| KENNEDY'S SPEECH IN PARIS De Gaulle welcomes the Kennedys and JFK speaks of the long friendship of the two nations. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 8170 | |
| Catalog #: | 151746 | |
| Clip Number: | 151746-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 3501 C | |
| Timecode: | 01:18:30 - 01:21:50 | |
| Location: | Paris, France | |
| Year Shot: | 1961 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: State Visits LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France, Paris PERSONALITIES: De Gaulle, Charles PERSONALITIES: Kennedy, John F ( JFK ) | |
| Description: | KENNEDY'S SPEECH IN PARIS De Gaulle welcomes the Kennedys and JFK speaks of the long friendship of the two nations. Paris, France M.S. French President Charles de Gaulle standing in front of microphones, speaking and welcoming American President J. F. Kennedy and his wife, Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy to France. M.S. Kennedy makes his way to microphone, and begins to speak, de Gaulle on his left listening. President John F. Kennedy: “General de Gaulle, members of his government, Madam de Gaulle, I want to express on behalf of my wife and myself our most generous appreciation of your welcome today. I come from America, the daughter of Europe, to France, which is America’s oldest friend. But long before my country was born French influence, French philosophy, French culture led the western world to such a degree that the first American ambassador to Paris, Benjamin Franklin, could say, ‘Every man has two countries, France and his own.’ But I come today not because merely past ties and past friendship, but because the present relationship between France and the United States is essential for the preservation of freedom around the globe. I come also because of the grandeur of France’s present mission, the productivity of the workers, the brilliance of a university, the vigor of her leaders. In my office in recent weeks, I have received many envoys of new countries; many of them spoke French, the language of free men. So General, it is an honor to come and visit you today, you have been a Capitan in the field, in the defense of the West for more than twenty years. Your vigor, your leadership, your long sense of history are needed now more then ever in the past. France and the United States have been associated in the past in many great causes, but I can think of no more happy cause then be associated together in the climatic moment in the defense of freedom.” (Applause) Kennedy finishes his speech, and shakes hands with de Gaulle. | |
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