Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

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Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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8mm color home movie of President Kennedy's grave at Arlington National Cemetery

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8mm color home movie of President Kennedy's grave at Arlington National Cemetery

8mm color home movie of a family on vacation in Washington D.C. The home movie starts with a drive through Arlington Cemetery, followed by scenes of the eternal flame inside the white picket fence of President Kennedy's temporary gravesite. A bulldozer is visible in the background down the hill, possibly working on the site of the president's permanent grave. The film concludes with scenes of the Washington Monument and the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The name of the filmmaker is unknown.

Object Details
Object title:

8mm color home movie of President Kennedy's grave at Arlington National Cemetery

Date:

11/26/1963 - 03/20/1967

Terms:

Films

Home movie

Mourning

Eternal flame

Graveside

Mourners

Flowers

Arlington National Cemetery

Washington, D.C.
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

Gauge: 8mm; camera speed: 16fps3 minutes 46 seconds

Credit line:

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection

Object number:

2014.037.0004

Curatorial Note:

Part of this film was incorporated into the video content of the Museum's temporary exhibit, "Mourning a President," about the funeral and mourning rites for President John F. Kennedy, November 17, 2017 to February 19, 2018. The video associated is available on the Museum's YouTube channel.

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8mm color home movie of President Kennedy's grave at Arlington National Cemetery

8mm color home movie of a family on vacation in Washington D.C. The home movie starts with a drive through Arlington Cemetery, followed by scenes of the eternal flame inside the white picket fence of President Kennedy's temporary gravesite. A bulldozer is visible in the background down the hill, possibly working on the site of the president's permanent grave. The film concludes with scenes of the Washington Monument and the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The name of the filmmaker is unknown.

Object Details
Object title:

8mm color home movie of President Kennedy's grave at Arlington National Cemetery

Date:

11/26/1963 - 03/20/1967

Terms:

Films

Home movie

Mourning

Eternal flame

Graveside

Mourners

Flowers

Arlington National Cemetery

Washington, D.C.

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

Gauge: 8mm; camera speed: 16fps3 minutes 46 seconds

Credit line:

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection

Object number:

2014.037.0004

Curatorial Note:

Part of this film was incorporated into the video content of the Museum's temporary exhibit, "Mourning a President," about the funeral and mourning rites for President John F. Kennedy, November 17, 2017 to February 19, 2018. The video associated is available on the Museum's YouTube channel.

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