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CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT
Clip of NIXON attacking KENNEDY in debate for wanting to increase the role of the Government, reaction shot of JFK. Wilson v.o.-that moment signaled the arrival of TV as the single most powerful force in national elections.
Speeches of Robert F. Kennedy
Color footage of the burial of President John F. Kennedy (JFK) at Arlington National Cemetery. Jackie, Bobby, and Teddy light the eternal flame at the grave site. RFK standing with Jackie by the casket shaking hands with priests.
From Riots To Recovery
Adult African American and Caucasian male civil rights leaders including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) posing for a group photo in the Oval Office with U.S. President John F Kennedy (JFK) and U.S. Vice President Lyndon Johnson (LBJ).
The President's Visit
The presidential motorcade arrives. President John F. Kennedy steps onto the elevated podium where he is introduced. Panning shot of excited men, women and children taking photos and smiling as they wait for JFK to speak. They applaud enthusiastically.
Biography: Eleanor Roosevelt (some scratches on film)
John F Kennedy seated in the Oval Office, surrounded by his cabinet and staff, as he signs the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation Act, then handing out pens. JFK speaking on White House grounds, his staff around him (no real audio).
Biography: John Glenn
February, 1962: MS/LSs enthusiatic ticker tape parade in Glenn's honor. He rides an open convertible through the confettti-laden streets w/Lyndon Johnson and John Kennedy, although not together; LBJ and JFK never ride in the same car. Also accompanying Glenn is his wife.
B Roll of "The Last Two Days"
Outtakes from "The Last Two Days," a film documenting the last two days in the life of President John F. Kennedy, shot by White House personnel: U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson, U.S. House Representative Jim Wright, Texas Governor John Connally lead adult Caucasian men toward camera; hotel marquee in BG: "Welcome to Ft. Worth, Where the West Begins." JFK and LBJ climb steps to platform across the street from Hotel Texas. Vice-President Johnson speaks from podium; men standing in BG applaud. Adult Caucasian man in the crowd, wearing gloves, holding sign: "JFK in 64." Frenzied applause coming from Caucasian males and females. Crowd gathered; police officers wearing yellow rain coats. President Kennedy finishing remarks, stepping from podium; LBJ and Gov. Connally applaud in BG. President Kennedy walking to crowd, greeting mainly women in the front of the line. High angle of President Kennedy walking through the crowd, shaking hands as he goes. President Kennedy and Vice-President Johnson walking down the line, shaking hands with people in the crowd; adult Caucasian male Secret Service agents flank them on either side.
Focus on the 70s - The Nixon Years - PT2
B&W: MS/CUs President JOHN F. KENNEDY working w/ aides in Oval Office. MS of JFK at press conference: "If Laos fell into communist hands it would increase the danger along the northern frontiers of Thailand. We would put additional pressure in Cambodia and in South Vietnam."
President Kennedy's Speech At Rice University
MS man at podium w/presidential seal speaking, "This morning's program will be opened by the singing of the National Anthem followed by the occasion to be given by the reverend Don Bebe." MS man looks around and walks away. MS/MCU flag in FG people rise & a zoom on Vice President (D) LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON (LBJ, Lyndon B. Johnson, Lyndon Johnson) wearing sunglasses. MCU U.S. President JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY (JFK, John Kennedy, John F. Kennedy) standing, hands at his side. MCU Kenendy moves to sit down, but prayer begins.
NPACT coverage of Church Committee Hearings - Assassinations
Program moderator Paul Duke introduces the Senate committee's report on CIA involvement in political assassinations. In two cases the CIA was directly involved in attempts to kill Fidel Castro of Cuba and Patrice Lumumba of the Congo. In three other cases financial aid and support was given to opposition factions that planned or carried out assassinations. The committee was unable to establish any clear evidence that any U.S. President personally gave orders to kill a foreign official. There is evidence to suggest that President Dwight Eisenhower may have authorized an attempt on Patrice Lumumba's life. Presidents Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy may have known about plans to get rid of Castro. Photos of JFK and Eisenhower on screen behind Paul Duke. U.S. Senator Howard Baker (R-TN) said it is likely that U.S. Presidents knew of assassination plots. The committee agreed that Presidents bore the ultimate responsibility for CIA actions. The committee's report has been made public despite the objections of President Gerald Ford, who believes material in the report will endanger national security. The committee believes that releasing the report will regain respect for the U.S. in admitting it's mistakes.
Kennedy's Father Stricken
Kennedy's Father Stricken The President hurries to the bedside of his 73-year-old father, who suffered a stroke while playing golf in Palm Beach. Exterior of building. Reporters taking notes. President and Jackie Kennedy walking towards car. Robert Kennedy speaking to the President, Jackie and JFK getting into car. Car drives off.
U.I Aeroscope: East Thru NYC
Aerial of Battery Park, Bowling Green Park, all near the Financial District in lower Manhattan; adjacent Manhattan skyline. Aerials of Kennedy International Airport (JFK Airport) in Queens, with fly by of the air traffic control tower, visitors waving from observation deck; audio of air traffic operators directing traffic. VO by actor Burgess Meredith.
President Kennedy Civil Rights Speech
JFK: "Therefore, I am asking for your help in making it easier for us to move ahead and to provide the kind of equality of treatment which we would want ourselves; to give a chance for every child to be educated to the limit of his talents. As I have said before, not every child has an equal talent or an equal ability or an equal motivation, but they should have the equal right to develop their talent and their ability and their motivation, to make something of themselves. We have a right to expect that the Negro community will be responsible, will uphold the law, but they have a right to expect that the law will be fair, that the Constitution will be color blind, as Justice Harlan said at the turn of the century. This is what we are talking about and this is a matter which concerns this country and what it stands for, and in meeting it I ask the support of all our citizens. Thank you very much. President Kennedy stands from desk, walks out of Oval Office."
Kennedy Throws Hat In Ring
Kennedy Throws Hat In Ring Massachusetts' Senator John F. Kennedy formally announces his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination as the 1960 campaign gets into high gear. Press conference. JFK reads statement (nat sound) into microphone. He seems a little nervous (for him, anyway). "I am today announcing my candidacy for the Presidency of the United States. The Presidency is the most powerful office in the free world, through which leadership can come a more vital life for all of our people. In it are centered the hopes of the globe around us for freedom and a more secure life." Reporter (off-screen) asks whether he would accept a nomination for vice president; JFK says no, not under any circumstances; "if I fail in this endeavor I shall return and serve in the United States Senate."
Kennedy Inauguration
Inauguration Parade: panning TLS/MSs West Point cadets marching past presidential gallery; panning TLS Anapolis Naval academy cadets marching past gallery stand; panning MS naval band marching, performing; more shots of naval academy cadets marching past Presidential reviewing stand, some cadets bearing rifles w/ affixed bayonets; MS marching bass drum with inscription, "Brigade of Midshipmen, Drum & Bugle Corps, U.S. Naval Academy"; panning MS five West Point cadets marching past gallery; MSs military band marching, performing (brass, fifes, snare drums, etc); MSs soldiers wearing green overcoats, M1A1 rifles shoulderbound, marching, heads turned to reviewing stand. Panning low angle TLS TV cameras on reviewing stand. MSs President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy & Vice-President Lyndon Johnson on reviewing stand. TLS/MS U.S. Army Airborne Rangers (paratroopers) marching in parade with flags. TLS President & Mrs. Kennedy on reviewing stand with Camelot patriarch JOSEPH P. KENNEDY SR. and matriarch ROSE KENNEDY. TLS/MSs Army tanks rolling in parade. TLS military transport trucks hauling missiles (rockets) in parade.TLS/MSs crowds watching Inaugural Parade. TLS U.S. Army marching band performing. Panning TLS "Massachusetts - Cradle of Liberty" float honoring JFK's achievements, a miniature White House on back of float. TLS mounted military men wearing red coats (Texas Rangers?) passing reviewing stand. TLS/MSs University of Texas Longhorns marching band. TLS man imitating Buffalo Bill Cody riding buffalo (bison) along parade route, past gallery.
Focus on the 60s (1960-64)
Kennedy Assassination, 1963: MS President JOHN F. KENNEDY & JACQUELINE KENNEDY arriving in Dallas, alighting Air Force One; MSs Kennedys greeting people at airport; TLS/MSs motorcade through streets of Dallas, Kennedys waving to crowd; MSs people ducking to ground after shots fired in Dealey Plaza (seems to be recreation); MSs mourners-- mostly women-- weeping in streets, old white man leaning against sign, shaking head; audio of radio & TV news reports; MS man w/ Journal American newspaper-- "President Dead, Shot by Assassin."Still of LBJ being sworn in as President aboard AF 1, Jackie looking on. TLSs JFK casket being loaded into hearse at airport. JFK lying in state in Capitol rotunda, Washington, DC: MS Jackie & Caroline Kennedy kneeling before flag-draped casket; MS/TLSs mourners paying last respects. MS alleged assassination weapon (Mannlicher Carcano rifle) being carted through crowded hallway, Dallas Police Department. MSs televised murder of LEE HARVEY OSWALD by JACK RUBY during prison transfer. Funeral of JFK: Panning MS Jackie Kennedy walking w/ Attorney General ROBERT F. KENNEDY (RFK, Bobby Kennedy) & Sen. EDWARD KENNEDY (Ted Kennedy); MSs RICHARD CARDINAL CUSHING administering mass; LS/TLSs funeral procession to Arlington; MS John F. Kennedy Jr. saluting his father's casket; LSs burial service, eternal flame. MS President LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON (LBJ) speaking to Joint Session of Congress, telling America must move on & pass the Civil Rights bill Kennedy worked so hard for. C/A MS/LSs mourners in Arlington National Cemetery.
Focus on the 60s (1960-64)
MS Former First Lady ELEANOR ROOSEVELT speaking for JFK in TV ad: "I urge you to vote for John F. Kennedy for I have come to believe that as President he will have the strength & moral courage to provide the leadership for human rights we need in this time of crisis. He is a man with a sense of history."
Focus on the 60s (1960-64)
MS/TLSs First Lady JACQUELINE KENNEDY riding an elephant in India. TLS/MSs Jackie Kennedy arriving in Greece for vacation; nice MS well-wishers waving Greek & American flags on dock. MS Jackie & President JOHN F. KENNEDY arriving at Inaugural gala ball, 1961. MS Jackie & JFK (and perhaps Andre Malraux) perusing Mona Lisa painting at National Gallery of Art, Jan 1963.
President Kennedy's Speech At Rice University
MCU man giving eloquent benediction as all remain standing in BG. MCU U.S. President JOHN F. KENNEDY (JFK, John Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy) shaking hands. MCU crowd shaking hands. MS kennedy leaving the stage. TLS audience. NOTE: The President spoke in the Rice University Stadium at 10 a.m. In his opening words he referred to Dr. K. S. Pitzer, President of the University, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Governor Price Daniel of Texas, Representative Albert Thomas of Texas, Senator Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin, Representative George P. Miller of California, James E. Webb, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and David E. Bell, Director of the Bureau of the Budget.
Biography: John Glenn
Parade montage: MS's and tight LS's of Glenn and family riding through urban streets in an open convertible. LBJ or JFK accompany them. The train ends at the Capitol Buidling: high angle tight LS of Glenn being greeted by joint session of Congress in House of Representatives; wide MS's and tight LS's of Glenn speaking before Congress (good cutaways of the press and representatives in apt attendence).
Lee Harvey Oswald Grave
MS/CUs grave and grave marker of Lee Harvey Oswald at Rose Hill Memorial Park in Ft. Worth, Texas. Brief MS Kennedy conspiracy author MICHAEL EDDOWES (Michael H. B. Eddowes) speaking to off-screen reporter about exhuming Oswald's body in order to disprove his (ultimately crackpot) body switching theory-- the body of LHO was swapped with that of a look-alike Soviet agent. JFK assassination conspiracy hoopla.
Biography: Eleanor Roosevelt (some scratches on film)
Adlai Stevenson speaking with reporters, announcing Eleanor Roosevelt's terminal illness. Eleanor Roosevelt dies. Funeral montage. Various political dignitaries arriving at the funeral mass in Hyde Park, NY, Nelson Rockefeller, Adlai Stevenson, Dwight Eisenhower, Harry Truman, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, John F Kennedy, and Jacqueline Kennedy. The priest and mass at final resting place. JFK, Lyndon Johnson (LBJ), and Harry Truman standing together at funeral.
The President's Visit
MS JFK leaving the podium. Cut to MS and tight LS of the President shaking the hands of those in the front row before leaving the vicinity for the helipad. Tight LS of the motorcade leaving the football field. They pass through the center of town. President Kennedy waving from the back of a Ford convertible. The motorcade arrives at the helipad and the helicopter takes off.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1900-1965)
MS Adlai Stevenson at press conference w/ Secretary of State DEAN RUSK. TLS White House (north face); MS Stevenson, Dean Rusk & President JOHN F. KENNEDY (JFK) greeting U.N. Secretary General U THANT (U-Thant); MS five press photographers taking pictures; MS John F. Kennedy ushering U Thant, Stevenson, Rusk into White House. MS - Adlai Stevenson with President LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON (LBJ) & First lady, LADY BIRD JOHNSON in Oval Office.