Finalists from different countries parade at '1963 Miss Universe' contest at the Miami Beach Auditorium (Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Ctr Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139, United States) in Miami, Florida. Miss Denmark, Miss Brazil, Miss Ireland, and Miss USA walk in the runway. Miss Brazil Iêda Maria Vargas takes title from 15 finalists. Outgoing Miss Universe Norma Nolan of Brazil crowns the winner with the Sarah Coventry Crown. Close view of Miss Brazil Iêda Maria Vargas. Runners-up Miss Denmark Aino Korva, Miss Ireland Marlene McKeown, and Miss Philippines Lalaine Bennett, standing with Iêda Maria Vargas.
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.
VIPs and foreign dignitaries arriving by plane at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. United States Air Force plane in background.
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.
Interiors of the United States Capitol Rotunda where flag-draped casket bearing John F. Kennedy's body is surrounded by combined Honor Guard. Mrs. Jacqueline “Jackie” Kennedy and her children, Robert Kennedy, members of the Kennedy family and large crowd of dignitaries standing in background. President Lyndon B. Johnson lays wreath at the head of the coffin.
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