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United States Government Agencies Collection
USG-02-B-1
Motion picture covering President John F. Kennedy's visit to Berlin, Germany. President Kennedy arrives at Tegel Airport in Berlin and delivers remarks in a welcome ceremony presided over by Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Konrad Adenauer and Mayor of West Berlin Willy Brandt. President Kennedy visits the site of the Brandenburg Gate, looks over the Berlin Wall, and then visits Checkpoint Charlie. President Kennedy delivers an address upon signing the Golden Book at the Rathaus Schöneberg on Rudolph Wilde Platz. In his speech President Kennedy discusses his hopes for the reunification of Germany, and emphasizes the philosophical differences between capitalism and communism, noting, "Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free." In his remarks President Kennedy famously proclaims, "Ich bin ein Berliner." Afterward President Kennedy attends a ceremony at Berlin Free University and addresses the crowd, and finally delivers farewell remarks and departs Berlin.Produced by: Sgt Bill Bailey, Special Events Department of AFTV (United States Armed Forces Radio and Television Service).
Edited by: Sgt James Connelly.
Narrated by: A1C Al Baker.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-15-F
AR29, ST15, KN25
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-14-C
ST15
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-14-B
AR29, ST15, KN25
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-14-A
AR29, ST15, KN25
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-11-22-B
AR13, KN10
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-11-21-A
AR13, KN10
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-213-003
This folder contains memoranda regarding the role of the United States in Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) defense system, U.S. policy towards Germany, and French President Charles de Gaulle’s foreign policy. Also included in this folder are materials regarding a speech by German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer discussing German domestic and foreign policy; and relations between Germany, the U.S., and NATO.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-075a-001
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding Germany. Subjects include trade, Berlin, Chancellor of German Konrad Adenauer and the political climate, and relations with France and the United States. Also included are numerous Memoranda of Conversations between various U.S. and German officials, including President John F. Kennedy and German Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss, discussing Berlin, disarmament, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the Soviet Union.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-045-019
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning an exchange of toasts between President Kennedy and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of the Federal Republic of Germany at the American Embassy Club in Bad Godesberg, Germany. During the exchange of remarks, Chancellor Adenauer discusses the overwhelming positive response from the German people to President Kennedy, and the President discusses the history of relations between the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany. Materials in this folder include a press copy of the toasts and note cards with talking points.
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Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Personal Papers
ROFKPP-098-003
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-117a-011
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Germany. Materials consist of background information for President Kennedy's meeting with Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic) Konrad Adenauer.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-117a-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Germany. Materials consist of background information for President Kennedy's meeting with Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic) Konrad Adenauer.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-117a-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Germany. Materials consist of background information for President Kennedy's meeting with Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic) Konrad Adenauer.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-117a-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Germany. Materials consist of background information for President Kennedy's meeting with Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic) Konrad Adenauer. Of note is a paper by Henry Kissinger titled, "Visit of Chancellor Adenauer-Some Psychological Factors."
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-117a-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Germany. Materials pertain to a visit to the United States by Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic) Konrad Adenauer, and include a luncheon menu and a joint communique between President Kennedy and Adenauer. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-27-63
President John F. Kennedy (center) stands in the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) as his motorcade travels from the Großer Stern on its route through West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing with the President: Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer. Crowds line the streets; the Siegessäule (Victory Column) is visible in the background.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-3-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left foreground, back to camera) visits the Berlin Wall near Checkpoint Charlie in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Jay W. Gildner, of the United States Information Agency (USIA); White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29387
President John F. Kennedy visits with officials on the steps of Villa Hammerschmidt in Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Left to right: President Kennedy; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee (partially obscured); President of West Germany, Dr. Heinrich Lübke; Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel; Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder; two unidentified persons. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler stands in background at left. Two unidentified German girls stand with the officials.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29316
President John F. Kennedy (center left foreground) sits with President of West Germany, Dr. Heinrich Lübke, and Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer, during a ceremony establishing the German Development Service (Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst), or German Peace Corps, at Villa Hammerschmidt. Standing (L-R): Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler (mostly obscured); U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber; unidentified. Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29315
President John F. Kennedy attends a ceremony establishing the German Development Service (Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst), or German Peace Corps, at Villa Hammerschmidt. Left to right: President Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; President of West Germany, Dr. Heinrich Lübke; Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber (partially obscured); Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel (mostly obscured); an unidentified member of the clergy. Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29314
President John F. Kennedy (seated at left) and Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer, listen to President of West Germany, Dr. Heinrich Lübke, deliver remarks during a ceremony establishing the German Development Service (Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst), or the German Peace Corps, at Villa Hammerschmidt. Standing at left (L-R): Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, William R. Tyler; U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George C. McGhee; interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber. Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel, stands in group at right. Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). [Blemish along right edge is original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29297
President John F. Kennedy (center left) stands on landing outside Altes Rathaus (Old City Hall) in Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing right of President Kennedy (L-R): Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Gerhard Schröder (partially obscured); unidentified; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29295
President John F. Kennedy (center, on top landing) delivers remarks outside Altes Rathaus (Old City Hall) in Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also standing on top landing: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer (partially obscured); Mayor of Bonn, Wilhelm Daniels; Director of Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) in Berlin and translator for President Kennedy, Robert Lochner; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Standing on stairs at right: Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Libeth Werhahn, daughter of Chancellor Adenauer; Cecilia McGhee, wife of U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, George McGhee. Also pictured: Director of the United States Secret Service, James J. Rowley; Secret Service agent, Sam Sulliman.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C230-33-63
President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) stands in an open convertible as his motorcade approaches the Cologne Cathedral; Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer, stands left of President Kennedy. Cologne, West Germany (Federal Republic). Crowds line the street.