From the archives: John F. Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech on June 26, 1963

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Published 2023-06-26
On June 26, 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech at Rudolph Wilde Platz in West Berlin where he famously proclaimed, "Ich bin ein Berliner." His address became one of the most famous speeches during the Cold War.

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All Comments (21)
  • 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.
  • @darienmcneil2324
    This is so amazing to see and hear the late, great President Kennedy. Wonderful to see how well-received he was by the. Germans.
  • Thank you for showing this archive footage for celebrating the 60th anniversary of "Ich bin ein Berliner"!
  • @skilletfan51
    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.
  • @MCO18
    This is the first time I’ve seen this speech with the German translations included
  • @JConlon96
    TR, FDR & JFK were the best American Presidents of the 20th Century
  • @rocklandstone5475
    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.
  • @FRANKIESIXTOES
    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.
  • @Tech1Tv
    Did they had HD camera back then. Just wondering because all the videos before 1990s have bad quality and blurry
  • @MahamudHagimuse
    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 👌
  • @dan5760
    🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🤜🏻🤛🏻💯
  • @TScm07
    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 …