View of military band and marching units of Navy, Army, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard marking time at Arlington National Cemetery. Irish Guard in foreground. Horse-drawn caisson with flag-draped casket bearing John Kennedy's body arrives and waits at the bottom of the walk. Casket is removed from caisson. Richard Cardinal Cushing leads the procession followed by pall bearers carrying casket up the walk.
Funeral of President John F. Kennedy. View of U.S. Military units of Navy, Army, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard at Arlington National Cemetery. Dignitaries and mourners arrive. Flag-draped casket is placed on open grave by pallbearers. Irish Army Guard, drawn from the 37th Cadet Class of the Irish Army, performs 'Rifle drill' ceremony as Honor Guard holds stretched flag over grave. (They were invited by Mrs. Kennedy, as JFK had been impressed by the cadets during his recent visit to his ancestral home. ) After the drill they march away from the graveside. Dignitaries and mourners move in closer. Richard Cardinal Cushing reciting prayer at the grave.
Princess Margriet, third child of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, is born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada during World War II. View of Netherlands flag flying on Parliament Hill (Wellington St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A9, Canada). View of the Ottawa Civic Hospital (1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9, Canada) after King George VI of the United Kingdom temporarily declared the hospital as “extraterritorial”. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, consort of Princess Juliana and father of Princess Margriet, carrying his infant daughter inside the Ottawa Civic Hospital. Prince Bernhard writes down Princess Margriet’s name during the registration of her birth. Two Dutch officials stand as witnesses during the registration of the royal birth. Princess Margriet's name on the registration document is shown. Prince Bernhard plays with his daughters, Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene, and pet dog in the snow.
Platoon of Tjakrabirawa Regiment or Cakrabirawa palace guard demonstrating manual of arms in Central Jakarta. Shows faces of soldiers in ranks of the presidential bodyguard unit for President Sukarno. Commander giving orders. Men fix bayonets and present arms.
Japanese Zeke fighter aircraft (Misubishi A6M Zero) strafes USS Sangamon (CVE-26) and bullets splash in water. Destroyer underway and flak bursts in air. USS Sangamon underway and Japanese plane burns in waters of the Leyte Gulf in background. Other vessels in Task Unit 77.4.1 ("Taffy 1") seen in the footage. Shortly before the Battle of Leyte Gulf. (World War II period).
During the Battle of the Leyte Gulf, a Japanese A6M5 Zero aircraft carries out one of the first kamikaze attacks of World War II, diving and attacking the U.S. Navy Escort Carrier USS Suwanee (CVE-27) in the Leyte Gulf of the Philippines. Clouds of black smoke billow from the hit carrier. Some Navy sailors from the hit USS Suwanee in the water, blown overboard by the explosion, approaching USS Sangamon (CVE-26), also in Task Unit 77.4.1 ("Taffy 1") for assistance. USS Sangamon underway.
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