In this video, newsreel footage from the dedication of the the Kennedy Memorial in Runnymede, England, United Kingdom on May 14, 1965 - fifteen days before what would have been President John F. Kennedy's 48th birthday.
The video begins with Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Caroline Kennedy, and other members of the Kennedy family arriving at the site. Then the Queen and Prince Philip arrive with the Kennedy's in a receiving line to meet them. The dedication party then walks up the steps to view the memorial.
At the stand for dignitaries, the Queen gives her speech to dedicate the memorial. Unfortunately, this video is only showing parts of the speech. In one part, she remarks on how the President and his family have had ties to Britain - going back to period leading up to World War II when his father Joseph P. Kennedy was the American ambassador to the United Kingdom (Court of St. James) and when the future President wrote his book about Britain's predicament in facing Hitler and the Nazi's during the 1930's, Why England Slept.
This video also shows the Queen making references to the fact that President Kennedy's older brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., had died in a plane explosion over East Suffolk while on a mission as a naval aviator during the war, and that his sister Kathleen was buried in Britain.
Lastly, the Queen is heard giving her closing remarks, in which she bequeaths the land to the United States in memory of President Kennedy.
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