BERLIN



1.
GV TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION AT MIDNIGHT

2.
CU STUDENTS WITH TORCHES IN PROCESSION
0.11

3.
SCU STUDENTS WITH BANNER READING 'JF KENNEDY PLATZ'
0.16

4.
CU PAN OVER STUDENTS IN PROCESSION
0.30

5.
GV FLAGS AT HALF-MAST IN CITY
0.33

6.
CU DITTO
0.35

7.
GV BRANDENBURG GATE WITH FLAG AT HALF-MAST
0.42

8.
CU SIGN "CHECKPOINT CHARLIE"
0.44

9.
GV FLAGS AT HALF-MAST
0.50

10.
SCU GERMAN FLAGS AT HALF-MAST
0.54


PARIS


11.
GV SHAPE HQ WITH FLAGS
1.06

12.
GV ELYSEE PALACE
1.10

13.
CU FLAGS AT HALF-MAST
1.13

14.
GV U.S. EMBASSY, AND CU FLAG AT HALF-MAST
1.24


ROME


15.
GV CROWDS OUTSIDE US EMBASSY
1.27

16.
LV FLAG AT HALF-MAST
1.30

17.
SV PAN PRIME MINISTER SEGNI LEAVES IN CAR
1.40

18.
US EMBASSY WITH FLAGS AT HALF-MAST
1.48

19.
LV AND GV UNION JACK AT HALF-MAST ON THE HOUSE OF LORDS
1.59

20.
GV DOWNING STREET WITH FLAGS AT HALF-MAST.
2.05

21.
LV RUSSIAN EMBASSY AND CY FLAG AT HALF-MAST
2.14

22.
SV NORWEGIAN EMBASSY
2.15

23.
SV DUTCH EMBASSY
2.18

24.
CU FRENCH EMBASSY
2.22

25.
GV FLAG AT HALF-MAST
2.25

26.
GV PAN FROM FLAG TO FOOTBALL TEAM DURING MINUTE SILENCE
2.35

27.
GV PAN SPECTATORS STAND DURING SILENCE
2.38


IRELAND


28.
CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINES 'PRESIDENT KENNEDY ASSASSINATED'
2.43

29.
GV HOUSE WHERE PRESIDENT KENNEDY HAD TEA LAST JUNE
2.49

30.
CU WINDOW WITH CURTAINS DRAWN
2.50

31.
CU SIGNS "THE KENNEDY HOMESTEAD"
2.54

32.
GV PAN TO FARMHOUSE
3.05

33.
CU AND GV FLAG AT HALF-MAST ON TOWN HALL, NEW ROSS.
3.11



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Background: THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, STATESMEN AND COMMON PEOPLE ALIKE HAVE JOINED THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA IN MOURNING THE PASSING OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY, STRUCK DOWN BY AN ASSASSIN'S BULLET IN DALLAS TEXAS, YESTERDAY (FRIDAY).

LAST NIGHT THOUSANDS OF WEST BERLINERS ATTENDED A MIDNIGHT TORCH DEMONSTRATION. THE MARCH WAS CALLED BY STUDENTS' ORGANISATIONS, BUT PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TURNED OUT, MANY OF THEM WEARING ARM BANDS OF MOURNING. THE CROWD QUICKLY SWELLED TO NEARLY 30,000 IN THE MARCHING COLUMN, FIVE THOUSAND MORE WAITED OUTSIDE THE CITY HALL TO HEAR MAYOR WILLY BRANDT SPEAK.

AS COMPLETE SILENCE FELL OVER THE CROWD, HERR BRANDT SAID:"HERE ABOVE US ON THE BALCONY, PRESIDENT KENNEDY STOOD LAST JUNE AND TOLD US THAT HE WAS ONE OF US, THAT HE WAS A BERLINER." HE WENT ON: "A TORTURED MANKIND HAS LOST THE MAN OF WHOM SO MANY PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT HE WOULD SHOW THE ROAD TOWARDS A JUST PEACE AND A BETTER LIFE IN THE WORLD."
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CANDLES HAVE BEEN LIT IN WEST BERLIN WINDOWS TONIGHT IN MEMORY OF THE PRESIDENT. THE SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE CITY HALL, WHERE THERE WAS A SECOND HUGE TORCHLIGHT RALLY TONIGHT, IT TO BE RENAMED "JOHN F. KENNEDY SQUARE." ALL OVER THE CITY - AT THE BRANDENBURG GATE, CHECKPOINT CHARLIE, AND ALL PUBLIC BUILDINGS - FLAGS WERE FLOWN AT HALF-MAST.

IN PARIS THE CITY JOINED PRESIDENT DE GAULLE IN HONOURING THE MEMORY OF THE AMERICAN LEADER HE DESCRIBED AS "THIS GRAND EXAMPLE AND THIS GRAND MAN." AT SHAPE (SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF THE ALLIED POWERS IN EUROPE) THE FLAGS OF THE FIFTEEN COUNTRIES OF THE ATLANTIC ALLIANCE WERE LOWERED TO HALF-MAST. FLAGS WERE ALSO LOWERED OVER THE ELYSEE PALACE AND TA ALL EMBASSIES.

CROWDS GATHERED OUTSIDE THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN ROME AS SOON AS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT'S TRAGIC DEATH WAS MADE. AN EARLY VISITORS TO THE EMBASSY WAS PRESIDENT SEGNI WHO SAID: "THE EXECRABLE ATTACK WHICH HAS CUT DOWN PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S YOUNG LIFE IS A CRIME AGAINST ALL MANKIND." AS A SIGN OF THE NATIONS'S SORROW, ALL FLAGS ARE TO BE HUNG AT HALF-MAST FOR THREE DAYS, AND NEGOTIATIONS FOR A NEW GOVERNMENT ARE TO BE SUSPENDED.

IT IS LONDON THAT THE SYMPATHY OF A WHOLE NATION IS PERHAPS MOST CLEARLY SHOWN, AT THE U.S. EMBASSY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE TO THE KENNEDY FAMILY. THEY HAVE BEEN JOINED BY MANY DIPLOMATIC INCLUDING RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR SOLDATOV.

ELSEWHERE IN BRITAIN PEOPLE HAVE PAID TRIBUTE IN THE WAYS. AT FOOTBALL MATCHES TODAY CROWDS STOOD FOR A MINUTE SILENCE, SHOWING THE COUNTRY'S SENSE OF LOSS AND ITS SYMPATHY WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, PRESIDENT KENNEDY VISITED IRELAND, THE ANCESTRAL HOME OF THE KENNEDY FAMILY. HERE, THE COUNTRY FEELS A SENSE OF DEEP PERSONAL LOSS. PEOPLE WEPT OPENLY WHEN THE NEWS WAS ANNOUNCED. IN NEW ROSS. COUNTRY WEXFORD, WHERE THE FAMILY HOMESTEAD IS SITUATED, THE HOUSE WHERE THE PRESIDENT HAD TEA WITH HIS IRISH RELATIONS LAST JUNE, IS SHUTTERED, AND THE CURTAINS DRAWN. HERE THE LOCAL PEOPLE ARE MOURNING NOT ONLY THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BUT ALSO OF A MEMBER OF
THEIR FAMILY.