Inauguration of President Kennedy

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Description

This video shows:

people leaving inaugural stand after ceremony, inaugural stand during ceremony
Marion Anderson singing the Star-Spangled Banner
President Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn in by Chief Justice Earl Warren
President Dwight D. Eisenhower followed by President Kennedy and Vice Pres. Johnson as they walk to inaugural stand
the President during his address
President Kennedy greeting people as he walks back after ceremony
Joint Chiefs of Staff, Supreme Court Justices, Mrs. Eisenhower, Mrs. Nixon and Mrs. John F. Kennedy as they walk toward stand for ceremony
crowds in and around inaugural stand

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Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer.

National Archives Identifier: 28268

Full Citation: Motion Picture 111-LC-44332; Inauguration of President John F. Kennedy, Washington, D.C.; 1/20/1961; Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection, 1964 – 1980; Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Record Group 111; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/kennedy-inauguration/, April 1, 2026]

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