Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. AIR FORCE SUNDAY, WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL

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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. AIR FORCE SUNDAY, WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL

1962

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Summary: Coverage of a Service of Evensong for the USAF, including sermon by The Very Reverend Francis B. Sayre, Jr,; music by Protestant Cadet Choir of the USAF Academy under the direction of James Roger Boyd, Academy Organist-Choirmaster; and Bible readings by Secretary of AF Eugene M. Zuckert and AF Chief of Staff Gen Curtis E. LeMay. Also includes scenes of the Washington National Cathedral and statue of George Washington. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 444': 1) Scenes of the processional and recessional of the USAFA Protestant Cadet Choir, Cathedral Choir, Honorable Eugene M. Zuckert, Gen Curtis E. LeMay, The Very Reverend Francis B. Sayre, Jr., and other church officials -- also shows sanctuary and stained glass windows, offertory and congregation. 2) MS & LS of statue of George Washington. 3) MLS of Washington National Cathedral. Reel 2, 912': Scenes of the annual Service of Evensong for USAF including processional and recessional of the USAFA Protestant Cadet Choir, cathedral choir, Honorable Eugene M. Zuckert, Gen Curtis E. LeMay, The Very Reverend Francis B. Sayre, Jr., and other church officials -- shows Mr. Zuckert and Gen LeMay reading from the Bible; Protestant AF Cadet Choir singing and sermon by The Very Reverend Francis B. Sayre, Jr. Fair (Basic: Orig neg)

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LeMay, Curtis E. (Curtis Emerson), 1906-1990

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Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was an American Air Force general who implemented an effective but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. He later served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1965. LeMay joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, the precursor to the U.S. Air Force, in 1929 while studying civil engineering at Ohio State University. He had risen to the rank of major by the time of Japan's Attack on Pearl ...

Zuckert, Eugene M., 1911-2000

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