Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF TOUR TITAN SITE

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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. JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF TOUR TITAN SITE

1961

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Summary: Coverage of visit of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the 703rd SMWG Site 1A Titan I silo lift launcher, showing arrival and departure of party by CH-21B's and tour of installation VIP's include Gen Lyman L. Lemnitzer (USA), Gen George R. Decker (USA), Gen David M. Shoup (USMC), Adm Arleigh A. Burke (USN), Gen Thomas D. White and Lt Gen Archie J. Old, Jr. Reel 1 -- 1) Scenes of generators, turbines, network of ducts and workmen maintaining equipment in power house. 2) Scenes of VIP's including Gen George R. Decker, Chief of Staff, USA arriving in field by staff cars and walking toward CH-21B. 3) MS sign inside CH-213 reading: ADM BURKE, GEN DECKER and MAJ GEN WIESEMAN. 4) MCU's & MS's of CH-21B tail rotor in motion and three CH-213's taking off. 5) ELS's of three CH-21B's in flight. 6)MS of windsock indicating little or no wind. 7) MLS & MCU to MS USAF missileman entering hatch and going down circular stairway. 8) Scenes of VIP's leaving elevator, entering briefing room, touring power station, launch silo, and walking through long tubular passageway, intercut with CU's and MCU's of Gen White, Gen Lemnitzer, Adm Burke, Gen Shoup, Gen Decker, and Lt Gen Old, in briefing room and during tour. 9) MCU's of lieutenant general and general's ID tags on staff cars. 10) Scenes of VIP's standing near staff cars. 580' Total footage in reel. Reel 2 -- 1) Scenes of three CH-21B's in flight and Landing and VIP's debarking -- shows Lt Gen Archie J. Old, Comdr 15th AF, greeting Gen Thomas D. White USAF CoS. 2) Scenes of missile site under construction showing crane, workers, automobiles, sheds and blockhouse with small radome. 3) MLS signs beside highway: MISS1LE RANGE and NO HUNTING WITHOUT WRITTEN APPROVAL. 4) Scenes of VIP's including Gen Lemnitzer, Gen White, Gen Decker, Lt Gen Old, Adm Burke, and Gen Shoup entering elevator, leaving briefing room, touring installation (launch control, silo lift housing) and leaving building. 5) MS's of schematic cutaway drawing of Titan I silo-lift launcher site. 6) MS sign inside CH-21B: GEN LEMNITZER, GEN WHITE, VICE ADM SHARP and COL Radar. 7) MCU's of Gen Thomas D. White getting into CH-21B, and seated in cockpit of helicopter, intercut with shots of general's stars on side of helicopter. 8) MS's of three CH-21B's taking off. 9) MCU & MLS sign on building: SATAF HEADQUARTERS. 607' Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: Orig neg)

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Lemnitzer, Lyman L. (Lyman Louis), 1899-1988

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Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He received his commission in the Coast Artillery Corps from West Point in 1920 and was an instructor at West Point from 1926 to 1930, and again in 1934 and 1935. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1936 and the Army War College in 1940 and saw duty with war plans division and the staff of Army Ground Forces from May 1941 to June 1942. He reached the rank of brigadier general in...

Decker, George Henry, 1902-1980

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George Henry Decker (1902-1980) was born in Catskill, New York. He earned a B.S. degree from Lafayette College in 1924 and commissioned in the infantry in the same year. In 1937 he graduated from Command and General Staff School. He was deputy chief of the Third Army and then the Sixth Army between 1942 and 1943. He made brigadier general in August 1944 and major general in June 1945, while chief of staff of Sixth Army. His post-war assignments included commander of VI Corps, from 1955 to 1956. ...

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; ...

Shoup, David M. (David Monroe), 1904-1983

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General, United States Marine Corps; commander of Marine forces at Tarawa, 1943; chief of staff, 2d Marine Division, 1944; commandant of the Marine Corps, 1960-1963. From the description of David M. Shoup papers, 1927-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870712 Marine Corps officer. From the description of Reminiscences of David Monroe Shoup : oral history, 1972. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122361984 ...

Old, Archie J., 1906-1984

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Archie J. Old, Jr. (b. 1906, Farmersville, Tex.-d. Mar. 24, 1984), U.S. Air Force officer, enlisted as a private in the Texas National Guard in 1930, completed flying training and was commissioned in the Air Reserve in 1932. He was ordered to extended active duty in 1940, and in 1942 assumed command of the 96th Bomb Group and moved to the European Theater. In 1943 he became chief of the 45th Combat Bomber Wing, 8th Air Force. During World War II, he flew 43 combat missions against Germany. Follo...

Burke, Arleigh A. 1901-

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Arleigh Albert Burke, U.S. Naval Officer, was born near Boulder, Colorado on 19 October, 1901. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1923 and served in the Navy until his retirement in 1961. A brilliant officer during World War II, Burke fell into disfavor in 1949 due to his opposition to adoption of the Air Force B-36 aircraft, but still achieved promotion to rear admiral and eventually selection as Chief of Naval Operations in 1955. He is credited with building a fleet of nuclear-powered subm...