John F Kennedy footage

good president the friend of all people of  goodwi a believer in the dignity and equality of all human beings a fighter for justice  an apostle of Peace has been snatched from our midst by the bullet of an assass the  voice is that of Chief Justice Earl Warren our nation is bered the whole world is  poorer because of his loss but we can all be better Americans because John  Fitzgerald Kennedy has passed our way [Music] [Music] Ambassador adley Stevenson [Music] and so we shall never know how different the  world might have been had fate permitted this blazing talent to live and labor longer at man's  unfinished agenda for peace and progress for all only a few Generations have been  granted the role of Defending freedom in its hour of Maximum danger I do not  shrink from this responsibility I welcome it I do not believe that any of us would  exchange places with any other people or any other generation the energy the faith the  devotion which we bring to this endeavor we our country and all who serve it and the glow  from that fire can truly light the world and so my fellow Americans ask not what your country can  do for you ask what you can do for your country John Fitzgerald Kennedy assumed the  office of President of the United States as his Nation faced the great challenges of a new  age he pledged leadership and in time Americans would find in his words a voice in his ideals  a faith and a direction in the goals he set for himself and his country this film is dedicated  to the goals the faith and the ideals of John Fitzgerald Kennedy as they were expressed in his  own words during his administration of barely a thousand days I sometimes think we are too much  impressed by the clamor of daily events newspaper headlines and the television screens give us a  short view they so flood us with the stop press details of daily stories that we lose sight of  one of the great movements of History yet it is the profound Tendencies of history and not the  passing excitement that will shape our [Music] future space is open to us now and our Eagan is to  share its meaning is not governed by the efforts of others we go into space because whatever  mankind must undertake free men must fully [Music] share I believe that this nation should commit  itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of Landing a man on the moon and returning  him safely to the Earth no single Space Project in this period will be more impressive to mankind or  more important for the long range exploration of space and none will be so difficult or expensive  to accomplish but in a very real sense it will not be one man going to the Moon it will be an  entire nation for all of us must work to put him there in a thousand days he articulated for the  nation the challenges of the [Music] 1960s to fulfill the role we cannot avoid on the world  scene we must re-examine and revise our whole arsenal of tools first we must strengthen our  military tools we we are moving into a period of Uncertain risk and great commitments in which  both the military and diplomatic possibilities require a free world Force so powerful as to  make any aggression clearly futile if we are to keep the peace we need an invulnerable missile  Force powerful enough to deter any aggressor from even threatening an attack that he would know  could not destroy enough of our own forces to prevent his own Destruction for as I I set upon  taking the oath of office only when our arms are sufficient Beyond doubt can we be certain  Beyond doubt that they will never be [Music] [Music] employed historians report that in 1914  with most of the world already plunged in war Prince buo the former German Chancellor  said to the then Chancellor bethman halwig how did it all happen and bethman halwig  replied ah if only one knew if this planet is ever ravaged by nuclear war if 300  million Americans Russians and Europeans are wiped out by a 60-minute nuclear exchange if  the survivors of that Devastation can then endure the fire poison chaos and catastrophe  I do not want one of those survivors to ask another how did it all happen and to  receive the incredible reply ah if only one knew pledge to turn swords into shares  John F Kennedy launched the first step toward the control of arms bringing hope  to an age of danger every man woman and child lives under a nuclear sword  of damic hanging by the slenderest of threads capable of being cut at any  moment by accident or miscalculation or by Madness the weapons of war must be  abolished before they abolish us [Applause] our Representatives have met at the  summit and at the brink they have met in Washington and in Moscow in Geneva and  at the United Nations but to often these meetings have produced only Darkness Discord or  disillusion yesterday a shaft of light got into the darkness negotiations were concluded in  Moscow on a treaty to ban all nuclear tests in the atmosphere in outer space and underwater  this treaty is not the Millennium but it is an important First Step a step towards peace  a step towards reason they step away from war it is much e easier to make the speeches than  to make the judgments the president had said if you take the wrong course and on occasion I  have the president Bears the responsibility quite rightly so that finally it comes down  that no matter how many advisers you have frequently they are divided and the president  must finally choose so it was whenever crisis threatened the wellbe of his Nation so it was in  the fall of 1962 when it was learned that in Cuba 90 mi from the shores of the United States  the Soviet Union had begun building missile imp placements in this crisis both the nation and  the man were tested for the will and the courage to defend Freedom the president ordered a military  quarantine of Cuba and bluntly declared that the Russians must halt what he called this clandestine  Reckless and provocative threat to World Peace the line had been drawn a challenge that invoked the  Spectre of a nuclear confrontation had been issued this was the burden that John Kennedy accepted  this was the crushing responsibility that was his it was so in Berlin and Vietnam it was so  in the Congo and in the United States and his concern would range from the state of the nation's  economy to the inviolable rights of man now the time has come for this nation to fulfill its  promise the fires of frustration and Discord are burning in every city north and South it is  not enough to pin the blame on others to say this is the problem of one section of the country  or another a great change is at hand and our task Our obligation is to make that Revolution  that change peaceful and constructive for all of his thousand days as president some of the  most memorable moments occurred when he left the capital to tour his nation and the world in  Washington he would say we talked of the United States its dangers and its opportunities in  a somewhat removed way but out here one can sense the power the strength the resources of this  nation here too he could feel the response to his administration the respect the admiration  the affection that Americans felt for him sure of his way here was tangible proof to him  that where he led the nation would [Music] follow with the nations of Latin America he forged the  alliance for progress and he came to symbolize the and Liberty it promised to the people of this  hemisphere I shall return to Washington and tell the uh people of my country that uh you  and they are bound together in one of the Great Adventures of Human Experience to make of our  hemisphere a bright and Shining Light for all the world and in the 1960s I believe that we can  demonstrate so that all the world will want to follow our example that freedom and prosperity  can move hand in hand I express our thanks to you and I can tell you that the people of my  country in good times and bad are committed to the progress of your people and this hemisphere  L and gentlemen uh Mr President uh one of the uh kennedies does not need an interpreter so I'd  like to have my wife uh say just a word to you [Music] f to the people of the city of Berlin  John F Kennedy embodied the Resolute determination of the United States  to preserve the way of freedom [Applause] all free men wherever they may live are citizens of Berlin and therefore as a free man I  take pride in the words isina [Applause] in Paris as in every city he visited the people cheered him as they would  his Nation or the two were indivisible and to all the world he carried  the image of Youth strength and vigor [Music] Mr chairman Mr chairman Mr Minister Mr secretary  of state ambassador Alon Pastor Gavin Pastor Bonet distinguished guest ladies and gentlemen I do not uh think it altogether  inappropriate to introduce myself to this audience I am the man who accompanied  Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris and I've enjoyed it that which came to be known as the Kennedy  style took many forms often it was equipped with a smile I uh spoke a year ago today to  take the inaugural and I'd like to paraphrase a couple of statements I made that day  by saying that we observe tonight not a celebration of freedom but a victory of  party for we are sworn to pay off the same party debt our forbears ran up nearly a year and  3 months ago our deficit will not be paid off in the next 100 days nor will it be paid off in  the first 1,000 days nor in the life of this Administration or perhaps even In Our  Lifetime in this planet but let us [Applause] begin remembering that generosity is not a  sign of weakness and that ambassadors are always subject to Senate confirmation  for if the Democratic party cannot be helped by the many who are poor it cannot  be saved by the few who are rich so let us begin it might be said now that I have the best of  both worlds a Harvard Education and a Yale degree 1952 when I was thinking about running for the  United States Senate I went to the then Senator smatters and said George what do you think  he said don't do it can't win bad [Laughter] year and 1956 I was at the Democratic Convention  and I said I didn't know whether I'd run for vice president or not so I said uh George what  do you think this is it they need a young man it's your chance so I ran and lost and  in 1960 I was wondering whether I ought to run in the West Virginia primary don't do  it that state you can't possibly carry and actually the only time I really got nervous  about the whole matter at uh Los Angeles was just before the balloting George came up  and said I think it looks pretty good for [Music] you the White House in a thousand days and a  Thousand Nights under John Fitzgerald Kennedy often became a center for cultural activity and  that was part of the Kennedy style as he sought to achieve excellence in all that he undertook  so did he admire and encourage talent and genius the poet the artist the musician continues  the quiet work of centuries Building Bridges of experience between peoples reminding man  of the universality of his feelings and desires and despairs and reminding him that the  forces that unite are deeper than those that divide from his incredibly broad range of Interest  John F Kennedy shaped the TI of his administration a passionate believer in the value of knowledge  he launched a broad program for improving the educational opportunities of Young Americans a  witness to the tragedy of mental retardation he spurred the drive for Research into its causes  his conviction that individual Americans could carry abroad a new image of America produced  the peace core under John Fitzgerald Kennedy the office of president was the vortex of  action and decision and from his goals and F and ideals there came a new standard for  his Nation A new challenge for its people all this in a thousand [Music] days ask every  person if he's heard the story and tell it strong and clear if he has not that once there  was a fleeting whisp of 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