1963 - Color, USA: Visit of Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of West Germany. 29Dec63
Motorcade arrives Fredericksburg, Texas; streets lined with people & a few flags. Erhard out of convertible. State police in Stetson hats; Octagonal church of German immigrants. Erhard at mic speaks, SOF, to crowd, translator voice over. He says he & LBJ are meeting in a common spirit... We want to fulfill something of the Christmas spirit between Christmas & New Years. City VIP speaks to him in German (translated).
01:14:15 Entering Fredericksburg Pioneer Memorial Library as man tells of settling of 127 immigrants. Church is replica of original church built in 1847. Slowly leaving & handshaking w/ minister & VIPs.
01:15:29 LS Entering large Bethany Lutheran Church, 29Dec63. MCU & CU of people watching as party leaves; banner: auf wiedersehen! Secret service along side of car, kids waving.
01:16:35 US & Texas flag. Barbecue held in high school gym. CU of cooking meet outdoors, turning & wiping w/ barbecue sauce. Arrival of LBJ & Erhard party. Guitar players & Mariachi band (not heard). People look in windows. Earhard & others w/ plates of food to table. CU of Erhard waving.
01:19:26 LBJ giving prayer for food & peaceful world. Pierre Salinger standing at table. Kingston Trio (?) playing backed by bass player during lunch. Luci Johnson seen eating rib.
01:21:55 LBJ speaking, SOF, at podium tells story re economics, describes talks which have strengthed bonds between the two countries. “...we will pledge our lives, our property & our sacred hono...” for the people of Berlin. “Like those pioneers who settled the land...came from Germany...we trust in the lord & keep our powder dry.”
American Immigration; German-Americans; Religion; Western United States; Settlers; Presidential entertaining; Politics; President Lyndon Baines Johnson; Diplomacy; State Visit; 1960s;
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1963 - Color, USA: Visit of Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of West Germany. 29Dec63 Motorcade arrives Fredericksburg, Texas; streets lined with people & a few flags. Erhard out of convertible. State police in Stetson hats; Octagonal church of German immigrants. Erhard at mic speaks, SOF, to crowd, translator voice over. He says he & LBJ are meeting in a common spirit... We want to fulfill something of the Christmas spirit between Christmas & New Years. City VIP speaks to him in German (translated). 01:14:15 Entering Fredericksburg Pioneer Memorial Library as man tells of settling of 127 immigrants. Church is replica of original church built in 1847. Slowly leaving & handshaking w/ minister & VIPs. 01:15:29 LS Entering large Bethany Lutheran Church, 29Dec63. MCU & CU of people watching as party leaves; banner: auf wiedersehen! Secret service along side of car, kids waving. 01:16:35 US & Texas flag. Barbecue held in high school gym. CU of cooking meet outdoors, turning & wiping w/ barbecue sauce. Arrival of LBJ & Erhard party. Guitar players & Mariachi band (not heard). People look in windows. Earhard & others w/ plates of food to table. CU of Erhard waving. 01:19:26 LBJ giving prayer for food & peaceful world. Pierre Salinger standing at table. Kingston Trio (?) playing backed by bass player during lunch. Luci Johnson seen eating rib. 01:21:55 LBJ speaking, SOF, at podium tells story re economics, describes talks which have strengthed bonds between the two countries. “...we will pledge our lives, our property & our sacred hono...” for the people of Berlin. “Like those pioneers who settled the land...came from Germany...we trust in the lord & keep our powder dry.” American Immigration; German-Americans; Religion; Western United States; Settlers; Presidential entertaining; Politics; President Lyndon Baines Johnson; Diplomacy; State Visit; 1960s;