[Dixielandjazz] President Kennedy's pre-inaugural gala

[Robert Ringwald]

President Kennedy's pre-inaugural gala

Courtesy of the Kennedy Library, here's newly restored footage of President Kennedy's
pre-inaugural gala, which was held January 19, 1961 -- fifty years ago tonight --
at the Washington, DC Armory. 76 minutes in all, featuring Harry Belafonte, Milton
Berle, Leonard Bernstein, Nat King Cole, Tony Curtis, Jimmy Durante, Ella Fitzgerald,
Gene Kelly, Janet Leigh, Ethel Merman, Louis Prima, Frank Sinatra, Keely Smith, Pat
Suzuki, Helen Traubel...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkRJpeBHiDQ


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