Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GENERAL SWEENEY'S FUNERAL, WASHINGTON, D.C

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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 SWEENEY'S FUNERAL, WASHINGTON, D.C

1965

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Coverage of military honors for Gen. Walter C. Sweeney, Jr., (Ret.) former Tactical Air Command Comdr., and his internment at Arlington National Cemetery. Reel 1 - 1 Scenes of flag being folded and Mrs. Sweeney with flag -- pan to casket and Mrs. Sweeney with officer escort and family leaving burial plot. 133' CU's of casket and heart-shaped floral wreath. 165' LS of processional vehicles leaving after services in cemetery. 184' SLATE: ROLL: T-1 M62D-192. 186' LS's of funeral procession coming up grade -- grave markers in foreground and flag-draped casket being carried to grave site. 233' Shows the flag-draped casket being placed over grave and honorary pallbearers taking their places. 272' MS of Gen. Sweeney's family and escort officer -- pan to pallbearers holding flag as eulogy is presented, then folding flag. 369' SLATE: ROLL: W-1 M62D-182 AND 183. 371' Shows band, color guard and honor guard marching. 400' Scenes of Gen. Sweeney's flag-draped casket being taken out of hearse, carried into and out of the Ft. Myer Chapel. 582' Scenes of band, color guard, honor guard and bearer of the general's flag on foot with cortege following and driving into Arlington National Cemetery. SLATE: ROLL: M62D-545. 736' Scenes of the 17-gun salute of cannons showing personnel of the 1st Battalion, 3rd Infintry Battery Company loading the cannon, firing it, Battery Comdr. giving the order to fire as timer checks watch and cannons firing with ECU of shells. 876' ELS flyover of eight F-4C's, in three V's, right wingman of first flight missing --rows of grave markers and two USA Battery men saluting in foreground. 879' Total footage in reel. Reel 2 - SLATE: ROLL: M62D-510. GENERAL SWEENEY. PROJECT: 1-65/658. 3' MS RV of rifle squad firing salute. 18' MCU's of bugler blowing taps. 46' MS of rifle squad marching down slope in cemetery. 78' Pan up to LS RV flyover of eight F-4C's, in three V's -- right wingman missing in first flight -- trees in foreground. 99' Shows Gen. Sweeney's flag-draped casket being carried between honorary pallbearers and to grave site intercut with scenes of military personnel saluting, flag being folded and crowd during brief services. 212' Scenes of Mrs. Sweeney and family, color guard and crowd including Gen. Gabriel P. Disosway, Comdr. Tactical Air Command and Gen. and Mrs. Curtis E. LeMay (Ret. but in uniform) leaving grave site. 282' SLATE: ROLL: M62D. PROJECT: 1-65/658. GENERAL SWEENEY. 285' Scenes of funeral procession for Gen. Sweeney moving through cemetery with MCU's of the general's flag; flag-draped casket being removed from hearse and carried between honorary pallbearers. 448' SLATE: ROLL: M62D-547. PROJECT: 1-65/658. GENERAL SWEENEY. 450' MCU's faces of military personnel, Battery Comdr. using portable telephone and cameraman in action. 520' MS and MCU of firing squad executing ready, aim and fire positions and order to fire being given. 553' LS of the band and honor guard marching in cemetery. 579' 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 ...

Disosway, Gabriel P. (Gabriel Pollion), 1910-2001

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Sweeney, Walter C. (Walter Campbell), 1909-1965

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Walter Campbell Sweeney (1909-1965) was born in Wheeling, West Virginia. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry in June, 1930. He graduated from primary and advanced flight schools in 1935, and was assigned to the 8th Attack Squadron of the 3rd Attack Group at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. During the World War II era, Sweeney joined the 5th Bomb Group in Hawaii in June, 1939, and later served as Commandi...