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This clip details Kennedy’s first year in office, from his inaugural address to a trip to Vienna to meet with Khrushchev to a back injury which forced him to wear crutches.The clip opens with John F. Kennedy speaking before a podium in MS, giving his inaugural address. There is a LS of the crowd clapping after his speech, then a LS of the procession on the street after. In MS Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy smile, waving at the crowd. Shot of some flag carriers and flags going by, then a shot of Khrushchev getting out of a car to shake hands with Kennedy in Vienna. In MWS they chat on a sofa There are MSs of each. In MS Jackie Kennedy walks in a room, then she greets people at a party. Kennedy shakes hands with some pilots on the tarmac after disembarking a plane when Caroline Kennedy runs up to him, only four years old at the time. She follows him and holds his hand as they walk onboard a boat. Kennedy walks past the camera in crutches after a back injury, then is shown in a cherry picker. He walks off the cherry picker and onto a plane with crutches under his arms. There is an establishing shot of the outside of the United Nations building, then in MWS President Kennedy shakes hands with people inside.