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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.
Moving image
United States Government Agencies Collection
USG-03-D
Silent motion picture of President John F. Kennedy's trip to White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, New Mexico, including brief clips of him delivering remarks, speaking with various enlisted men, and watching a launch at the demonstration field. Materials in this series were created, commissioned, or collected by the United States Air Force.
Moving image
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.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-189-002
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks upon arrival at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in White Sands, New Mexico. In his speech the President discusses how the activities at WSMR significantly impact Congressional and Executive decisions concerning national security.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-05-C
ST25, KN36
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-103-024
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the state of New Mexico. Materials in this folder include statistical information concerning federal budget appropriations for various government departments, agencies, and programs in New Mexico and a report suggesting the use of White Sands Missile Range as an aerospace vehicle recovery site.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-12-63
President John F. Kennedy (left foreground, looking through binoculars) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell (looking through binoculars) sits right of President Kennedy. US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles sits at far right (back to camera); a Nike Zeus missile is visible in the background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-19-63
View of the Acquisition Radar Receiver for the Nike Zeus missile at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; President John F. Kennedy (seated in back of car at right center) visited the missile range to view demonstrations. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-16-63
President John F. Kennedy (left, back to camera) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29105
View of a missile launch during demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, attended by President John F. Kennedy. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29104
View of a missile launch during demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, attended by President John F. Kennedy. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29103
View of a missile launch during demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, attended by President John F. Kennedy. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-044-036
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks upon arrival at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in White Sands, New Mexico. In his speech the President discusses how the activities at WSMR significantly impact Congressional and Executive decisions concerning national security.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-15-63
President John F. Kennedy (right foreground, wearing sunglasses) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson sits at left; Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin, sits in center.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29106
View of a missile launch during demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, attended by President John F. Kennedy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-7-63
President John F. Kennedy (right, wearing sunglasses) looks through binoculars at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; President Kennedy visited White Sands to view missile demonstrations. Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin, sits at left; the Pershing missile is visible in the background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-6-63
President John F. Kennedy (left, wearing sunglasses) and others view missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Left to right: Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler (bottom left); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (far left, wearing safari hat); Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin; President Kennedy; US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles (center, with back to camera); Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell (right, wearing glasses). The Pershing missile is visible in the background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-3-63
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) visits the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, to view missile demonstrations. Also pictured: Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; White House Secret Service agents, Emory Roberts, Dennis Halterman, and Toby Chandler; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff. In the foreground is a missile fired in 1938 by Dr. Robert H. Goddard near Roswell, New Mexico.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-10-63
Sergeant First Class Harman D. Swits, III (left) presents President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) with a scale model of the Sergeant missile at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; the President visited White Sands to view missile demonstrations. Left to right: Sergeant First Class James W. Ray; SFC Swits; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (face obscured); White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn (far right, face hidden). [See also MO 63.2019, "Model of Sergeant Missile," from the John F. Kennedy Museum Collection.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-21-63
President John F. Kennedy (second from left, back to camera) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin, sits left of President Kennedy. A briefing officer stands at lectern in center; a Little John missile is visible at left. [Notes: Scratches and blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-20-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Seated right of President Kennedy in first row (left to right): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (wearing sunglasses); Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (Texas); Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina); Representative Ed Foreman (Texas). Also pictured: Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O’Brien; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-18-63
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) shakes hands with Sergeant First Class Harman D. Swits, III (left), who presented President Kennedy with a scale model of the Sergeant missile at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; the President visited White Sands to view missile demonstrations. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (holding Sergeant missile model); Sergeant First Class Jimmie Grimes; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. [See also MO 63.2019, "Model of Sergeant Missile," from the John F. Kennedy Museum Collection.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-17-63
Sergeant First Class Jimmie Grimes (left) presents Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) with a plaque featuring a model of the Pershing missile system at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; President John F. Kennedy (not pictured) and Vice President Johnson visited the missile range to view demonstrations. Also pictured: Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (left of Vice President Johnson); Sergeant First Class Harman D. Swits, III (far right, mostly out of frame).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-14-63
President John F. Kennedy (left foreground, looking through binoculars) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; a Nike Zeus missile is visible in the background. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-13-63
President John F. Kennedy (left foreground, looking through binoculars) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; a Nike Zeus missile is visible in the background. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]