Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. VICE PRESIDENT NIXON PRESENTS COLLIER TROPHY, CAPITOL BUILDING, WASHINGTON D.C., 15 DECEMBER 1959

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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. VICE PRESIDENT NIXON PRESENTS COLLIER TROPHY, CAPITOL BUILDING, WASHINGTON D.C., 15 DECEMBER 1959

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Summary: Coverage of Vice-President Richard Nixon presenting individual National Aeronautic Association Collier Trophies to Clarence L. Johnson, Lockheed, for design of the F-104 airframe; Neil Burgess and Gerhard Neumann, General Electric Co., for development of the F-104 J-79 engine; Lt. Col. Howard C. Johnson, USAF, for establishing a world land-plane record of 91,243 ft. with the F-104; and Maj. Walter W. Irwin, USAF, for establishing a world straight-away speed record of 1,404.09 MPH. Scenes are also included of Gen. Thomas D. White, Chief of Staff, USAF, talking to Vice-President Nixon, and Gen. James H. Doolittle (USAF Ret.) standing behind the group. Good (Basic: Orig neg)

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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California. After five years in the White House that saw the conclusion to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, and the establishment of the Environm...

White, Thomas D. (Thomas Dresser), 1901-1965

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Thomas Dresser White (b. Aug. 6, 1901, Walker, Minn.-d. Dec. 22, 1965), U.S. Air Force officer, received his commission in the infantry in 1920. He studied the Chinese language in China from 1927 to 1931, and served as assistant military attaché for air in Moscow and Rome from 1934 to 1937 and military attaché in Brazil from 1940 to 1942. During World War II he served as assistant chief of staff, then chief of staff, 3rd Air Force; assistant chief of staff for intelligence at Army Air Force HQ; ...

Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993

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James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his daring raids on Japan during World War II. He also made early coast-to-coast flights, won many flying races, and helped develop instrument flying. Born in Alameda, California, Doolittle studied as an undergraduate at University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1922. He also earned a doctorate in aero...

Neumann, Gerhard

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Johnson, Clarence L.

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Burgess, Neil

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