USMC 100566: President Kennedy pays respects at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 1963

Item Description
Title
USMC 100566: President Kennedy pays respects at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 1963

Citation information
USMC 100566: President Kennedy pays respects at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 1963. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/2856/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100566

Decade
1960

Date
1963-11-11

Description
President John F. Kennedy pays respects at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Veterans Day, November 11, 1963. Kennedy marches with military officers and the Color Guard, then lays a wreath at the foot of the tomb as a large crowd of military and civilians look on. Film also depicts the Chairman of the Veterans Day National Committee and U.S. Army General David M. Shoe giving speeches, the Marine band performing and the Color Guard presenting. There are additional shots of the graves at Arlington, the Tomb of the Unknown soldier and its guard. The films closes with a scene of wreaths left at President Kennedy's gravesite.

Location(s)
Arlington (Va.)

Military Grid Reference
18SUJ20520536

Camera crew
Veterans Administration

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed in November of 1963 and completed after President Kennedy's burial.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
400

Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)

Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Language
English

Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films


Rights information
Public Domain. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
07/09/2018

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
12:36

Digital file type
video/H264