Marine Honor Guard standing at attention on the White House steps. Military officers and civilian dignitaries arrive by car, walk up the steps and enter the White House. Various views of cars arriving at the White House.
The view of spectators assembled around the Capitol grounds. Units of U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard at attention on road. Distant view of Capitol. Military band, marching units, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and horse-drawn caisson with casket moving toward capitol on road. A procession of cars passing during the funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Crowd assembling in streets.
Various close-up views of President Kennedy on various stages during his Presidential career. U.S. President John Kennedy in Berlin with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy, German Mayor Willy Brandt and other dignitaries standing besides him at microphone. View of huge crowd enthusiastically cheering for him in Berlin. White House balcony where President is seated with his wife and children Caroline and John, Jr. to enjoy music and presentation by Black Watch regiment of Scotland eight days before his death. President Kennedy with the First Lady Jacqueline emerges from a plane which just landed in Dallas and is greeted. The Presidential motorcade traveling through area in Dallas in open car. View of Texas School Book Depository building from where gun shot was fired by a sniper at President's open-topped car and John Kennedy is hit in the head. Citizens wait news on street corners near hospital where President is taken. Officials guard President's car and examine it in the parking lot of the hospital. View of Jacqueline Kennedy's abandoned flower bouquet in President's car. Men and women waiting near the hospital hear the news and are seen crying in response to news of the President's death. Men and women kneel at altar and pray in church. Exterior view of United Nations building. View inside UN General Assembly, where assembly members stand to pay respect to deceased President Kennedy. Vice President Lyndon B Johnson is sworn in as President of US, while Jacqueline Kennedy stands next to him. President John Kennedy's casket is taken out from Air Force One aircraft at Andrew's Air Force Base and is put into an ambulance. President Lyndon Johnson leaves the plane and speaks on microphone. Views from White House lawn after President Johnson arrives at the White House from Andrews Air Force Base. View through window of White House of one of President Johnson's first meetings underway.
A high-lift truck moving near the rear door of VC-137C aircraft from where the casket bearing John Kennedy's body is to be taken in ambulance. VIPs arriving in car. Ambulance pulling out. Bank of microphones in foreground. VIPs leaving in cars. Newsmen at terminal. President Lyndon B. Johnson, with his wife at one side, reading his first public statement before the bank of microphones.
Shows U.S. Army parachutists training on scaffold at Fort Benning in Georgia. Parachutists practice hanging and landing techniques while the high rank officers watch them. Parachutists boarding aircraft C-47. Aircraft taking off and practice jumps. Parachutists jumping, one after the other.
Aerials of Randolph Field in Texas. Air Force or AF cadets marching at Randolph Field. General John J. Pershing(Retd.) and former Vice President C.G. Dawes looking on to scrutinize student cadets. Pilots march in formation with aircraft BT-14s flying low overhead.
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