Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GENERAL LEMAY'S DEPARTURE BY KC-135A, 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. GENERAL LEMAY'S DEPARTURE BY KC-135A, ANDREWS AFB, MARYLAND

1964

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Coverage of AF CofS Gen. and Mrs. Curtis E. LeMay arriving by UH-13J and departing by modified KC-135A with the general at controls. MS high angle looking out over KC-135A right wing--UH-13J landing in background--shows Gen. and Mrs. LeMay walking toward his aircraft and stopping to speak with flight crew. 37': MCU of Gen. LeMay boarding aircraft, taking off dress jacket, putting on flying jacket, going to pilot's station and donning headset. 91': LS to MS to LS of modified KC-135A taking off to left. 111': SLATE: ROLL: F-1. 30 NOVEMBER 1964. 113': MS left FV of modified KC-135A nose section. 123': Scenes of UH-13J coming in and landing behind modified KC-135A, Gen. and Mrs. LeMay alighting from UH-13J and walking toward modified KC-135A--Mrs. LeMay boards modified KC-135A as the general stops to speak with flight crew, then Gen. LeMay boards aircraft by crew hatch. 239': MLS of officer boarding aircraft by ramp. 243': MCUs of Gen. LeMay at controls of modified KC-135 and four stars in cockpit window. 293': MLS nose section of modified KC-135A with MCU of writing on ramp: ANDREWS AFB. 305': Series of shots of ground crewman speaking into headset and left wing engines--shows one engine starting and ground crewmen underneath aircraft. 349': CU FV of Brig. Gen. Clair L. Wood, Comdr. 1001 AB Wing Hq. Command. 356': MS left SV of air horse being disconnected on reverse side of aircraft. 366': MS to MLS of modified KC-135A taxiing to left. 432': MCU FV of ground crewman wearing noise silencer, ear muffs and cap marked "Speckled Trout" signaling aircraft out. 450': LS of modified KC-135A taxiing right. 462': CU face of officer wearing overseas cap. 472': Total footage in reel.

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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 ...

Lemay, Helen, 1937-

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Wood, Clair L., 1908-1987

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Clair L. Wood was born in El Reno, Okla., in 1908. His early years were spent in Seward and Meade counties of southwestern Kansas. He completed high school at Meade, Kan., in 1927 and entered the University of Kansas at Lawrence where he received the degree of bachelor of science in civil engineering in 1932. While at the university, he was a member of Theta Tau, a professional engineering fraternity and was elected to Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Tau, the national engineering honor fraternities. The y...