PRESIDENT KENNEDY"S VISIT TO HOMESTEAD AFB & KEY WEST, FLORIDA Part 1

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1) MS Naval personnel lined up on edge of runway, Key West, Fla. F2) MS Officer holding unit flag; Marines are seen off to left BG in battle dress; group awaits arrival of PRES KENNEDY to present Naval Units Commendationsto VFP-62.3) MLS Some of officers standing by; Marines in formation in left BG; far BG is F4H. G4) MS Members of VFP-62 standing at parade rest, (SV); Marines in BG.5) MS Spectators in parking lot area looking on, waiting for arrival of PRES KENNEDY. G-F6) MLS PRESIDENT"s motorcade arriving onto parking area; six cars in all. G-F7) MS PRES KENNEDY, ADM DENNISON, and others disembarking from cars; they stand and talk for a moment alongside cars; PAN, to left, PRES KENNEDY as he walks off to left in preparation in giving Units Citation; speaks to officers of VFP-62. G-F8) MS Microphone; PRES KENNEDY, ADM DENNISON, and unidentified RADM stepping up to microphone; RADM presents PRES KENNEDY; officer holding unit flag, presents flag and staff to PRES KENNEDY, who, in turn, sends it to commanding officer of VFP-62; PRESIDENT then steps up to microphone to say a few words to the officers and men of squadron, plus Marines in BG; ADM DENNISON stands slightly off to rear of PRES KENNEDY. G-F9) MS PRESIDENT backing away from microphone and he walks forward and shakes hand with commanding officer of VFP-62; walks back toward cars. G-F10) MS Crowd of spectators waiting to see PRESIDENT. G-F11) MS Presidential plane taxiing to parking area at NAS, Key West, Fla.12) MLS PRES KENNEDY debarking from plane. G13) MCU PAN PRES KENNEDY and party walking to white limousine in front of operations tower; PRESIDENT getting into car to make a tour of NAS, Key West, Fla; secret servicemen are moving about car.14) CU PRES KENNEDY in car with ADM DENNISON. (SV) G15) CU Presidential car moving off. G16) CU Operations tower, sign reads: "NAS, Key West, Fla., field elevation, six feet."17) MS Large crowd of spectators on bay waiting arrival of PRES KENNEDY. (SV) (lens obstruction is dark).18) MS Officers and men of Naval Units of the bay lining up, waiting arrival of PRESIDENT.19) MS Spectators, civilian and military, waiting arrival of PRES KENNEDY to NAS, Key West. G20) MLS Presidential jet taxiing and approaching parking area at NAS, Key West Fla.; plane is bringing in PRESIDENT and ADM DENNISON, CINCLANFT, for tour of Naval installations.21) ECU Presidential plane taxiing past camera to parking area. F22) MS Two Air Force sergeants and a Naval officer debarking from plane; few seconds later PRES KENNEDY and party debark from plane; officers at foot of ramp come to the salute; PRES KENNEDY immediately greets Naval and Air Force officers. G-F23) CU Military and civilian photographers with their camera snapping pictures of the PRESIDENT, as he boards presidential limousine; officers and men of the Naval Units standing at parade rest in BG; ADM DENNISON sits in limousine next to PRESIDENT: limousine pulls away. G

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities