| Kennedy Tour: Irish Acclaim Highlights Visit | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1712 |
| Catalog #: | 362210 | |
| Clip Number: | 362210-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 036-054-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:33:29 - 00:35:16 | |
| Location: | Ireland | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: State Visits LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Ireland (Eire) PERSONALITIES: Kennedy, John F ( JFK ) | |
| Description: | All of his cousins - whom he reckons by the dozens - welcome the return of a man they consider a native son. President Kennedy takes tea with the clan at a farmhouse where his great grandfather was born; he's made an honorary citizen of the 'Ancient Borough of Wexford'; he is a guest at a lawn party at President deValer's home. It was the biggest event in Ireland since the day of Independence! Ireland Looking down on a crowd made of guest and three long tables set up I believe with food. MS - President Kennedy accepting a cup of tea with his family clan. MS - Irish Police standing by a table. MS - Rear view of President Kennedy cutting a cake. MCUS - President Kennedy talking with a few of his cousins. LS - President Kennedy boarding a helicopter. MCUS - President Kennedy getting inside the helicopter waving farewell to the crowd. MS - People looking out the windows of their apartment building with a large banner hanging from its saying "Welcome Home Mr. President". MLS - News photographers taking pictures, and throngs of people gather to see President Kennedy. MS - Motorcade with President Kennedy standing up in a convertible waving and smiling to the Irish countrymen and women. Dublin, Ireland. President Kennedy attends a garden party in his honor. CUS - 1700 guest gather around President Kennedy giving him hardly any room to breath. | |
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