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United States Government Agencies Collection
USG-03-T-1
Silent motion picture covering President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru arriving at Andrews Air Force Base and being greeted by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Mrs. Rusk, General Lyman Lemnitzer, and embassy staff members. United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith also attends. President Kennedy and Prime Minister Nehru make addresses on a speaker's stand, inspect troops, go through a reception line, and board a U.S. Army helicopter. Materials in this series were created, commissioned, or collected by the United States Air Force.
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United States Government Agencies Collection
USG-03-F
Motion picture of President John F. Kennedy’s visit to White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, including the President's address to an audience and a missile launch demonstration. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson accompanies the President.Source: U.S. Army.
Produced by: U.S. Army Post Signal Division Pictorial Branch, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
Materials in this series were created, commissioned, or collected by the United States Air Force.
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United States Government Agencies Collection
USG-03-B
Motion picture of President John F. Kennedy's visit to the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. President Kennedy arrives and General Frederick Thorlin makes welcoming remarks. President Kennedy makes remarks, goes to the test launch area to observe a missile launch demonstration, receives a model of a missile before Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson receives a plaque, and then departs.Presented by: United States Army.
Produced by: United States Army Post Signal Division Pictorial Branch.
Materials in this series were created, commissioned, or collected by the United States Air Force.
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United States Government Agencies Collection
USG-03-21
Silent motion picture covering the presentation ceremony of the 1962 Robert J. Collier Trophy on October 10, 1963, in the Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. President John F. Kennedy participates in the ceremony honoring the original team of United States astronauts for pioneering manned space flight in Project Mercury. Astronauts receiving the award are Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr.; Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr.; Major L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.; Major Donald K. Slayton; Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; Major Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom; Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter. The following are shown delivering remarks (footage is silent) President of the National Aeronautic Association, Martin M. Decker; President Kennedy; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; and Major Slayton. Among others shown: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby; Cdr. Schirra's wife, Jo Schirra; Maj. Slayton's wife, Marjorie Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn's wife, Annie Glenn; Maj. Grissom's mother, Cecile Grissom; Cdr. Shepard's wife, Louise Shepard; Maj. Grissom's father, Dennis Grissom; Maj. Grissom's wife, Betty Grissom; Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico; Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's wife, Rene Carpenter; Maj. Cooper's wife, Trudy Cooper. Materials in this series were created, commissioned, or collected by the United States Air Force.
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United States Government Agencies Collection
USG-03-06
Silent motion picture containing scenes of President John F. Kennedy visiting Cape Canaveral, Florida. President Kennedy walks from Air Force One (VC-137A aircraft) with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Director Kurt Debus. President Kennedy, Director Debus, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center (AFMTC) Major General Leighton I. Davis leave by car. President Kennedy also talks with missile-men and civilian personnel, makes an address, and boards Air Force One for departure. Materials in this series were created, commissioned, or collected by the United States Air Force.