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Digital Identifier:
USG-01-15
Title:
The Five Cities of June, 1963
Date(s) of Materials:
June 1963
June 1963
Description:
Motion picture narrated by Charlton Heston and focusing on the national and international scene during the month of June, 1963. Events covered include activities at the Vatican, with the election and coronation of Pope Paul VI as successor to the late Pope John XXIII, the launching of a Soviet rocket and background on the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, battles in South Vietnam between Communists and South Vietnamese soldiers, the integration of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, with the admission of African-American students Vivian Malone and James Hood while Alabama Governor George C. Wallace stood by in opposition, and President John F. Kennedy's trip to Berlin, Germany, and his remarks upon signing the Golden Book at the Rathaus Schöneberg on Rudolph Wilde Platz. In his remarks President Kennedy famously proclaims, "Ich bin ein Berliner."
Directed by: Walter de Hoog and Bruce Herschensohn.
Screenplay and Music by: Bruce Herschensohn.
Narrated by: Charlton Heston.
"A News of the Day Production."
Directed by: Walter de Hoog and Bruce Herschensohn.
Screenplay and Music by: Bruce Herschensohn.
Narrated by: Charlton Heston.
"A News of the Day Production."
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Physical Description:
3 film reels (color; sound; 35 mm; 966 feet; 36 minutes)
Contributor(s):
Herschensohn, Bruce
Heston, Charlton, 1923-2008
Hoog, Walter de
News of the Day
United States Information Agency
Herschensohn, Bruce
Heston, Charlton, 1923-2008
Hoog, Walter de
News of the Day
United States Information Agency
Person(s):
Hood, James A.
John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963
Jones, Vivian Malone
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998
Hood, James A.
John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963
Jones, Vivian Malone
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998
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Trip to Europe: Germany, West Berlin, President Kennedy addresses crowd at Rathaus Schöneberg, 12:50PM
Trip to Europe: Germany, West Berlin, President Kennedy addresses crowd at Rathaus Schöneberg, 12:50PM
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Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish.
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction.
One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form.