PRESIDENT KENNEDY ON BOARD USS OBSERVATION ISLAND (AG-154) Part 1

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1) ECU Unidentified Admiral; open sea in BG. G2) CU Boatswain"s Mate piping PRESIDENT KENNEDY aboard USS OBSERVATION ISLAND (AG-154). VG3) MS Plane director on deck giving hand signals to "copter pilot.4) MS "Copter director, his hands raised; "copter arriving in BG. VG5) LA MS SH-3A "copter arriving on deck of OBSERVATION ISLAND. G6) MS PRES KENNEDY debarking from "copter, walking thru line of sideboys and being greeted by unidentified officers on deck. G7) CU PRES KENNEDY walking past camera over deck with unidentified Admiral. G8) MS PRES KENNEDY being escorted to seating area. G9) CU PRES KENNEDY being issued a flight jacket that he used while watching the Polaris launch.10) HA MS PRES KENNEDY and high ranking officers standing on deck, facing seaward. G11) HA MCU PRES KENNEDY standing on deck, viewing sea with binoculars, waiting for launch of Polaris. G12) HA MCU PRES KENNEDY standing among a group of admirals; civilian dignitaries seen seated in BG behind a roped off area. G13) CU PRES KENNEDY seated between two Rear Admirals. G14) MCU PAN PRES KENNEDY walking out on deck, putting on his sunglasses.15) HA MCU PRES KENNEDY facing outboard, waiting for launch; binoculars hang around his neck; he picks them up; swish PAN, to right, showing Polaris already in flight after an undersea launch; track with missile streaking straight up into sky; clear blue sky. G16) MCU PRES KENNEDY looking skyward as everyone else is; he points with his left arm up towards missile. G17) CU PRES KENNEDY viewing missile with his binoculars; Admiral on each side of PRES KENNEDY; he seems very pleased. G18) CU PAN Right, Admirals, PRES KENNEDY; KENNEDY turns around. G19) CU PRES KENNEDY talking on a phone, hands it back to one of Admirals. G20) CU PRES KENNEDY speaking on a microphone; holding it up to his mouth; open sea in BG; scene is framed by two Admirals in FG. G21) MCU PRES KENNEDY standing on deck with the Admirals; civilian photographer in BG. G22) CU PRES KENNEDY and the Admirals conferring on deck; staff officer in left of frame, a Captain. G23) CU PRES KENNEDY walking past camera. (SV)24) CU PRES KENNEDY shaking hands with one of Admirals, saying a few words, saying his good-byes, walking back towards SH-3A "copter; he walks between ranks of sideboys. G25) LA MS Presidential flag flying from OBERVATION ISLAND. G26) LA CU SH-3A "copter lifting off with PRES KENNEDY.27) LA MCU SH-3A "copter coming in for a landing; plane director in FG, moves out of scene to right; "copter touches down.28) CU Plaque reading: "USS OBSERVATION ISLAND (AG-154), converted in Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 1958, etc.".G29) AtoG LS OBSERVATION ISLAND at sea; ship in silhouette. F

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities