John F. Kennedy - State visit to Wiesbaden and Hanau, Germany, June 25th 1963 | Framepool

This 35mm color archival film reel has never been shown to the public yet. Cameramen of the US Airforce shot the footage about the visit of President John F. Kennedy in Hanau and Wiesbaden, June 25th and 26th 1963.

It was the first visit of an American President in Germany after World War II. President Kennedy was welcomed by the German people with abounding enthusiasm. Hundred of thousands lined the streets to welcome the young and charismatic American leader. His visit is one of the profound marks in the collective memory of the post war generation.

You can guess that 14 years after the foundation of the democratic state in West Germany the visits marks the shift to identification with the values of freedom and democracy of the young post war generation. Their emotions took those elder Germans who had experienced Nazi government and World War with them. The film of the US Air Force comments the event in the manner of a sober military communique.

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