Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. LE BOURGET AIR SHOW

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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. LE BOURGET AIR SHOW

1963

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Summary: Covers highlights of the 25th International Air Show, featuring new develoments in aviation. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 424': 1) Shows Bell Rocket Belt pilot talking with USAF pilots at side of Sigma-7 space capsule. 2) MS's Sigma-7 space capsule. 3) Spectators at air show. 4) USA pavilion and main gate to air show. 5) Scenes of T-38A, F-106B, RF-101A and Republic P-47 in exhibit area. Reel 2, 825': 1) VC-137A taxiing and stopping at front of French AF honor guard. 2) Gen Curtis E. LeMay, Cofs USAF, leaivng VC-137A, being greeted by French AF general and VIP's touring exhibit area. 3) Sigma-7 space capsule on display. 4) Shows Bell Rocket Belt pilot with USAF pilots and giving demonstration of unit. 5) Spectators at show show. 6) Shows French Dassault Balzac V-001 VTOL fighter in vertical takeoff, flight, hovering and landing. 7) Four F-100C Thunderbirds in formation taking off and performing aerobatics. 8) AV's of Le Bourget Field during air show. Reel 3, 992': 1) Flight demonstration of the Bell Rocket Belt unit. 2) Spectators at air show. 3) T-38A taking off, performing aerobatics, landing and taxiing to right. 4) Shows crew leaving T-38A and being congratulated by official. 5) Cpat John D. Arthurs, Capt William B. Lehman, Capt William A. Scott III, and Col Samuel S. Riddle, Jr. at side of CH-3B, THE OTIS FALCON. 6) USN TF-8A taking off and in low level fly-by. 7) USA OV-1B (AO-1B) taking off and in fly-bys. 8) RAF English Electric fighters in formation flyover. 9) Shows Enlgish Hawker P.1127 VTOL fighter in vertical takeoff, flight, hovering and landing. Reel 4, 933': 1) Four F-100C Thunderbirds performing aerobics. 2) AV's of CH-3B, THE OTIS FALCON, in flight over Paris. 3) Spectators at air show. 4) Sikorsky WFS-64A helicopter (German) parked -- flight demonstration of Bell Rocket Belt in bg. 5) Scenes of French AF Band playing and French AF troops andhonor guard in formation. 6) President Charles DeGaulle of France entering pavilions and viewing exhibits, including Sigma-7 space capsule. 7) Formation of four French AF Mirage III C's (fighter) in fly-bys to right, and three French AF Mirage IV's in flyover. 8) RAF English Electric fighters performing aerobics and fly-bys. 9) RAF Vulcan B.Mk.2 taking off, in flight and landing. 10) Royal Swedish AF Saab J-35A fighter flying over. Good (Basic: Orig color)

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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 ...

Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970

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Charles Gaulle (b. November 22, 1890, Lille, France-d. November 9, 1970, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, France) was a French general, statesman, and veteran of World War I and World War II. He led the Free French Forces during World War II and later served as France's President, 1944-1945; Prime Minister, 1958-1959; and Minister of Defense, 1958-1959, before founding the French Fifth Republic and serving as its first president, 1959-1969. ...