United States President John F Kennedy visits the United States Air Base in Wiesbaden, West Germany during the Cold War. The presidential Air Force One VC-137 aircraft taxiing before takes off from Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany. Sign of Headquarters 7101st Air Base Wing Wiesbaden Air Base. A car exits the Wiesbaden Air Base and U.S. Army Fliegerhorst Kaserne, Hanau.
VH-3A Helicopter lands on flight line at U.S. Army Fliegerhorst Kaserne Post. Shows U.S. President John F Kennedy alighting and walking with General Landon and General Freeman. President reviews troops. Scenes of U.S. Air Force officers, civilian spectators and the press. President Kennedy and General Freeman drive to 54th Transportation Battalion Mess Hall. President Kennedy with officers and secret service personnel entering mess hall. President Kennedy meets VIPs including General Landon and General Lemnitzer.
People wave flags of U.S. and West Germany on streets and from balcony in Wiesbaden during U.S. President John F. Kennedy's visit. Presidential party cavalcade with West Germany Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard escorted by motorcycle police down Wilhelmstrasse to Kurhaus (Kurhauspl. 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany).
West German and American diplomats and their families at airport to say goodbye to President Kennedy. Someone holds up a banner that reads, "Hello Jack, over here!" Children in the crowd as boys and girls wave flags of America and West Germany. Light rain is falling and several women are seen in raincoats under umbrellas. A boy with a crewcut stands with his brownie camera and takes photos of the event. Honor guard and military personnel standby. Motion picture camera men with cameras record the event. General Landon escorts President John F. Kennedy between USAF guard. Lt General Richard M Montgomery, Vice Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Air Force in Europe in line with other officers saluting. President boards Air Force One aircraft VC-137C with tail number 26000.
United States President John F. Kennedy arrives and enters Kurhaus (Kurhauspl. 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany) in Wiesbaden, Germany. Police controls spectators. Various dignitaries arriving at event. Inside, view of dignitaries at a party.
A U.S. Army VH-3A helicopter lands on the lawn of the Hotel General von Steuben, in Wiesbaden, Germany. A crowd of spectators stands across the drive from the hotel lawn, constrained by German policemen. U.S. Air Force Military policemen stand guard on the nearer side of the drive. Soon the Presidential VH-3 helicopter, Marine One, lands on the lawn. It displays the Presidential seal and that of the Military District of Washington, DC. Next, President John F. Kennedy is seen walking past the Army helicopter and into the U.S. Military's Hotel General von Steuben. He is accompanied by German Chancellor, Ludwig Erhard, U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk and U.S. Army Aide, Brigadier General Chester V. Clifton, along with a phalanx of Secret Service Agents. Other officials look out from a dining room window of the hotel as the Presidential party arrives. (Note: In the 1950s, the U.S. built three large military hotels in Wiesbaden. In 1951,a star-shaped Hotel [the American Arms] was built on Frankfurter Strasse. In 1955, the 9-story Amelia Earhart Hotel was opened. It was a utilitarian structure, with row after row of windows. President Nixon once stayed there. It closed in 1995. The General von Steuben Hotel, depicted in this film, was the newest, built in 1956, on Auguste Viktoria Strasse, near the train station. It is now a commercial hotel, "the Dorint Hotel Pallas Wiesbaden.")
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