Inauguration Highlights - Johnson Pledges End To Tyranny
Inauguration Highlights - Johnson Pledges End To Tyranny
Film is damaged. A new page of American history is inscribed in the Nation's Capital as President Lyndon Baines Johnson takes the oath of office for his first full term as 36th President of the United States. Here are the high points of Mr. Johnson's day of triumph. He leaves the White House with Mrs. Johnson and Senator and Mrs. Hubert Humphrey, the first vice-President since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In his Inaugural Address, Mr. Johnson makes one of the shortest in history as he bids the U.S. to dedicate itself to justice for all and to end tyranny and misery. It was a speech more philosophical than specific - aimed at projecting the targets and hopes of the new administration. Then it is back to the White House where the President's party reviews the Inaugural Parade with floats from all 50 states. Now begins another new era in the history of the Republic under Lyndon Baines Johnson, President of the United States. Exterior shot of the Capitol Building. LBJ leaving the White House accompanied by his wife Lady Bird. The Presidents motorcade driving slowly to the Capitol Building where he will be sworn in as President of The United States. Camera panning - The Dome of the Capitol Building. President walking down to the podium under the Dome of the Capitol Building. Throngs in attendance. Hubert Humphrey taking the oath of Vice President given to him by the Speaker of the House, John McCormick. Chief Justice Warren administers the oath to President Johnson and Mrs. Johnson is holding the Bible. President Johnson gives his Inaugural Address to the nation. Camera panning - The Capitol Building and the crowd. President Johnson, "We can never again stand aside prideful in isolation. Horrific dangers and troubles that we once called foreign now constantly live among us. If American lives must end and America's treasure be spilled in countries we barely know, then that is the price that change has demanded of conviction and of our enduring government. Our Nation's course is abundantly clear. we aspire to nothing that belongs to others. We seek no dominion over our fellow man, but man's dominion over tyranny and misery." Camera panning - Capitol Building with the American Flag. The Presidential motorcade leaving the Inaugural driving down Pennsylvania Avenue with throngs lining the streets. Marching band playing flutes and dressed in 1776 Army uniforms. The President and Mrs Johnson waving to the parade members as they pass.