Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S DEPARTURE FROM ANDREWS AFB, MARYLAND

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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. PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S DEPARTURE FROM ANDREWS AFB, MARYLAND

1962

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Summary: Coverage of the departure of President Kennedy and party from Andrews AFB by VC-137C on a tour of military bases and inspection of progress on Project Rover at the Los Alamos Laboratory, New Mexico. Also shows the arrival of President Kennedy and party including Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, Gen. Earle G. Wheeler (USA), Adm George W. Anderson (USN), Roswell L. Gilpatric, Eugene M. Zuckert and Maj. Gen. Joseph R. Holzapple by UH-13J, CH-21B, and USA VH-3A. 1) MS's of presidential seal on side of VC-137C and sign on building: ANDREWS AFB OPERATIONS. 2) Scenes of president's party boarding VC-137C. 3) LS's of UH-13J landing and CH-21B taxiing in front of VC-137C -- shows two columns of honor guards outside Andrews AFB and forming on ramp. 4) ELS & MLS to MS of UH-13J approaching and landing -- shows Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, USAF Chief of Staff and Adm George Anderson, Chief of Naval Operations leaving helicopter and walking across ramp with other VIP's including Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, Army Chief of Staff -- camera follows Gen. LeMay to VC-137C and shows him running up ramp steps. 5) LS of Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Sec of Defense; Eugene M. Zuckert, Sec of AF and two officers walking to and boarding VC-137C. 6) MS over shoulder and FV of military man standing at foot of aircraft ramp checking list of names. 7) MLS & MS of colonel talking with Maj. Gen. Joseph R. Holzapple, DCS/S and L (Systems). 8) Scenes of two USA VH-3A's landing and passengers debarking -- shows President Kennedy leaving helicopter and boarding VC-137C. 9) Scenes of VC-137C door closing, ramp rolling away, tail of aircraft with US flag and No. 26000, and aircraft taxiing, taking off, in flight and banking to right. 971' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: 1) Scenes of USA VH-3A taxiing, President Kennedy debarking with MCU of AP -- shows LS's as president and party walk across ramp and board VC-137C. 2) MLS as VC-137C taxis left, executes right turn, then taxis left. 3) LS to MLS pan right with VC-137C taking off. 4) MS & MCU of military man standing at foot of aircraft ramp checking name list. 5) MLS & MCU of ground controller speaking into mike near nose of VC-137C and disconnecting headset from aircraft. 6) MLS & CU's of EM standing at foot of aircraft ramp. 193' Total footage in reel. Good (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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Gilpatric, Roswell L. (Roswell Leavitt), 1906-1996

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Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric (1906-1996), lawyer and government official, was Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1964, and was a member of the President's Task Force on Nuclear Proliferation from 1964 to 1967. Gilpatric also served as an adviser to President Lyndon Johnson. From the description of Gilpatric, Roswell L. (Roswell Leavitt), 1906-1996 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10571798 ...

Anderson, George Whelan, 1906-1992

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George Whelan Anderson, Jr. (December 15, 1906 - March 20, 1992) was an Admiral in the United States Navy. He served as the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) between 1961 and 1963, and was in charge of the U.S. blockade of Cuba during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. From the description of Letter, July 8, 1968. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 18172262 George Whelan Anderson (b. Dec. 15, 1906, Brooklyn, N.Y.-d. Mar. 20, 1992), diplomat and naval officer, and was Chief o...

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

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Holzapple, Joseph R. (Joseph Randall), 1914-1973

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Wheeler, Earle G. (Earle Gilmore), 1908-1975

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General Earle G. Wheeler was born in 1908; served in the District of Columbia National Guard (1924-1928); graduated from the United States Military Academy (1932); attended the Infantry School (1937). Participated in the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns on World War II (WII). He died in 1975. From the description of The Earle G. Wheeler papers, 1957-1975. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 47101991 Earle Gilmore Wheeler (1908-1975) was born in Washingto...