8mm color film, home movie showing 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.
8mm color film, home movie showing the presidential funeral, November 25, 1963
8mm color film, home movie showing the presidential funeral, November 25, 1963, extremely high quality
1 reel; Labeled “Kennedy Funeral” (original box)8mm color home movie taken from the steps of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda the morning of President Kennedy’s funeral, Monday, November 25, 1963. The filmmaker was given privileged access on the steps of the Rotunda, and at one point his shadow is visible in the film, but his name remains unknown.
The film shows the caisson arriving to carry the casket for the funeral procession, followed by a scene of Jacqueline Kennedy coming up the steps of the Rotunda, then the casket being carried down to the caisson and the procession leaving. At the end of the home movie there is a brief scene inside the now-empty Rotunda, followed by a look at the bridge to Arlington National Cemetery.
8mm color film, home movie showing the presidential funeral, November 25, 1963
8mm color film, home movie showing the presidential funeral, November 25, 1963, extremely high quality.
1 reel; original box labeled “Downtown Washington”
8mm color film, home movie showing the presidential funeral, November 25, 1963
8mm color film, home movie showing the presidential funeral, November 25, 1963, extremely high quality.
1 reel; original box labeled “Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial”.