Military band and Units of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard marching towards the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. Marching units are followed Joint Chiefs of Staff, rider less horse and horse-drawn caisson carrying flag-draped casket of United States President John F. Kennedy. Crowd on sidewalk.
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.
Crowd waiting for funeral cortege of President John F. Kennedy to pass. Military band and marching units of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and the Coast Guards, followed by horse-drawn caisson with flag-draped casket passing. View of spectators. Funeral procession heading towards the U.S. Capitol. Military band, marching units, and the rider less horse passing streets.
View of rotor blades revolving on a vertical axis above the fuselage. Engineers working on Plane-Radical lifting screw and inspecting the pitch variation of De Bothezat helicopter during its development at McCook Field in Dayton Ohio, under a contract with Russian immigrant George de Bothezat issued by the U.S. Army Air Service. Engineers inspecting at fuselage. Professor George de Bothezat, the inventor of the helicopter, Lieutenant Colonel J.E.Fetchet and Major T.H.Bane discussing. Professor De Bothezat and four officers sitting on cart to which the screw is attached are lifted as the large rotor turns. The rotor went on to be used in the so called Jerome-de Bothezat Flying Octopus helicopter that featured four 6-bladed rotors.
United States Army Air Corps mechanics working on B-14 aircraft and changing engine. Aircraft is towed out of hangar. Pilot climbing in cockpit and aircraft taxiing. B-14 flying in sky.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.