The Age of Kennedy, Part II: The Presidency (VINEGAR- TO BE DELETED ONCE TRANSFERRED)

Duration: 12:00

Year Published: 1966

Creator: NBC News

Complete Record: Part II of biography of President John F. Kennedy that focuses on his early presidency. Opens with President Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and two drivers in 1960s black convertible on inauguration day, January 20, 1961. The President stands up in car and waves with his hat in one hand. Side shot of the White House, followed by shot of the President rocking back in a chair and smiling. Shot of Jackie Kennedy in Chanel suit leading a pony behind her. In the background is a 1960s car. She has a woman in a wide brimmed hat to her right and they pass in front of a guarded gate. Camera pans back to John F. Kennedy Jr. as a baby in a stroller with a bonnet on, he chews his hand. Jackie and friend lead pony into a garden. Shot of John Jr. in stroller looking into camera. Aerial shot of banquet with eight circular tables and one very long table at the top of the frame. Shot of the President the First Lady talking casually at the long table. They are in formal attire and there is a candelabra in front of them. Camera pans across still photograph that starts at one end of the oval office where a mannequin in a military uniform stands, and ends with famous shot of JFK leaning over desk at a window in the oval office. Montage of stills of the President alone and meeting with cabinet members in oval office, standing with microphone, sitting in oval office with LBJ. Still shot of Robert McNamara. Shots of Cubans picketing with signs to “Do something about Cuba” and “Give us Weapons: etc. Shots of Cuban exiles trained by the United States to invade Cuba sitting outside at a wooden table cleaning guns, then snapping to attention in a wooden building, then marching in formation. Shots of fighting during Bay of Pigs. Men jumping into trenches, firing cannon, a tank of fire in the middle of a field. Shots of soldiers in camouflage marching with their hands on their heads. The President in a tuxedo giving a speech at podium about the failure of the Bay of Pigs. Shots of the President walking the grounds of the White House with various diplomats. Shot of the Capitol building. Shot of Kennedy signing bill into law, shaking hands through gate in the middle of a crowd. President shaking hands at airport. Shot of three African American men in 1960s era clothes leaning against car, all have their hands in their pockets. Voice over of President Kennedy talking about race relations. Shot of bathroom door with glass window with words “White Bathroom” written on it. Montage of schoolchildren standing for pledge of allegiance. college students on campus and elderly men and women in hospital rooms, African American men and an elderly woman performing manual labor with voice over of Kennedy talking about the need for social programs. Shot of Kennedy giving speech about the function of president to consider the general welfare. Shot of Kennedy in suit and hat walking into White House. Shots of Kennedy shaking hands with youth, college age students. Montage of Peace Corps volunteers doing physical training in the forest. Montage of 1960s Peace Corps volunteers helping in clinics and classrooms around the world. Military helicopter landing in Latin America above crowd waving American flags. Shots of President Roosevelt riding black convertible escorted by many military men on horses. Shot of Adolf Hitler speaking and Stalin standing in meeting room. People in Europe cleaning up rubble and destruction in cities from World War II. Shots of President Eisenhower standing with various Latin American leader. Vice President Nixon and Pat Nixon exiting airplane in Latin America in 1958, greeted by young crowd holding a sign that says “Go Away Nixon” and a sign with a caricature of Nixon. Shots of protesters surrounding Nixon’s car which has many broken windows. Shots juxtaposing wealth and poverty in Latin America - a beautiful woman modeling an expensive dress, an old woman washing clothing, shots of mansions followed by slums. Fidel Castro speaking to enormous crowd. Montage of uprisings in Communist countries. President Kennedy speaking to and shaking hands with foreign exchange students in the United States. Shots of a group of Congolese men beating another in the streets of the newly independent Belgian Congo. Shot of armed United Nations forces keeping the peace in the Congo. Shot of Marine Helicopters flying away from aircraft carrier. Shot of President Kennedy with Laotian leaders. Riots in Vietnam, human body burning in streets. Reel ends with John F. Kennedy giving commencement address to immense crowd at unidentified university.