Clinton Inauguration
Clinton Inauguration - Interfaith Mass
Footage of Interfaith Mass at the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, DC: unidentified African American minister delivering sermon about "entering a springtime of new beginnings" and "a bright tomorrow when the hyphen will drop out from Americanism"; President-elect Bill Clinton, wife Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vice President-elect Al Gore, wife Tipper Gore, and Chelsea Clinton sitting in pews, listening to the sermon; Jesse Jackson listening, nodding head; General Colin Powell (in uniform); gospel hymn is sung by unidentified Caucasian woman playing Korg keyboard.
Clinton Inauguration - White House Welcome
Black limousine arrives at the White House; President George Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush (accompanied by their dog Millie) step onto veranda and welcome President-elect Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton; the Bushes then welcome VP-elect Al Gore, Tipper Gore and the Gore children.
Clinton Inauguration - Arriving at Capitol
Shots of the United State Marine Band performing "The Washington Grays March" outside the Capitol Building. Walking from White House: Marilyn Quayle and Tipper Gore; Vice President Dan Quayle and VP elect Al Gore; Barbara Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton; President George Bush and President-elect Bill Clinton. Shots of black limo motorcade driving through Washington DC. Mr. Bush & Mr. Clinton exiting black limo at Capitol. Hillary and Chelsea walking through Capitol. Jimmy Carter, Rosalyn Carter, and Walter Mondale. General Colin Powell in uniform. Billy Graham shaking man's hand. Ron Brown. Chelsea Clinton escorted by a Marine down the steps. Wide shot of the Capitol Building. Marilyn Quayle and Tipper Gore are escorted down steps.
Clinton Inauguration - First Ladies
Barbara Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton walking through Capitol Building, Hillary carries a copy of the Bible. They exit the building and walk down steps to ceremony platform.
Clinton Inauguration - Taking Places
Vice President-elect Al Gore walks with Representative Richard Gephardt and Senator George Mitchell through Capitol Building. President George Bush and VP Dan Quayle descend steps to podium. President-elect Bill Clinton descending steps to podium; Gephardt, Mitchell and Tom Foley accompany him. Marine saluting, sun in BG so he is in silhouette.
Clinton Inauguration - Opening Address
Senator Wendell Ford welcomes everyone to the Inauguration, makes opening address. President-elect Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton. Wide shots of audience gathered outside the Capitol Building.
Clinton Inauguration - Billy Graham Leads Prayer
Wendell Ford introduces Billy Graham to lead prayer. Reverend Billy Graham leads prayer: we thank you for the moral and spiritual foundations which our forefathers gave us and are rooted deeply in holy scripture we cannot say we are a righteous people for we are not we’ve sown to the wind and are now reaping the whirlwind of crime, drug abuse, racism, immorality and social injustice we pray that you will bless their wives may President-elect Clinton know that he is never really alone, that eternal God can be your refuge. Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Tipper Gore, George Bush, Barbara Bush bowing their heads, eyes closed. Wide shot of Washington, DC - Washington Monument & Capitol in far BG.
Clinton Inauguration - Philander Smith Collegiate Choir
Senator Wendell Ford introduces the Philander Smith Collegiate Choir of Little Rock, Arkansas. The Philander Smith College Choir performs City on the Hill. Shots of Washington, DC, the Capitol Building, Jefferson Memorial. President-elect Bill Clinton and Vice President-elect Al Gore watch the performance; Hillary Rodham Clinton sways head, smiles.
Clinton Inauguration - Philander Smith Collegiate Choir
The Philander Smith Collegiate Choir performs City on the Hill. Shots of Washington DC, the Capitol Building, Jefferson Memorial. President-elect Bill Clinton and Vice President-elect Al Gore watch the performance; VP Dan Quayle; Tipper Gore. Bill Clinton applauds, waves, gives them the thumbs-up sign.
Clinton Inauguration - Al Gore Swearing In
Senator Wendell Ford introduces Justice Byron White. Justice White swears Al Gore into the office of Vice-President of the United States; Tipper Gore, Karenna Gore, Kristen Gore, and Albert Gore III watch on; after being sworn in, VP Gore hugs his family, waves to crowd, brings Tipper over to also wave to the crowd, then hugs.
Clinton Inauguration - Bill Clinton Swearing In
Senator Wendell Ford introduces Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Chief Justice Rehnquist swears Bill Clinton into the office of President of the United States; Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton watch on; after being sworn in, President Clinton kisses Hillary & Chelsea, then the three wave to the audience; Marines firing ceremonial howitzers; Mr. Clinton chats with Vice President Al Gore before going to shake hands with George Bush.
Clinton Inauguration - Inaugural Address
Senator Wendell Ford introduces President Bill Clinton. Clinton begins Inaugural Address: “My fellow citizens. Today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal. This ceremony is held in the depth of winter. But, by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring. A spring reborn in the world's oldest democracy, that brings forth the vision and courage to reinvent America. When our founders boldly declared America's independence to the world and our purposes to the Almighty, they knew that America, to endure, would have to change. Not change for change's sake, but change to preserve America's ideals life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. Though we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless. Each generation of Americans must define what it means to be an American. On behalf of our nation, I salute my predecessor, President Bush, for his half-century of service to America.” Mr. Clinton turns and applauds George Bush, who stands and receives a standing ovation.
Clinton Inauguration - Inaugural Address
President Bill Clinton continues Inaugural Address: “And I thank the millions of men and women whose steadfastness and sacrifice triumphed over Depression, fascism and Communism. Today, a generation raised in the shadows of the Cold War assumes new responsibilities in a world warmed by the sunshine of freedom but threatened still by ancient hatreds and new plagues. Raised in unrivaled prosperity, we inherit an economy that is still the world's strongest, but is weakened by business failures, stagnant wages, increasing inequality, and deep divisions among our people. When George Washington first took the oath I have just sworn to uphold, news traveled slowly across the land by horseback and across the ocean by boat. Now, the sights and sounds of this ceremony are broadcast instantaneously to billions around the world. Communications and commerce are global; investment is mobile; technology is almost magical; and ambition for a better life is now universal. We earn our livelihood in peaceful competition with people all across this earth. Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world, and the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy. This new world has already enriched the lives of millions of Americans who are able to compete and win in it. But when most people are working harder for less; when others cannot work at all; when the cost of health care devastates families and threatens to bankrupt many of our enterprises, great and small; when fear of crime robs law-abiding citizens of their freedom; and when millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives we are calling them to lead we have not made change our friend.”
Clinton Inauguration - Inaugural Address
President Bill Clinton continues Inaugural Address: “We know we have to face hard truths and take strong steps. But we have not done so. Instead, we have drifted, and that drifting has eroded our resources, fractured our economy, and shaken our confidence. Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. And Americans have ever been a restless, questing, hopeful people. We must bring to our task today the vision and will of those who came before us. From our revolution, the Civil War, to the Great Depression to the civil rights movement, our people have always mustered the determination to construct from these crises the pillars of our history. Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well, my fellow citizens, this is our time. Let us embrace it.” Wide shot, zoom in, of the Jefferson Memorial; audience.
Clinton Inauguration - Inaugural Address
President Bill Clinton continues Inaugural Address: “Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. And so today, we pledge an end to the era of deadlock and drift a new season of American renewal has begun. To renew America, we must be bold. We must do what no generation has had to do before. We must invest more in our own people, in their jobs, in their future, and at the same time cut our massive debt. And we must do so in a world in which we must compete for every opportunity. It will not be easy; it will require sacrifice. But it can be done, and done fairly, not choosing sacrifice for its own sake, but for our own sake. We must provide for our nation the way a family provides for its children.” Cute Caucasian baby in pink winter coat; Cute Latino boy in audience. “Our Founders saw themselves in the light of posterity. We can do no less. Anyone who has ever watched a child's eyes wander into sleep knows what posterity is. Posterity is the world to come the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand responsibility from all.”
Clinton Inauguration - Inaugural Address
President Bill Clinton continues Inaugural Address: “It is time to break the bad habit of expecting something for nothing, from our government or from each other. Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country. To renew America, we must revitalize our democracy. This beautiful capital, like every capital since the dawn of civilization, is often a place of intrigue and calculation. Powerful people maneuver for position and worry endlessly about who is in and who is out, who is up and who is down, forgetting those people whose toil and sweat sends us here and pays our way. Americans deserve better, and in this city today, there are people who want to do better. And so I say to all of us here, let us resolve to reform our politics, so that power and privilege no longer shout down the voice of the people. Let us put aside personal advantage so that we can feel the pain and see the promise of America. Let us resolve to make our government a place for what Franklin Roosevelt called "bold, persistent experimentation," a government for our tomorrows, not our yesterdays. Let us give this capital back to the people to whom it belongs.”
Clinton Inauguration - Inaugural Address
President Bill Clinton continues Inaugural Address: “To renew America, we must meet challenges abroad as well at home. There is no longer division between what is foreign and what is domestic the world economy, the world environment, the world AIDS crisis, the world arms race they affect us all. Today, as an old order passes, the new world is more free but less stable. Communism's collapse has called forth old animosities and new dangers. Clearly America must continue to lead the world we did so much to make. While America rebuilds at home, we will not shrink from the challenges, nor fail to seize the opportunities, of this new world. Together with our friends and allies, we will work to shape change, lest it engulf us. When our vital interests are challenged, or the will and conscience of the international community is defied, we will act with peaceful diplomacy when ever possible, with force when necessary.” General Colin Powell in uniform. “The brave Americans serving our nation today in the Persian Gulf, in Somalia, and wherever else they stand are testament to our resolve. But our greatest strength is the power of our ideas, which are still new in many lands. Across the world, we see them embraced and we rejoice. Our hopes, our hearts, our hands, are with those on every continent who are building democracy and freedom. Their cause is America's cause. The American people have summoned the change we celebrate today. You have raised your voices in an unmistakable chorus. You have cast your votes in historic numbers. And you have changed the face of Congress, the presidency and the political process itself. You, my fellow Americans have forced the spring.”
Clinton Inauguration - Inaugural Address
President Bill Clinton continues Inaugural Address: “Now, we must do the work the season demands. To that work I now turn, with all the authority of my office. I ask the Congress to join with me. But no president, no Congress, no government, can undertake this mission alone. My fellow Americans, you, too, must play your part in our renewal. I challenge a new generation of young Americans to a season of service to act on your idealism by helping troubled children, keeping company with those in need, reconnecting our torn communities. There is so much to be done enough indeed for millions of others who are still young in spirit to give of themselves in service, too. In serving, we recognize a simple but powerful truth we need each other. And we must care for one another. Today, we do more than celebrate America; we rededicate ourselves to the very idea of America. An idea born in revolution and renewed through 2 centuries of challenge. An idea tempered by the knowledge that, but for fate, we the fortunate and the unfortunate might have been each other. An idea ennobled by the faith that our nation can summon from its myriad diversity the deepest measure of unity. An idea infused with the conviction that America's long heroic journey must go forever upward.
Clinton Inauguration - Inaugural Address
President Bill Clinton continues Inaugural Address: “And so, my fellow Americans, at the edge of the 21st century, let us begin with energy and hope, with faith and discipline, and let us work until our work is done. The scripture says, "And let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season, we shall reap, if we faint not." From this joyful mountaintop of celebration, we hear a call to service in the valley. We have heard the trumpets. We have changed the guard. And now, each in our way, and with God's help, we must answer the call. Thank you and God bless you all.” Pan of gallery standing, applauding. George Bush and Dan Quayle applauding. Hillary Rodham Clinton with her husband; Mr. Clinton again shakes hands with Mr. Bush.
Clinton Inauguration - Billy Graham Reads Benediction
Senator Wendell Ford introduces Reverend Billy Graham. Graham reads benediction; Bill Clinton. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, George Bush, and Barbara Bush bowing heads, eyes closed. The National Anthem is then sung; American flags flying, Marine standing guard, Bill and Hillary Clinton and Al and Tipper singing along.
Clinton Inauguration - God Bless America
God Bless America is then sung while the Clintons and the Gores shake hands and exit gallery. Wide shot of Washington, DC, zoom in to Capitol Building.
Clinton Inauguration - Air Force Two
Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore descend steps with Dan Quayle and Marilyn Quayle; the Quayle’s wave goodbye to Washington, board Air Force Two helicopter. First Ladies Barbara Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton descend steps, kiss cheeks. President Bill Clinton and George Bush descend steps; the Bushes say goodbye to the Clintons, wave bye-bye to DC, board Air Force Two.
Clinton Inauguration - Air Force Two
Shots of the helicopter Air Force Two taking off, in flight (including one with the Washington Monument in FG as the chopper flies away). The Clintons and the Gores wave goodbye.
Clinton Inauguration - Inaugural Parade
President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, accompanied by Secret Service agents, walking along parade route, waving to crowds. Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore doing same. People in crowd waving American flags. Clintons and the Gores arriving at grandstand. Wide shots of parade and parade route.
Clinton Inauguration - Inaugural Parade
Army Field Marching Band performing. West Point cadets passing by grandstand. Hope (Arkansas) High School Marching Band performing; MS banner announcing Hope as the birthplace of Mr. Clinton. TLS Smith County (Tennessee) Marching Band performing. TLS Jesse White Tumbling Team (of Chicago) performing acrobatics; MS elated President Clinton standing up and applauding.
Clinton Inauguration - Inaugural Parade
Corridor School marching. Chelsea Clinton waving timidly to band passing by. Marching bands (military and collegiate) and color guards performing. Unidentified African American marching band getting decisively funky; the Gore children (Karenna, Kristen, Sarah, and Albert III) and Tipper having fun.
Clinton Inauguration - Inaugural Parade
Cheerleaders performing to the Clinton campaign theme song ( Don’t Stop ); President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore enjoying themselves. Barney the Dinosaur of children s TV fame riding float on parade. Sesame Street parade float featuring Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Elmo, Cookie Monster and the Count. Albert Gore III watching. Marching band with drum line.
Clinton Inauguration - Inaugural Ball
Inaugural Ball (Arkansas Ball): President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton arriving at ball; Mr. Clinton addresses crowd about the high-profile entertainment lined up for the event.
Clinton Inauguration - Inaugural Ball
Inaugural Ball (Arkansas Ball): President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton slow dance on stage; great shots of Mr. Clinton playing saxophone, jamming with house band on blues number; guests on stage include Dionne Warwick, Michael McDonald, Judy Collins, Ben E. King, and Kenny Loggins; Mr. & Mrs. Clinton wave to the crowd.