Oh how wonderful it is to see these archival videos! I have not had the pleasure of watching a Kennedy speech live during my lifetime. This is a great honor to see :) He was certainly charasmatic as evident by the cheers from the Germans.
This was a great speech. As Kennedy noted, Democracy is not a perfect system. As he was so close to the Berlin Wall; his statement that "we have never had to put up a wall to keep our people in" was an especially powerful statement.
There is a line missing here that I find very weird. Around the 8:28 mark Kennedy should say, "Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to prevent them from leaving us." Instead it just cuts that line out and clips together two different instances of the crowd cheering. Maybe the film was damaged at that point and that's why they edited it out? You can hear the line in the JFK archival audio.
These old archived videos should be uploaded more often. Very informative to see the reactions to our WWII General and how quickly we got Germany to turn on the USSR, even though they were instrumental in defeating Hitler's army.
Smart to say ..quote ..let them come to Berlin ..unquote… no west and or east Berlin was the topic … it was about freedom and telling humans that communism is a dictatorship …
There is non One president Like him athe our planet ( Ich bin Eine berliner)) This signification athe this Evenment Was allot allot..u can Imagined how he Speak very well Deutsche. ANCRDBLE Speech. Kenedy. AMERICA 1963. COMPARE 2023 president trump or J Biden. Character. Hhhh. Lol keneday was the best of the best Ever 👌
No, it was recorded on silver nitrate film. That isn’t a digital storage medium. You’re looking at a digital copy of an analog format. In film from the 1990s you’re most likely looking at digital copies of VHS format…
I love how he was raised by a pretty evil father and ended up going against all that type of evil... Probably a good thing JFK Jr.'s Hitler loving brother died in a plane during the war; or who knows which Kennedy would've been president? JFK Sr. had been supporting JPK Jr. (JFK Jr.'s older brother) more until he and his plane got eviscerated. Meanwhile, JFK Jr., the non Hitler-loving brother, went through crazy happenings in the war too but remained safe... Someone stopped evil the day JPK Jr.'s plane blew up and someone kept a good thing safe when JFK Jr. got rescued after being lost at sea due to his boat being blown in half- and swimming to shore, saving another burnt soldier in the act. Whatta guy. What a weird family.
Willy Brandt, the mayor of Berlin proof read President Kennedy's speech, being fluent in English and German so there is no way that he would allow his American president friend to say something that would make him look like a fool.
This is an American / international myth. What Kennedy said was perfectly correct German and wouldn't have been misunderstood by the crowd. While "Berliner" does also mean jelly doughnut in some (not even in Berlin) parts of the German speaking world, nobody would've taken it that way in this context.
@@rsacitizen6151 It's "Ich bin ein Berliner." Yes, Berliner is a food named after the city, but so are hamburger and frankfurter named for German cities. The prime understanding any German has for those words is a resident of Frankfurt or Hamburg, not the foods. In fact, a resident of Vienna is called a Wiener. Really. The city's name in German is Wien, pronounced with a long e. If you were to say, "Ich bin a Wiener," it would mean something to a German very different than the English translation would to Americans.
This was very good, but I wish JFK had made freedom in Birmingham and Greensboro his top priority, instead of flying half way around the world to champion it. Your country is spending billions to stand for democracy in Europe and Asia while at home, your people are murdered for trying to register voters. Civil Rights, has made no progress during the two and one-half years of your being in charge, Mr. President. *"Las Sie nach Birmingham kommen."*
Maybe the best speech ever!
Look at how good he made everybody feel and how the people loved him.
That's very true of course: the North Koreans and Chinese couldn't understand him...
we were proud to have this man as the leader of the free world
Oh how wonderful it is to see these archival videos! I have not had the pleasure of watching a Kennedy speech live during my lifetime. This is a great honor to see :) He was certainly charasmatic as evident by the cheers from the Germans.
Thank you for showing this archive footage for celebrating the 60th anniversary of "Ich bin ein Berliner"!
This is so amazing to see and hear the late, great President Kennedy. Wonderful to see how well-received he was by the. Germans.
He made everybody feel so good...
Great speech.
This was a great speech. As Kennedy noted, Democracy is not a perfect system. As he was so close to the Berlin Wall; his statement that "we have never had to put up a wall to keep our people in" was an especially powerful statement.
There is a line missing here that I find very weird. Around the 8:28 mark Kennedy should say, "Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to prevent them from leaving us."
Instead it just cuts that line out and clips together two different instances of the crowd cheering. Maybe the film was damaged at that point and that's why they edited it out? You can hear the line in the JFK archival audio.
Thanks for pointing that out.
Great speech. J.F.K. was a great orator. And it was back in the days when Americans still spoke English.
TR, FDR & JFK were the best American Presidents of the 20th Century
This is the first time I’ve seen this speech with the German translations included
I am a Berliner, too.
These old archived videos should be uploaded more often. Very informative to see the reactions to our WWII General and how quickly we got Germany to turn on the USSR, even though they were instrumental in defeating Hitler's army.
World War II general? Do you mean J.F.K.?
Awesome ,the man new the future of all mankind!!!!!!!
Greatest president
Smart to say ..quote ..let them come to Berlin ..unquote… no west and or east Berlin was the topic …
it was about freedom and telling humans that communism is a dictatorship …
There is non One president Like him athe our planet ( Ich bin Eine berliner)) This signification athe this Evenment Was allot allot..u can Imagined how he Speak very well Deutsche. ANCRDBLE Speech. Kenedy. AMERICA 1963. COMPARE 2023 president trump or J Biden. Character. Hhhh. Lol keneday was the best of the best Ever 👌
Did they had HD camera back then. Just wondering because all the videos before 1990s have bad quality and blurry
No, it was recorded on silver nitrate film. That isn’t a digital storage medium. You’re looking at a digital copy of an analog format. In film from the 1990s you’re most likely looking at digital copies of VHS format…
The fsmouse VHS. CASET VIDEO LOL U KNOW MORE LOL
Tech1TV, no HD cameras did not exist in 1963. This was filmed in silver nitrate film. Digital cameras came into being in 1995
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I like it
Oratory without equal.
explain i am a donut
I love how he was raised by a pretty evil father and ended up going against all that type of evil... Probably a good thing JFK Jr.'s Hitler loving brother died in a plane during the war; or who knows which Kennedy would've been president? JFK Sr. had been supporting JPK Jr. (JFK Jr.'s older brother) more until he and his plane got eviscerated. Meanwhile, JFK Jr., the non Hitler-loving brother, went through crazy happenings in the war too but remained safe... Someone stopped evil the day JPK Jr.'s plane blew up and someone kept a good thing safe when JFK Jr. got rescued after being lost at sea due to his boat being blown in half- and swimming to shore, saving another burnt soldier in the act.
Whatta guy.
What a weird family.
Unfortunately, "Ich bin ein Berliner" means "I am a jelly doughnut," although the citizens of Berlin understood Kennedy's intention.
Ofcorse Hes Attention consern Ich bin eine berliner for zitzen. PEOPEL FROM BERLIN YES
@@alexanderhirnstein2382 Thanks for pointing that out. The crowd obviously knew what Kennedy meant and enthusiastically welcomed his comments.
Willy Brandt, the mayor of Berlin proof read President Kennedy's speech, being fluent in English and German so there is no way that he would allow his American president friend to say something that would make him look like a fool.
Ich bin ein gelee-donut
Is I am a jelly donut
This is an American / international myth. What Kennedy said was perfectly correct German and wouldn't have been misunderstood by the crowd. While "Berliner" does also mean jelly doughnut in some (not even in Berlin) parts of the German speaking world, nobody would've taken it that way in this context.
One of the greatest receptions for JFK. He was like a Rock Star.
"I am a jelly doughnut!"
Wrong. That's a myth circulated by Kennedy detractors. "Berliner" means resident of Berlin.
Okay then whats the correct term for i am a berliner in German?
@@rsacitizen6151 It's "Ich bin ein Berliner." Yes, Berliner is a food named after the city, but so are hamburger and frankfurter named for German cities. The prime understanding any German has for those words is a resident of Frankfurt or Hamburg, not the foods.
In fact, a resident of Vienna is called a Wiener. Really. The city's name in German is Wien, pronounced with a long e.
If you were to say, "Ich bin a Wiener," it would mean something to a German very different than the English translation would to Americans.
@@brianarbenz1329 thanks for educating me never thought about it that way.😁🤭
His close friend and ally who knew German and English perfectly Willy Brandt would never let his friend make a fool of himself-a jelly donut.
This was very good, but I wish JFK had made freedom in Birmingham and Greensboro his top priority, instead of flying half way around the world to champion it. Your country is spending billions to stand for democracy in Europe and Asia while at home, your people are murdered for trying to register voters. Civil Rights, has made no progress during the two and one-half years of your being in charge, Mr. President. *"Las Sie nach Birmingham kommen."*
AS NATO FRAMED RUSSIA 2014