Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ACTIVATION OF CONGRESSIONAL RESERVE SQUADRON, WASHINGTON D.C., 17 JANUARY 1961

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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. ACTIVATION OF CONGRESSIONAL RESERVE SQUADRON, WASHINGTON D.C., 17 JANUARY 1961

1961

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/68149

Summary: Coverage of the activation of the 9999th Congressional Air Reserve Squadron, including scenes of Senator Barry Goldwater and USAF Chief of Staff, Gen. Thomas D. White addressing the Air Reserve Squadron in the auditorium of the New Senate Office Building. 1) Shows Senator Barry Goldwater and Air Reserve brigadier general, speaking to new members of the 9999th Air Reserve Squadron, and USAF Col. Gould presenting an intelligence briefing. 2) Members of the 9999th Air Reserve Squadron in auditorium during break period. 3) Scenes of the arrival of USAF Chief of Staff, Gen. Thomas D. White, members of Air Reserve Squadron standing at attention and Sen. Goldwater introducing Gen. White. 4) Scenes of Gen. Thomas D. White addressing the squadron. 976' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: Scenes of Gen. Thomas D. White addressing members of the Air Reserve Squadron. 957' Total footage in reel. Reel 3: 1) Sen. Goldwater speaking to group including Lt. Col. B. Bauer, Commander, 1365th Photo Group. 2) Scenes of Sen. Goldwater introducing Gen. White to squadron members during coffee break. 3) Gen. White addressing the group. 4) Shows Brig. Gen. Felix L. Vidal, Commander, 2nd AF Reserve Region, Andrews AFB, and Sen. Howard W. Cannon of Nevada. 5) Gen. White talking to Sen. Goldwater and squadron members during coffee break. 6) Sen. Goldwater introducing Gen. White on speakers platform. 7) Sen. Goldwater addressing group. 8) Scenes of Gen. White arriving, group coming to attention and Gen. White making speech. 9) Scenes of Gen. White, Sen. Goldwater, Senator Millier of Iowa and Congressman Zablocki of Wisconsin talking. 644' Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: Orig neg)

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Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998

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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician, businessman, and author who was a five-term Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in 1964. Despite his loss of the 1964 presidential election in a landslide, Goldwater is the politician most often credited with having sparked the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. He also had a substantial impact on the...

Vidal, Felix L. (Felix Louis), 1912-1983

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Felix Louis Vidal (b. 1912, Madison, S.D.-d. July 16, 1983), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from West Point in 1933 and received his pilot wings the following year. After several assignments in the U.S. and Panama, in 1943 he became commander, 72nd Fighter Wing. He later served as commander, 306th Fighter Wing, and commander, 325th Fighter Group, 15th Air Force, in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. He resigned his commission in 1946, and in 1947 was commissioned in the Reserve. In 1955...

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

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Zablocki, Clement John, 1912-1983

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Cannon, Howard W.

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