The Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center
East side exterior view of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Performing Arts; lawn with trees, bushes, and flowerbeds in FG. American flags atop flagpoles, camera zooms out to lawn with trees, bushes, and flowerbeds in FG of the Kennedy Center. Kennedy Center; trees near building obscure a couple of school buses parked at the entrance, cars driving past. Northeast corner of Kennedy Center, looking north and up to the sky, airplane flies overhead from nearby Reagan National Airport; pan down and to the left, looking down the east side of the building, trees planted in-between each column. Adult Caucasian male in red suit jacket and bow tie stands with a paper in hand, then checks his watch before joining other adult Caucasian and African American males and females walking to the entrance of the building; adult African American male buffing/scrubbing the floor in the FG.
The Kennedy Center
Exterior view of the plaza in front of the entrance of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Performing Arts, cars drive past. Pan right to a couple of parked buses, adult and teenage Caucasian males and females walking in groups toward entrance; water fountain partially obscures the view in FG; show bill, partially obscured for the musical "Nine" just outside the entrance. Line of adult Caucasian males and females walking past the water fountain and toward the entrance of the Kennedy Center, congregating there; Greyhound bus drives by.
The Kennedy Center
Various exterior views of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Performing Arts building. Zoom in to the name affixed to the stone façade, tree branches and the building’s columns obscure clean view; school buses occasionally pass by in FG.
The Kennedy Center
Exterior of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Performing Arts; views from the River Terrace with water fountains and planted trees in-between. Adult Caucasian female and Caucasian female child walking together towards building at the far end of the terrace; camera zooms out to two adult Caucasian females walking toward building together in the FG; traffic on Interstate 66 in BG. VS of JFK quote inscribed on wall: "I look forward to an America which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft. I look forward to an America which will steadily raise the standards of artistic accomplishment and which will steadily enlarge cultural opportunities for all of our citizens. And I look forward to an America which commands respect throughout the world not only for its strength, but for its civilization as well."
The Kennedy Center
Interior of John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Performing Arts. Adult Caucasian female (speaking German) leads group of adult Caucasian males and females through the Grand Foyer; Orrefors crystal chandeliers, a gift from Sweden, hang overhead. Adult Caucasian males and females congregated just outside the Kennedy Center Opera House; pan right to bronze bust of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. VS of the bronze bust in the Grand Foyer.
The Kennedy Center
Sunlight pours into the Hall of States inside the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Performance Arts; U.S. State flags suspended above, adult Caucasian males and female walking in BG. Pan right to Kennedy Center poster promoting “The Metropolitan Opera Centennial April 23- May 5” outside the Opera House entrance. Camera pans U.S. state flags hung around the hall; pan down and right to the Opera show bill, middle-aged adult Caucasian male and female walking in gallery. Camera looking up at U.S. state flags and territories; Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, and Guam among them, including Washington, D.C.; pan down to Caucasian men and women of all ages congregating in the Hall of States, a few visiting concessions off to the side. Glass display case with marketing poster for The National Children’s Arts Festival theme of Imagination and Celebration at the Terrace Theater.