Description

This movie is comprised of still photographs showing President John F. Kennedy receiving an honorary degree from San Diego State College on June 6, 1963. Audio from the event plays over the photo slideshow. An audio only version of this event can be found at JFK-C-SPEECH, as well as a transcript of the President's speech, which occupies most of this video, at JFK-TRANSCRIPT. Live news video of these proceedings shot by KFMB, with commentary and including the entire uninterrupted commencement address, is at JFK-KFMB-1963. The diploma is shown along with the commencement program, and as Kennedy speaks there are facsimiles of newspaper coverage of the event, and a diagram of the layout of Aztec Bowl as it was during this ceremony. People whose voices are heard, and subjects from the speech include: Glenn S. Dumke, Louis H. Heilbron, Pierre Salinger, David M. Shoup, Sidney S. Wade, Malcolm A. Love, and Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Sr.