F Kennedy moves down the Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol in Washington DC, United States. A casket carrying Kennedy's body pulled on a caisson to the Capitol. Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson arrive at the U.S. Capitol. Head of the presidential secret service team Jerry Behn helps Mrs. Kennedy from the car. President Johnson places a wreath at the casket to pay his last respects to the late President Kennedy. Jacqueline Kennedy comes forward and bows near the casket. Outside the Capitol people lined up in large numbers to pay their respects to President Kennedy. Funeral procession moves towards St Matthew's Cathedral (1725 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States). Mrs. Kennedy and President Johnson walks six blocks to the cathedral behind the caisson. Casket carried inside the cathedral where a prayer service is conducted. Charles de Gaulle is seen amongst the attending dignitaries. Ave Maria hymn sung as dignitaries from across the globe attend the service. After mass outside the cathedral, John Kennedy Jr. salutes the coffin containing his father's remains at the suggestion of his mother. Cortege proceeds to the Arlington National Cemetery. Soldiers hold the American flag over the casket and later flag handed over to Mrs. Kennedy. She lights up an eternal flame in the memory of President Kennedy.
Joint Chiefs of Staff, military band, U.S. military units marching. View of crowds watching the parade. Marching units followed by Color Guard, horse-drawn caisson with flag-draped casket and rider less horse. Jacqueline Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F Kennedy, Senator Edward M Kennedy, members of immediate family and Mrs. Lyndon B Johnson walking behind the coffin on the way to St. Matthew's Cathedral (1725 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States).
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.
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Funeral services for former U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Washington DC. A horse-drawn caisson with President Kennedy's flag-draped casket moves along Pennsylvania Avenue and heads for the U.S. Capitol (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States). United States President Lyndon Johnson, former President Kennedy's wife Jacqueline Kennedy and his brother Robert Kennedy get off a car outside the Capitol. President Kennedy's casket lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda. President Johnson places a wreath in front of the casket. Jacqueline Kennedy moves towards the casket along with her daughter Caroline. Thousands lined up outside the Capitol to view the casket. People cry in the Rotunda of Capitol. The cortège to Saint Matthew's Cathedral (1725 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States) shows dignitaries and leaders from all over the world walking along a road. The casket is carried by pallbearers into the cathedral for a Pontifical Funeral Mass followed by dignitaries. Priests conduct the ceremonies in the cathedral. Richard Cardinal Cushing conducts the Pontifical Requiem Mass. The casket is carried back to the caisson by the pallbearers.
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