A national television report on the burial of late U.S. President John F Kennedy in the United States. State Department correspondent Elie Abel reports on President Lyndon Johnson's reception on the occasion of John F Kennedy's burial in Washington DC. Dignitaries gathered in a room. Chancellor of West Germany Ludwig Erhard with French President Charles De Gaulle. Officers and dignitaries stand around them. Erhard and De Gaulle use interpreters to communicate. De Gaulle shakes hands with dignitaries and meets leaders of various countries. Foreign Minister of France Maurice Couve De Murville stands at a distance from De Gaulle. French Ambassador in Washington DC steers President De Gaulle across the room through the crowd.
Assassinated U.S. President John F Kennedy's casket lies in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Washington DC. Guards around the casket bearing the body of Kennedy resting on the Lincoln catafalque. Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy with her daughter Caroline Kennedy and late President Kennedy's brother Attorney General Robert F Kennedy stand on one side. A large crowd gathered in the Rotunda. Newly appointed President Lyndon B Johnson lays a wreath on Kennedy's flag covered casket and pays his respects. Priests, civilians and guards present in the Rotunda. Jacqueline and Caroline Kennedy approach the casket and kneel beside the casket. People walk out in a line.
The state funeral of assassinated United States President John F Kennedy in Washington DC. Kennedy's flag draped casket on the Lincoln catafalque in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Visitors view the casket and pay their last respects to Kennedy. Armed guards around the casket. Newly appointed President Lyndon B Johnson returns from the Capitol to the Executive Office building. Cars outside the building. Reporters outside the White House (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500, United States). Members of Senate outside the Capitol Rotunda. Cars, civilians and officials at the U.S. Capitol (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States).
Foreign dignitaries arrive for the state funeral of assassinated U.S. President John F Kennedy. West Germany President Heinrich Lubke arrives at the Dulles Airport. He shakes hands with a member of the German delegation in Washington. West Germany Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, West German Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroder and U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk walk into the airport terminal. The dignitaries pose for the journalists and photographers. Secretary Rusk talks to Chancellor Ludwig. He leads the party towards the airport entrance and into the waiting cars. A television presenter gives details of the stay arrangements of the visiting foreign dignitaries.
U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) 1st Special Forces base in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. A sign reads 'Detachment B 51, Vietnam'. Barracks in the background. A road leading to the barracks. A sign over the entrance reads 'Home of Detachment B 51'. A group of Vietnamese Special Forces trainees being given a lesson in the Korean martial art of Tae Kown Do by two black belt Korean instructors. The instructors supervise as the trainees practice various maneuvers. U.S. soldiers stand in the background and watch. Drawings on the walls depict Tae Kwon Do basics. A board on the wall reads 'Tae Kwon Do, 5 Dieu Tam Niem'. Vietnamese soldiers stand by a barbed wire fence and watch. Two trainees salute the instructor and each other in the Tae Kwon Do class. (Vietnam War period).
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldiers being extracted by helicopters after Operation Lam Son 719 in Laos during the Vietnam War. U.S. Army Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) parked on a hilltop. and several in flight around Route 9. One chopper on ground with the rotor blades spinning. ARVN soldiers around the chopper. Soldiers seated in the chopper that takes off. Hills in the background. A Huey in flight over military trucks and artillery at a camp. South Vietnamese soldiers in groups at the landing zone. They prepare to evacuate the camp. Soldiers with back packs seated and standing. Three U.S. Army soldiers converse. Military trucks in the background. Vietnamese soldiers with back packs and guns walk in one direction. A Continental tire on a military jeep with a 'Ben Hai' sign and insignia. A South Vietnamese soldier with a military water bottle. A soldier signals a helicopter as it approaches for landing.
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