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I am Harold Pc. Vice president for television of the Chronicle Publishing Company and general manager of K R O N T. V channel for SAn Francisco. The film you're about to see is a kinescope recording of a first generation video tape recording of an original television

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broadcast. This process has resulted in some loss of detail and a certain amount of deterioration to other elements of the original electronic picture. In mid morning of sunday november 24th 1963 jay Fenton McKenna, dean of the School of Creative Arts at SAn Francisco State College, contacted

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robert Glasper, program manager of this station, seeking our interest in broadcasting the complete requiem mass by verdi Sung by the Coral Union of San Francisco State College as a 90 minute tribute to the memory of our late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The music for the San

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Francisco State College Symphony Orchestra, which was featured on the program presented in the main auditorium of the college was prepared by Laszlo varga conductor and a member of the music department. The entire performance rendered by the 85 member orchestra and the 150 Voice Coral Union was

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conducted by john tom's a member of the music department. Television production facilities at the college were in the hands of students not affiliated with either the international brotherhood of Electrical workers or the american federation of television and radio artists, which organizations represent K. R. O N.

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T. V. Contract engineers and production employees, officials of both unions cleared any jurisdictional objections and the program was fed from the auditorium to our facilities from 8 15 to 9 40 pm sunday november 24 1963. The opening scene was accompanied by an off camera introduction made

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by a station staff announcer on a broadcast circuit not connected to the recorder and his remarks were lost to this film. An operational error at the station resulted in broadcast loss of the first few words of Dean McKenna's opening remarks. This film, which is not licensed

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for broadcast, was presented to San Francisco State College by KRON. T. V. during the 2nd week of January 1964. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. Uh huh. Yes, thank you. It's not yeah. Mhm verdi's Manzoni requiem mass as a memorial tribute to

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the late beloved president john Fitzgerald Kennedy. This requiem was originally composed for a patriot, poet, author and intellectual and through his truly poetic approach to life. These were aspects of human achievement, eminently fulfilled by our great leader who now belongs to the ages. We feel it

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appropriate that san Francisco State College speak not only for this institution, but for all educational institutions dedicated to the development of free and responsible men for a free and responsible society. Men whose respect for the dignity of man would make them effective national citizens and sensitive

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citizens of the world. These ideals were magnificently exemplified in the life and in the person of john Fitzgerald Kennedy. He demonstrated in his life and in his death, his unswerving devotion to mankind and his sense of the true path of peace and Nonviolence, love of one's

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neighbor fulfilled in fact to the end for greater love than this. No man has. Then he lay down his life for his fellow man through the medium of this requiem and through these young men and women we wish to offer for all young men and women

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to the noble mrs Jacqueline Kennedy and to the entire Kennedy family, our affectionate sympathy and careful supplication and to all who may here we would say we know that we have been immeasurably enriched during the years of his masterful life and that we shall be enriched

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forever by the heritage of greatness, courage and the emotion to man's highest and finest aspirations, A heritage which he has left us directly. Mhm. Yeah. Uh huh. Mhm. Yeah, mm hmm. No, I mean you look great. Uh huh. Okay, mm.

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Mhm Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Mhm. We're going to do. Mm hmm. Yeah.

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right, Yeah. Oh Oh Oh, Mhm. Yeah. Oh, all right. Whoa. Oh! Uh

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huh, mm hmm. Mhm Thank you. Yeah. Mhm Oh yeah. Right, yeah, thank

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you. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm mm hmm, mm hmm. Mhm. Mhm Thank you, yeah, mm hmm. Right, yeah. Mhm Okay, mm hmm. More Well,

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maybe verdi's Requiem being presented live from san Francisco State Cup. Mhm. Uh huh. Yeah. Okay. Yeah.