Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMMANDERS CONFERENCE
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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMMANDERS CONFERENCE
Summary: Coverage of DOD Commanders Conference at Offutt AFB to study target assignments in case of war. Present were the Secretary of Defense Thomas S. Gates; Deputy Secretary of Defense James R. Douglas; Secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force; members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and staff directors; and unified area commanders. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 883': MS's of Adm. Arleigh A. Burke, Chief Naval Operations, boarding aircraft, followed by Gen. David M. Shoup, USMC Commandant. 18' Scenes on flight line showing AF Secretary Dudley C. Sharp, Lt, Gen. Robert Link, USA CINC, Mediterranean; Gen. Charles D. Palmer, Deputy CINC Europe; Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. George Decker, Army Chief of Staff; Gen. Thomas D. White, USAF Chief of Staff; Gen. Thomas S. Power, Commander SAC; and Secretary of Defense Thomas S. Gates Jr., talking to newsmen. 98' CU Gen. Power talking to Secretary Gates. 142' CU pan left with MATS VC-137 taxiing down flight line. 204' MCU Gen. Laurence S. Kuter, C0NAD CINC, talking to Lt. Gen. John K. Gerhart, DCS Operations. 215' MS's of Adm. Harry D. Felt CINC, Pacific, arriving on Navy R5D (C-54). 257' MS's & CU's of Gen. White arriving on VC-137. 298' MS's of Secretary Gates and Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker arriving on VC-137. 396' MS's of Lt. Gen. Link and staff arriving at flight line. 466' Scenes of Navy R5D taxiing on flight line and Admiral Felt debarking. 517' MS's of VC-137 taxiing on flight line -- Gen. White and Gen. Power talking beside aircraft. 615' CU four-star flag being fixed to staff car. 629' CU Secretary Sharp entering staff car. 656' MS Gen. White leaving SAC Headquarters Building. 675' Scenes of Sec. Brucker, Sec. Gates and Gen. Power leaving SAC Headquarters Building. 717' MS's of VIP's arriving at SAC include Sec. Gates, and Sec. Brucker, Gen. Power and Gen. Lemnitzer, Adm. Burke, Gen. White, Adm. Felt, Gen. Shoup, Gen. Kuter and Sec. Sharp. Reel 2, 875': LS KC-135 flyover. 72' LS's & MS's of VC-131 taxiing on flight line -- Gen. Kuter debarks and drives off in staff car. 140' Scenes of Navy R5D taxiing on flight line; Adm. Felt debarks and drives away in staff car. 204' Series of scenes of empty conference room, as USAF captain arranges chairs and name plates. 579' MS's of Gen. White, Adm. Felt, Gen. Decker, Gen. Shoup, Gen. Lemnitzer, Gen. Kuter and Sec. Sharp entering room for conference. 755' MS's of officers arriving in lobby of SAC Headquarters Building for official photos. Reel 3, 395: MS's of VIP's arriving at conference room: Gen. White, Lt. Gen. Gerhart, Gen. Decker, Gen. Shoup, Adm. Robert L. Dennison, CINC, Atlantic, Gen. Lemnitzer, Sec. Sharp, Sec. Gates, Gen. Power, Gen. Palmer and Sec. Brucker. 143' Scenes of conferees posing for official photograph in SAC Hq lobby. 252' CU four-star flag on bumper of staff car as VIP's leave SAC Headquarters Building. 384' CU SAC Elite Guard saluting. Fair (Basic: Orig neg)
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