Kennedy Outlines Plans For Year

Clip: 361410_1_1

Year Shot: 1962 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1693

Original Film: 035-005-01

HD: N/A

Location: Washington D.C., USA

Timecode: 00:29:20 - 00:31:08

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Kennedy Outlines Plans For Year Capitol Dome. Kennedy walks up to podium, shakes hands with Vice President Johnson and the Speaker of the House. President Kennedy addresses a Joint Session of Congress in a State of the Union message. He asks for the power to cut taxes in case of a recession and to lower tariff walls. He says his administration will continue to fight for medical care for the aged and urged a plan to attack adult illiteracy. Ends by saying, "May god watch over the United States of America". Shakes hands with the speaker of the House and Vice President Johnson.