Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GEN. LEMAY'S SWEARING-IN CEREMONY AT WHITE HOUSE

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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. GEN. LEMAY'S SWEARING-IN CEREMONY AT WHITE HOUSE

1961

Summary: Coverage of AF Secretary Eugene M. Zuckert swearing in Gen. Curtis E. LeMay as Chief of Staff, USAF on White House portico. Scenes include President Kennedy, Vice President Johnson, senators Dennis Chavez and Stuart Symington, Gen. Thomas D. White, Gen. Lyman L.Lemnitzer, USA and Gen. Nathan F. Twining (ret). LS to MS of White House. 10' MS of President Kennedy, Gen. Curtis E. LeMay and Secretary of AF Eugene M. Zuckert carrying bible, followed by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and president's aide stepping down White House porch steps to microphone. 26' MS of press personnel taking pictures -- aide in left frame. 30' MCU of AF Secretary Eugene M. Zuckert swearing in new USAF Chief of Staff, Gen. Curtis E. LeMay -- shows President Kennedy, Senator Dennis Chavez from New Mexico, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Senator Stuart Symington from Missouri, Gen. Thomas D. White and other dignitaries at ceremony and congratulating Gen. LeMay. 545' ECU FV of Gen. LeMay's face. 553' MCU of Gen. LeMay on White House portico and being kissed by his wife and shaking hands with Gen. Nathan F. Twining (ret), Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer and other dignitaries. 593' Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: Orig color)

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Chavez, Dennis, 1888-1962

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Dionisio "Dennis" Chávez (April 8, 1888 – November 18, 1962) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1935, and in the United States Senate from 1935 to 1962. He was the first Hispanic person elected to a full term in the U.S. Senate and the first U.S. Senator to be born in New Mexico. Born in Los Chavez in the New Mexico Territory, his family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1895; Chávez attended sch...

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

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

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Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988

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Twining, Nathan F. (Nathan Farragut), 1897-1982

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

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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