Secretary of State George Marshall emerges from plane in heavy rain. President Truman greets Marshall at airport. They stand together for photos and shake hands. Truman and Marshall walking and talking together beside the White House in Washington, D.C. They are meeting to discuss American policy regarding Berlin and the China crisis.
Lyndon Baines Johnson takes the oath of office as Vice President. The American poet Robert Frost reads out poem named 'The Gift Outright' as his presidential inaugural poem. After that John F Kennedy is sworn in as the youngest ever elected President of United States. The oath is administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren. John Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th President.
In this first speech John F Kennedy makes it clear to the American public as their President he supports Eisenhower's policy of supporting South Vietnamese government. He argued that if South Vietnam became a communist state , the whole of the non communist world would be at risk. If communism was not halted in Vietnam it would gradually spread throughout the world.
President John F Kennedy challenges the people of the United States with the statement "Ask not what your country can do for you, but rather what you can do for your country." With that he finishes his inaugural speech which provoked cheers and applause. President John Kennedy seen with his wife Jacquline Kennedy and father Joseph Kennedy on reviewing stand in front of the White house for inaugural parade. Inaugural parade starts.
General Dwight Eisenhower walks out of the United States 3rd army headquarters building, comes to attention and salutes. Photographer takes his picture. General Eisenhower is followed by Lieutenant General George Smith Patton who does the same.(A third, unidentified General Officer appears in the doorway.) General Dwight Eisenhower with others leaves in a staff car and General Patton salutes as Eisenhower departs. General Patton poses on porch of the headquarters with his English Bull Terrier "William the Conqueror" AKA "Willie," at his feet. Generals Walton H Walker, Gaffey, McLain, Thompson, Weyland, and Colonel Harkins and other staff officers are also seen.
United States soldiers lined up on staircase of a parish church. Major General L Collins congratulates soldiers after they receive star medals from him. Major General L Collins and soldier salute each other. He pins a star medal on a medic's field jacket. Close view of Star Medal on field jacket of a soldier. (World War II period).
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