Nixon Inauguration, 1969
Nixon Inauguration, 1969
Master 1856 - Tape 1 Recap of the 1969 Inauguration of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and ensuing festivities.
Nixon Inauguration, 1969
MS U.S. President RICHARD M. NIXON (Richard Nixon, Richard Milhous Nixon) delivering Inaugural Address, Vice-President SPIRO T. AGNEW seated in BG, listening: "... the Constitution of the United States. And to that oath I now add this sacred commitment: I shall consecrate my office, my energies, and all the wisdom I can summon, to the cause of peace among nations. Let this message be heard by strong and weak alike. The peace we seek to win is not victory over any other people, but the peace that comes "with healing in its wings"; with compassion for those who have suffered; with understanding for those who have opposed us; with the opportunity for all the peoples of this earth to choose their own destiny. Only a few short weeks ago, we shared the glory of man's first sight of the world as God sees it, as a single sphere reflecting light in the darkness. As the Apollo astronauts flew over the moon's gray surface on Christmas Eve, they spoke to us of the beauty of earth--and in that voice so clear across the lunar distance, we heard them invoke God's blessing on its goodness. In that moment, their view from the moon moved poet Archibald MacLeish to write: To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves as riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold--brothers who know now they are truly brothers. In that moment of surpassing technological triumph, men turned their thoughts toward home and humanity--seeing in that far perspective that man's destiny on earth is not divisible; telling us that however far we reach into the cosmos, our destiny lies not in the stars but on Earth itself, in our own hands, in our own hearts.
Nixon Inauguration, 1969
High angle rear view TLS U.S. President RICHARD M. NIXON (Richard Nixon, Richard Milhous Nixon), PAT NIXON, Vice-President SPIRO T. AGNEW, and JUDY AGNEW standing on balcony, receiving adulation from crowd on Inauguration Day. MS Richard M. Nixon delivering Inaugural Address. Opening Credits. Excellent 3/4 view LS East Front of U.S. Capitol Building, Capitol Dome. Great low angle TLS American flags flying from semi-circle flagpoles, fluttering in wind. LS silhouetted view from between two pillars, looking out onto Washington Mall. TLSs Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee led by Senator EVERETT DIRKSEN (R-IL) meeting; MS Sen. Everett Dirksen seated, reading, rubbing forehead; MSs committee members including Rep. GERALD FORD (Gerald R. Ford), Speaker of the House JOHN MCCORMACK, Rep. CARL ALBERT (D-OK), and J. MARK TRICE.
Nixon Inauguration, 1969
Panning MS U.S. Navy sailors marching outside U.S. Capitol Building on Inauguration Day. MSs guests arriving, having tickets checked by police officers & U.S. Marines. TLS bulky, fuel-inefficient cars arriving at ceremony. High angle LS Inaugural Platform (gallery). High angle LS East Front of U.S. Capitol. TLS House Sergeant at Arms carrying mace onto gallery. TLS/MSs House of Representatives descending stairs to gallery. TLS Senate descending stairs onto gallery-- noticeable here are Sen. RICHARD B. RUSSELL (D-GA), Sen. EDWARD KENNEDY (D-MA, Ted Kennedy), and Sen. HUGH SCOTT (R-PA). MSs Governor of California RONALD REAGAN smiling, descending steps onto gallery -- note Governor of New York NELSON ROCKEFELLER in FG. TLS U.S. Supreme Court descending steps-- Chief Justice EARL WARREN, Associate Justice THURGOOD MARSHALL, WILLIAM DOUGLAS, WILLIAM BRENNAN, et al. MS Apollo 8 astronaut FRANK BORMAN in attendance. MS guests descending stairs, taking seats in inaugural gallery.
Nixon Inauguration, 1969
MS First Lady LADY BIRD JOHNSON exiting White House with PAT NIXON, Speaker of the House JOHN MCCORMACK, Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and Luci Baines Johnson. MS U.S. President LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON (Lyndon Johnson, LBJ) exiting White House with President-elect RICHARD M. NIXON (Richard Nixon, Richard Milhous Nixon), Sen. EVERETT DIRKSEN (R-IL), Vice-President HUBERT H. HUMPHREY and VP-elect SPIRO AGNEW in tow. Great LS 3/4 view East Front of U.S. Capitol Building as viewed from break in springtime trees. TLSs Presidential motorcade (black limousines with Secret Service) taking right onto boulevard. MS Sen. Dirksen & President Johnson outside car. MS Richard Nixon & Lyndon Johnson smiling, talking with reporters including CBS News correspondent MIKE WALLACE, then entering Capitol. H/a TLS Luci Baines Johnson, Lynda Bird Johnson, Tricia Nixon (Tricia Cox), Douglas Rogers (son of Secretary of State William Rogers), Julie Eisenhower Nixon, and David Eisenhower taking seats in inaugural gallery. MS Lady Bird Johnson and MURIEL HUMPHREY BROWN descending steps, smiling. MSs former First Lady MAMIE EISENHOWER and JUDY AGNEW descending steps. MS/TLSs Pat Nixon descending steps with Louella Carver Dirksen, taking seat in gallery.
Nixon Inauguration, 1969
TLSs U.S. President LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON (LBJ, Lyndon Johnson), Vice-President HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, Speaker of the House JOHN MCCORMACK, Sen. EVERETT DIRKSEN (R-IL) descending steps onto Inaugural Platform, shaking hands w/ peers, Hail to the Chief playing in BG. Great MS Lyndon Baines Johnson smiling, shaking hands w/ colleagues on platform, passing cam. TLS/CUs VP-elect SPIRO T. AGNEW (Spiro Agnew) descending steps, passing cam, standing at podium w/ LBJ & HHH. MS/TLSs President-elect RICHARD M. NIXON (Richard Nixon, Richard Milhous Nixon) smiling, gloating, standing atop stairs with Everett Dirksen & Rep. GERALD FORD (R-MI); MS/CUs Richard Nixon descending, passing cam, shaking hands & patting the back of Lyndon Johnson. TLS Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee descending steps.
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High angle LS crowd gathered for Inauguration of Richard Nixon. MS Senator EVERETT DIRKSEN (R-IL) speaking to crowd, introducing Reverend Charles Eubank Tucker. MS/TLSs Reverend Tucker delivering convocation, President-elect RICHARD M. NIXON (Richard Milhous Nixon) & VP-elect SPIRO T. AGNEW (Spiro Agnew) standing in BG, heads bowed reverently. TLS Rabbi Edgar Magnin delivering speech. TLS Archbishop Iakovos (Greek Orthodox) speechifying. An ecumenical invocation.
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TLS/MSs Senator EVERETT DIRKSEN (R-IL) speaking to crowd at Inauguration ceremony for Richard Nixon, introducing Vice President-elect Spiro Agnew. Rear view TLS crowd, Capitol Building dome in BG. MSs Sen. Everett Dirksen administering Oath of Office to SPIRO T. AGNEW, President-elect RICHARD M. NIXON (Richard Milhous Nixon) watching on, shaking his hand at outset.
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Zooming high angle LS Senator EVERETT DIRKSEN (R-IL) introducing Reverend Billy Graham at Inauguration ceremony for Richard Nixon. MS white men & women in crowd with heads bowed during convocation. TLS Reverend BILLY GRAHAM offering prayer, RICHARD M. NIXON, LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON, HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, and SPIRO AGNEW standing in tow w/ heads bowed reverently. TLS crowd with heads bowed, listening to convocation.
Nixon Inauguration, 1969
High angle LS Senator EVERETT DIRKSEN (R-IL) introducing U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren at Inauguration ceremony for Richard Nixon. MS Chief Justice EARL WARREN administering Oath of Office to RICHARD M. NIXON, wife PAT NIXON standing betwixt the men, holding open Bible. MS Richard Nixon & Pat Nixon standing, receiving adulation, Vice-President SPIRO AGNEW standing in BG. High angle LS crowd standing, applauding the new President and his wife.
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TLS/MSs U.S. President RICHARD M. NIXON (Richard Nixon, Richard Milhous Nixon) delivering Inaugural Address: "Senator Dirksen, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. Vice President, President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey, my fellow Americans--" Edit. "--history is a fleeting time, precious and unique. But some stand out as moments of beginning, in which courses are set that shape decades or centuries. This can be such a moment. Forces now are converging that make possible, for the first time, the hope that many of man's deepest aspirations can at last be realized. The spiraling pace of change allows us to contemplate, within our own lifetime, advances that once would have taken centuries. In throwing wide the horizons of space, we have discovered new horizons on earth. For the first time, because the people of the world want peace, and the leaders of the world are afraid of war, the times are on the side of peace."
Nixon Inauguration, 1969
TLS/MSs U.S. President RICHARD M. NIXON (Richard Nixon, Richard Milhous Nixon) continues delivering Inaugural Address: "For the first time, because the people of the world want peace, and the leaders of the world are afraid of war, the times are on the side of peace. Eight years from now America will celebrate its 200th anniversary as a nation. Within the lifetime of most people now living, mankind will celebrate that great new year which comes only once in a thousand years--the beginning of the third millennium. What kind of nation we will be, what kind of world we will live in, whether we shape the future in the image of our hopes, is ours to determine by our actions and our choices. The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker. This honor now beckons America--the chance to help lead the world at last out of the valley of turmoil, and onto that high ground of peace that man has dreamed of since the dawn of civilization. If we succeed, generations to come will say of us now living that we mastered our moment, that we helped make the world safe for mankind. This is our summons to greatness. I believe the American people are ready to answer this call."
Nixon Inauguration, 1969
TLS/MSs U.S. President RICHARD M. NIXON (Richard Nixon, Richard Milhous Nixon) continues delivering Inaugural Address: "The second third of this century has been a time of proud achievement. We have made enormous strides in science and industry and agriculture. We have shared our wealth more broadly than ever. We have learned at last to manage a modern economy to assure its continued growth. We have given freedom new reach, and we have begun to make its promise real for black as well as for white. We see the hope of tomorrow in the youth of today. I know America's youth. I believe in them. We can be proud that they are better educated, more committed, more passionately driven by conscience than any generation in our history." C/A TLS guests including HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, Sen. EVERETT DIRKSEN, Speaker JOHN MCCORMACK, Rep. GERALD FORD, Rev. BILLY GRAHAM applauding in inaugural gallery. "No people has ever been so close to the achievement of a just and abundant society, or so possessed of the will to achieve it. Because our strengths are so great, we can afford to appraise our weaknesses with candor and to approach them with hope. Standing in this same place a third of a century ago, Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed a Nation ravaged by depression and gripped in fear. He could say in surveying the Nation's troubles: "They concern, thank God, only material things." Our crisis today is the reverse. We have found ourselves rich in goods, but ragged in spirit; reaching with magnificent precision for the moon, but falling into raucous discord on earth. We are caught in war, wanting peace. We are torn by division, wanting unity. We see around us empty lives, wanting fulfillment. We see tasks that need doing, waiting for hands to do them. To a crisis of the spirit, we need an answer of the spirit. To find that answer, we need only look within ourselves. When we listen to "the better angels of our nature," we find that they celebrate the simple things, the basic things--such as goodness, decency, love, kindness. Greatness comes in simple trappings."
Nixon Inauguration, 1969
TLS/MSs U.S. President RICHARD M. NIXON (Richard Nixon, Richard Milhous Nixon) continues delivering Inaugural Address: "To lower our voices would be a simple thing. In these difficult years, America has suffered from a fever of words; from inflated rhetoric that promises more than it can deliver; from angry rhetoric that fans discontents into hatreds; from bombastic rhetoric that postures instead of persuading. We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another--until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices. For its part, government will listen. We will strive to listen in new ways--to the voices of quiet anguish, the voices that speak without words, the voices of the heart--to the injured voices, the anxious voices, the voices that have despaired of being heard. Those who have been left out, we will try to bring in. Those left behind, we will help to catch up. For all of our people, we will set as our goal the decent order that makes progress possible and our lives secure. As we reach toward our hopes, our task is to build on what has gone before--not turning away from the old, but turning toward the new."
Nixon Inauguration, 1969
TLS/MSs U.S. President RICHARD M. NIXON (Richard Nixon, Richard Milhous Nixon) continues delivering Inaugural Address: "In this past third of a century, government has passed more laws, spent more money, initiated more programs, than in all our previous history. In pursuing our goals of full employment, better housing, excellence in education; in rebuilding our cities and improving our rural areas; in protecting our environment and enhancing the quality of life--in all these and more, we will and must press urgently forward. We shall plan now for the day when our wealth can be transferred from the destruction of war abroad to the urgent needs of our people at home." C/A telephoto MS LADY BIRD JOHNSON, JUDY AGNEW, and PAT NIXON seated, applauding, Johnson daughters in BG. "The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep. But we are approaching the limits of what government alone can do. Our greatest need now is to reach beyond government, and to enlist the legions of the concerned and the committed. What has to be done, has to be done by government and people together or it will not be done at all." C/A TLS U.S. Capitol Building, military servicemen standing with backs to cam in BG. The lesson of past agony is that without the people we can do nothing; with the people we can do everything. To match the magnitude of our tasks, we need the energies of our people--enlisted not only in grand enterprises, but more importantly in those small, splendid efforts that make headlines in the neighborhood newspaper instead of the national journal. With these, we can build a great cathedral of the spirit--each of us raising it one stone at a time, as he reaches out to his neighbor, helping, caring, doing."
Nixon Inauguration, 1969
TLS/MSs U.S. President RICHARD M. NIXON (Richard Nixon, Richard Milhous Nixon) continues delivering Inaugural Address: "I do not offer a life of uninspiring ease. I do not call for a life of grim sacrifice. I ask you to join in a high adventure--one as rich as humanity itself, and as exciting as the times we live in. The essence of freedom is that each of us shares in the shaping of his own destiny. Until he has been part of a cause larger than himself, no man is truly whole. The way to fulfillment is in the use of our talents; we achieve nobility in the spirit that inspires that use. As we measure what can be done, we shall promise only what we know we can produce, but as we chart our goals we shall be lifted by our dreams. No man can be fully free while his neighbor is not. To go forward at all is to go forward together. This means black & white together, as one nation, not two. The laws have caught up w/ our conscience. What remains is to give life to what is in the law: to ensure at last that as all are born equal in dignity before God, all are born equal in dignity before man. As we learn to go forward together at home, let us also seek to go forward together w/ all mankind. Let us take as our goal: where peace is unknown, make it welcome; where peace is fragile, make it strong; where peace is temporary, make it permanent. After a period of confrontation, we are entering an era of negotiation. Let all nations know that during this administration our lines of communication will be open. We seek an open world--open to ideas, open to the exchange of goods & people--a world in which no people, great or small, will live in angry isolation. We cannot expect to make everyone our friend, but we can try to make no one our enemy." C/A telephoto MS guests including Reverend BILLY GRAHAM, J. MARK THRICE and Senator EVERETT DIRKSEN (R-IL) applauding. "Those who would be our adversaries, we invite to a peaceful competition--not in conquering territory or extending dominion, but in enriching the life of man. As we explore the reaches of space, let us go to the new worlds together--not as new worlds to be conquered, but as a new adventure to be shared. With those who are willing to join, let us cooperate to reduce the burden of arms, to strengthen the structure of peace, to lift up the poor & the hungry. But to all those who would be tempted by weakness, let us leave no doubt that we will be as strong as we need to be for as long as we need to be."
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TLS/MSs U.S. President RICHARD M. NIXON (Richard Nixon, Richard Milhous Nixon) continues delivering Inaugural Address: "Over the past 20 years, since I first came to this Capital as a freshman Congressman, I have visited most of the nations of the world. I have come to know the leaders of the world, & the great forces, the hatreds, the fears that divide the world. I know that peace does not come through wishing for it-- that there is no substitute for days & even years of patient & prolonged diplomacy. I also know the people of the world. I have seen the hunger of a homeless child, the pain of a man wounded in battle, the grief of a mother who has lost her son. I know these have no ideology, no race. I know America. I know the heart of America is good. I speak from my own heart, and the heart of my country, the deep concern we have for those who suffer, and those who sorrow." C/A MS LADY BIRD JOHNSON, JUDY AGNEW, and PAT NIXON seated, listening to speech, Johnson daughters in BG. "I have taken an oath today in the presence of God and my countrymen--"
Nixon Inauguration, 1969
MS Seventh Archbishop of New York TERENCE CARDINAL COOKE assuming podium at Inauguration of Richard Nixon, delivering prayer blessing, President RICHARD M. NIXON and Vide-President SPIRO AGNEW standing w/ heads bowed in BG. Panning TLS guests standing at police line, heads bowed. LS Terence Cardinal Cooke concluding prayer, shaking hands w/ President Nixon, then LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON (Lyndon Johnson, LBJ), followed by Spiro T. Agnew. High angle TLS Richard Nixon smiling, waving while exiting platform for Capitol Building with wife PAT NIXON, Spiro Agnew & his wife JUDY AGNEW.
Nixon Inauguration, 1969
Tilting high angle TLS/LS Inaugural parade: military band, marching U.S. Marines & U.S. Navy sailors in dress uniforms, followed by Presidential motorcade (black limousines w/ Secret Servicemen). Great MSs crowd waving arms & small American flags, smiling, one man filming event with 8mm film camera. Panning TLS President RICHARD M. NIXON and PAT NIXON riding in enclosed black limo, Secret Service walking alongside. Great h/a TLS/MSs Richard Nixon & Pat Nixon leaning out of sunroof, smiling & waving (sometimes with both arms) to crowd on parade route, passing grandstand, stonefaced Secret Service agents keeping tight watch. Nice DOF 3/4 view MS parade watchers rising to feet, removing hats. TLS President Nixon waving w/ both arms from behind bulletproof glass on grandstand. H/a LS U.S. military color guard passing Presidential Grandstand, zoom in to Richard & Pat Nixon behind protective glass. LS/TLSs Up With People "Forward Together" parade float, members singing & dancing theme song. H/a LS military marching band performing, passing grandstand, followed by West Point cadets marching.
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TLS U.S. President RICHARD M. NIXON (Richard Nixon, Richard Milhous Nixon), First Lady PAT NIXON, former First Lady MAMIE EISENHOWER, TRICIA NIXON COX and JULIE NIXON EISENHOWER watching Inaugural parade, applauding from behind bulletproof glass. MS bundled middle-aged woman wearing straw boater that says, "Dick's the One" on brim. High angle LS U.S. Navy military band performing "Anchors Away" while marching past grandstand, followed by Annapolis cadets. H/a LS U.S. Air Force marching band performing "Wild Blue Yonder" while passing grandstand, followed by USAF cadets. MSs Richard Nixon & Pat Nixon standing, watching parade, clapping. H/a LS U.S. Marine Corps in dress uniforms, carrying ceremonial swords while passing reviewing stand. The Armed Forces performing for the new Commander in Chief.
Nixon Inauguration, 1969
High angle TLS/LSs Whittier High School marching band performing for Richard Nixon, Class of 1930, Inaugural Parade. TLSs U.S. President RICHARD M. NIXON standing, smiling, waving from behind bulletproof glass, grandstand; First Lady PAT NIXON, JULIE NIXON EISENHOWER, TRICIA NIXON COX join the Prez. Panning TLS State of California theme float passing reviewing stand. Level TLS white Jeep pulling teamwork in sports them float. TLS Vice-President SPIRO T. AGNEW (Spiro Agnew), wife JUDY AGNEW, and their children standing, applauding, watching Inaugural Parade. Level TLS New York State "Liberty & Justice For All" float. MS Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon, Nixon daughters standing, clapping. TLSs steam calliope wagon being towed past reviewing stand, night.
Nixon Inauguration, 1969
Excellent time lapse LS dawn over East Front of U.S. Capitol Building; audio of President Nixon delivering Inaugural Speech: We have endured a long night of the American spirit. But as our eyes catch the dimness of the first rays of dawn, let us not curse the remaining dark. Let us gather the light. Our destiny offers, not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness-- and, riders on the earth together, let us go forward, firm in our faith, steadfast in our purpose, cautious of the dangers; but sustained by our confidence in the will of God and the promise of man."