Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. TRANSPORT OF VIPS TO CAMP DAVID

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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. TRANSPORT OF VIPS TO CAMP DAVID

1955

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Summary: Coverage of members of the Security Council arriving at, and being transported from, the Pentagon and Washington International Airport to Camp David where Pres Eisenhower is residing during his convalescence. VIP's include Secy of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield, Secy of Labor James P. Mitchell, Nelson A. Rockefeller, CIA Director Allen Dulles, Vice Pres Richard M. Nixon, Secy of State John Foster Dulles and Sec of Defense Charles E. Wilson. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 294': Scenes of CH-21Bs landing and taking off from helicopter pad at the Pentagon. (starts at 197') MLS to MS of Secy of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield and family walking to right beside the Pentagon. 217' MLS of VIP's arriving at helicopter pad, talking, and Mr. Summerfield boarding CH-21B. 274' MS of Secy of Labor James P. Mitchell walking toward camera. 284' MS of Secy Mitchell and Nelson A. Rockefeller, carrying briefcase, being greeted by AF officer -- shows them walking toward CH-21B. Reel 2, 811': LSs & MS of Allen Dulles, CIA Director, boarding U-4B (L-26B) at Washington International Airport and aircraft taxiing out as directed. 36' Series of shots of Vice President Richard M. Nixon and party walking out on ramp at Washington International Airport where Mr. Nixon talks to press, speaks before microphones and boards UH-19B. Also shows helicopter with rotor blades turning, taxiing out and taking off -- intercut with CIA Director Dulles boarding U-4B and aircraft taxiing out as directed. 377' Scenes of CH-21Bs taking off, flying over and landing on helicopter pad at Pentagon -- shows leaves flying from prop wash. 543' MCU of VIP's talking. 566' MS of Secy of State John Foster Dulles with Secy of Defense Charles E. Wilson and unidentified VIP walking along side of Pentagon and Mr. Dulles boarding CH-21B. 630' Scenes of CH-21B preparing to take off, other VIP's arriving and CH-21B's No. 2 and No. 3 taking off. Good (Basic: Orig neg)

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Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959

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Wilson, Charles Erwin, 1890-1961

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Summerfield, Arthur E. (Arthur Ellsworth), 1899-1972

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Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969

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Allen W. Dulles, nephew of Robert Lansing, Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State, and brother of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, was a lawyer, foreign-service officer, and intelligence official. He served with the United States Office of Strategic Services in Bern, Switzerland during World War II, during which he penetrated the German Foreign Ministry Office and the "July 1944" anti-Hitler conspirators. In 1947 he helped draft the National Security Act, which created the Central Intelligenc...