Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
This film contains numerous shots of the crowd that attended Nixon's second inaugural address and footage of officials and honored guests on the platform. Following the opening prayer, Spiro Agnew is sworn in by Senate Republican leader Everett McKinley Dirksen. Immediately after, Richard Nixon is sworn in by Chief Justice Earl Warren, and Nixon delivers his inaugural address, in which he stresses the importance of international peace and America's need for reconciliation between blacks and whites. Following the speech is a benediction by Cardinal Terrence J. Cook and the singing of the National Anthem. The film closes with brief shots of the motorcade and inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue.
This film contains numerous shots of the crowd that attended Nixon's second inaugural address and footage of officials and honored guests on the platform. Following the opening prayer, Spiro Agnew is sworn in by Senate Republican leader Everett McKinley Dirksen. Immediately after, Richard Nixon is sworn in by Chief Justice Earl Warren, and Nixon delivers his inaugural address, in which he stresses the importance of international peace and America's need for reconciliation between blacks and whites. Following the speech is a benediction by Cardinal Terrence J. Cook and the singing of the National Anthem. The film closes with brief shots of the motorcade and inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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The following shots are all PANS. 1) SV People standing in stands waiting for swearing in of PRES. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. 2) SV MRS. EISENHOWER & other VIPs walking down steps to the Presidential box in front of the Capitol. 3) MS Same, (SV). 4) CU U.S. Seal on side of the Presidential box. 5) MLS Former President Harry S. Truman walking down steps from inside Capitol; he stops & takes off his hat as the band plays Hail to the Chief. 6) MS Same. 7) LS VICE PRES. RICHARD M. NIXON walking down stairs toward Presidential box. 8) MS NIXON shaking hands with former Pres. HERBERT HOOVER. 9) MLS EISENHOWER walking down stairs in front of the Capitol; he walks up to PRES. TRUMAN and shakes hands.10) MCU NIXON being sworn in. 11) MCU EISENHOWER being sworn in by CHIEF JUSTICE FRED VINSON. 12) MCU PRES. EISENHOWER shaking hands with C.J. FRED VINSON, goes over and shakes hands with former Pres. TRUMAN, then shakes hands with VPRES. NIXON. 13) MCU EISENHOWER raising his arms to the crowds. 14) MCU EISENHOWER making his inaugural speech.")
