About Moving Image
Digital Identifier:
USG-01-I
Title:
The Task Begun: President Kennedy in Europe, 1961: 30 May-5 June
Date(s) of Materials:
1961: 30 May-5 June
1961: 30 May-5 June
Description:
Motion picture covering highlights of President John F. Kennedy's 1961 trip to Europe. It uses footage from President Kennedy's Report to the Nation (Presidential Papers, 1961, #231) to introduce each event covered. Included are scenes of President Kennedy in Paris, France; being welcomed, with First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, by French President Charles de Gaulle at the Hotel de Ville; attending receptions; and speaking before the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters. Also included are scenes of President Kennedy meeting over two days with the Soviet Union's Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria, and meeting British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, in London, England. Shots of local scenery are interspersed throughout.
Presented by: United States Information Service (USIS).
Presented by: United States Information Service (USIS).
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Physical Description:
1 film reel (color; sound; 35 mm; 2000 feet; 21 minutes)
Contributor(s):
United States Information Agency
United States Information Agency
Person(s):
Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Khrushchev, Nikita S, (Nikita Sergeevich), 1894-1971
Macmillan, Harold (Maurice Harold), 1894-1986
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994
Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Khrushchev, Nikita S, (Nikita Sergeevich), 1894-1971
Macmillan, Harold (Maurice Harold), 1894-1986
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994
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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.