The Funeral of John F. Kennedy in colour

On Sunday afternoon, November 24th 1963, about 300,000 people watched a horse-drawn caisson, which had borne the body of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Unknown Soldier, carry Kennedy's flag-covered mahogany casket down the White House drive, past parallel rows of soldiers bearing the flags of the 50 states of the Union, then along Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol Rotunda to lie in state. The only sounds on Pennsylvania Avenue as the cortège made its way to the Capitol were the sounds of the muffled drums and the clacking of horses' hooves.

Monday, November 25th 1963, the casket was borne again by caisson on the final leg to Arlington National Cemetery for burial. Moments after the casket was carried down the front steps of the cathedral, Jacqueline Kennedy whispered to her son, after which he saluted his father's coffin, a gesture captured by the cameras and long remembered. The children were deemed to be too young to attend the final burial service, so this was the point where the children said goodbye to their father.

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[RodwardHewlin]

JFK was a great president, how does everyone figure Regan was a great president. The Republicans loved him, but i cant see where Regan did anything memorable.

[coolioburst360]

Kennedy saved America from nuclear destruction

[lashrags43]

@RodwardHewlin took down the berlin wall?

[gerjerry99]

strange how reagan was born before kennedy but kennedy was president during a era way before reagan was. kennedy sworn in 1961 born 1917. reagan sworn in 1981 born 1911. rip both of them.

[onesoldiersmom]

@coolioburst360 You should try reading history on both Presidents. Not the just the liberal revisionist history out there. Kennedy did much to cause the destruction before he thwarted it. READ! Ronald Reagan ended the cold war. READ!

[daashadow1]

I wonder if we'll ever see another kennedy in the running for president - aren't some of bobby's kids in politics at the mo?

[bamabelle327]

@title1teacher Thank you. I am thankful to have been born during the Reagan era. How people can have such selective memory about history is beyond me.

[sidrahsiddiqui]

was it originally televised in colour? where is the rest of the ceremony? if it was originally in colour, then why the rest of the available clips are in black & white?

[title1teacher]

@RodwardHewlin Reagan also tried, mostly without success because of a Democratic Congress, to rid the federal government of unconstitutional departments, waste and corruption. For a brief moment he stopped the country's slide into third-world socialist status (credit rating and debt ring a bell?). We need a string of 50 men and women just like him. Instead we get a cabbage head.

[title1teacher]

@RodwardHewlin Besides ending a HORRIBLE recession (double-digit unemployment and inflation); and setting the stage for the end of the Cold War (you do remember the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain, don't you Rodward?) without any American firing a shot.

[cynmarie33]

Robert F. Kennedy (Bobby) was a true Gentleman. He took Jacqueline's hand and helped her to deal with a great loss.. He also was a strong figure in helping his brother's children deal with their father's passage... God Bless Bobby..

[SingingBlondie1028]

That salute is priceless. But what is he wearing? It looks like a coat dress without pants in the middle of a cold November. What's cute is that Jackie whispered to him to salute and then let go of his hand.