Old news. The Black Watch and President John F. Kennedy!

[Bruce Scott]

I would have been in the 3rd grade. I heard the news on the playground during afternoon recess. I'd recently finished a book about the Secret Service. Being the smart alec that I was, I put my new knowledge to work and wouldn't believe the news. After all, I'd just had a lesson about how closely the President was guarded.
I'm sure I watched the funeral- all of the U.S.A. stopped to watch it. I've just done a quick look at the parts O.C. Richard pointed out. At 31:10, as the camera pulls back, there's a military formation front and center. Given the state of the Cold War at the time it seems hard to believe but it appears to be a Soviet Army Honor Guard. If it is, it's a tremendous tribute to the respect that JFK generated.

They were Irish Army Cadets.




https://www.irishtimes.com/news/worl...side-1.1606662

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2013...ennedy-funeral

[Brian Rose]

Well, that makes a lot more sense. Difficult to tell what the uniforms were at a distance. Definitely not American, light colored trousers meant not British, but looked like Jodpurs.