Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps during an interview at Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. He answers questions related to Presidential election of 1964. He accepts his name being mentioned as a Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate but says that the final decision will be taken at the party convention. He says that Senator Goldwater does not have great chances of winning against President Johnson because of the latter's popularity.
Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps delivers a speech at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Shriver speaks how the Jewish Peace Corps volunteers have been serving in four Muslim countries. He also highlights the role Peace Corps have played in poor countries. He talks about racial discrimination and reveals that 80 percent of poor people in America are Whites. He appeals for personal commitment from people to remove poverty, the way Peace Corps have been doing in various countries.
President John F Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is shot dead during a jail transfer at Dallas police headquarters. Jack Ruby shoots at Oswald during the transfer. Oswald rushed to Parkland Memorial hospital and taken out of a vehicle as he lies on a stretcher.
'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.
Graduation ceremony for Air Force and Naval graduates in the United States. Spectators look as cadets are graduated at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Colorado. U.S. President John F. Kennedy addresses the graduates and the spectators from a dais. 493 cadets graduate. The graduates come up on the dais and shake hands with the President. The cadets fly their hats in the air. A board in Annapolis reads 'United States Naval Academy'. 871 graduates are seated during the graduation ceremony. They walk up on a stage and are presented graduation certificates by U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. The anchorman, who is the last one to get the certificate, is cheered by his fellows.
Graduation ceremony at the United States Military Academy at West Point in the United States. Cadets seated during the ceremony. Collin Kelly III seated with other graduates. Past events show Colin Kelly III as a toddler. His mother with a letter from the then U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A photograph of his father, who was a national hero who was killed in the sinking of a Japanese battleship, on a table. His mother with the letter. Colin Kelly III, who is now grown up, at the West Point Military Academy. He marches with other cadets. At the graduation ceremony he is commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. The cadets fly their hats in the air.
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