Speeches of Robert F. Kennedy - Assassination & Funeral
Speeches of Robert F. Kennedy - Assassination & Funeral
Speeches of Robert F. Kennedy
Speeches of Robert F. Kennedy - Assassination & Funeral
BW RFK standing at the podium at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, June 5, 1968. "What I think is quite clear is that we can work together in the last analysis and what has been going on in the United States over the period of the last three years, the divisions, the violence, the disenchantment with our society, the divisions whether its been blacks and whites, between the poor and the more affluent, or between age groups or the War in Vietnam, that we can start to work together. We are a great country and a selfish country and a compassionate country and I intend to make that my basis for running over the period of the next few months" Cheering from the crowd. CU of TV set showing primary results; Kennedy won with 48% to McCarthy s 41%. "My thanks to all of you and now it s on to Chicago and let s win there." He flashes a peace sign (or V for Victory sign) as he leaves the podium. Kennedy starts to leave and is assassinated. Shots of mass confusion; Kennedy lying on the ground bleeding, two men try to prop him up.
Speeches of Robert F. Kennedy - Assassination & Funeral
Excerpt from Robert Kennedy's "Day of Affirmation" Speech, 1966. Audio of speech over the following images. Color traveling shots from the train carrying RFK s body of crowds lying the route. Color shots of RFK s funeral - coffin being put into hearse. Edward Kennedy (Ted Kennedy, Teddy Kennedy) at the eternal flame by JFK s grave looking pensive. Robert Kennedy riding in a car while campaigning. VS the Beatles and Beatles fans. Shot of Kennedy as a boy (about 13) speaking into a microphone. JFK and RFK leaving a helicopter and being greeted by their children. Color CU of RFK shaking hands. RFK at the eternal flame by JFK s grave. CU eternal flame. "I believe that in this generation those with the courage to enter the conflict will find themselves with companions in every corner of the world. For the fortunate amongst us, the fourth danger my friends is comfort; the temptation to follow the easy and familiar path of personal ambition and financial success so grandly spread before those who have the privilege of an education. But that is not the road history has marked out for us. There is a Chinese curse which says, "May he live in interesting times." Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also the most creative of any time in the history of mankind. And everyone here will ultimately be judged, will ultimately judge himself, on the effort he has contributed to building a new world society and the extent to which his ideals and goals have shaped that effort. So we part, I to my country and you to remain. We are, if a man of forty can claim that privilege, fellow members of the world's largest younger generation. Each of us have our own work to do. I know at times you must feel very alone with your problems and difficulties. But I want to say how impressed I am with what you stand for and the effort you are making; and I say this not just for myself, but for men and women all over the world. And I hope you will often take heart from the knowledge that you are joined with fellow young people in every land, they struggling with their problems and you with yours, but all joined in a common purpose; that, like the young people of my own country and of every country that I have visited, you are all in many ways more closely united to the brothers of your time than to the older generations of any of these nations; you're determined to build a better future. President Kennedy was speaking to the young people of America, but beyond them to young people everywhere, when he said "the energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it and the glow from that fire can truly light the world." And he added, "With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own. I thank you."
Speeches of Robert F. Kennedy - Assassination & Funeral
Text on screen: "Some men see things as they are and ask why? I dream of things that never were and say why not?"