Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GENERAL LEMNITZER RETIRES, SHAPE, BELGIUM

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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 LEMNITZER RETIRES, SHAPE, BELGIUM

1969

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Covers retirement and change of command ceremonies in which Gen Andrew J. Goodpaster (USA) replaced Gen Lyman L. Lemnitzer (USA) as Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. VIPs shown include Ambassador John S.D. Eisenhower and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower. MS entrance to SHAPE headquarters -- NATO troops in foreground. 29' LSs Gen Lemnitzer (USA) on platform and saluting as Staffordshire Regiment (British) band passes in review. 42' MLS Gen Lemnitzer (USA) trooping line of NATO troops. 56' VIPs on reviewing stand including US Ambassador John S.D. Eisenhower and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower. 62' MLS & LSs Gen Lemnitzer (USA) and Gen Goodpaster (USA) going to podium and Gen Lemnitzer speaking. 94' VIPs, including Ambassador Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower and others, applauding -- intercut with LS Gen Goodpaster (USA) speaking. 116' MLS Gen Lemnitzer (USA) and Gen Goodpaster (USA) saluting, and Gen Lemnitzer speaking. 127' Flyovers by four-plane formations of Royal Belgian AF F-104s, Royal Netherlands AF F-104s, Royal Air Force Lightnings, West German AF (WGAF) F-104s, Royal Canadian AF CF-104s and F-4Ds, followed by six RBAF CM-170 Magisters trailing red, white and blue smoke -- no insignias visible on aircraft. 148' LS & MLSs Gen Goodpaster (USA) and Gen Lemnitzer (USA) on platform, Gen Goodpaster saluting as British band, Belgian Army Commandos, 8th Infantry Division (US Army), SHAPE International Police Honor Guard, mixed groups of NATO forces and Belgian mounted cavalry pass in review. 205' Total footage in reel.

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

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Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He received his commission in the Coast Artillery Corps from West Point in 1920 and was an instructor at West Point from 1926 to 1930, and again in 1934 and 1935. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1936 and the Army War College in 1940 and saw duty with war plans division and the staff of Army Ground Forces from May 1941 to June 1942. He reached the rank of brigadier general in...

Eisenhower, Mamie Doud, 1896-1979

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Married at the age of 19, Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower was the wife of the 34th President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and a very popular First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961. Mamie Eisenhower’s bangs and sparkling blue eyes were as much trademarks of an administration as the President’s famous grin. Her outgoing manner, her feminine love of pretty clothes and jewelry, and her obvious pride in husband and home made her a very popular First Lady. Born in Boone, Iowa, Mamie Geneva Dou...

Goodpaster, Andrew J. (Andrew Jackson), 1915-2005

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Eisenhower, John S. D., 1922-2013

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John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower was born August 3, 1922, in Denver, Colorado, the son of Dwight David Eisenhower (34th President of the United States) and Mamie Geneva (Doud) Eisenhower. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1944, then from Columbia University in 1950. In 1955, he graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. In 1969, he authored The Bitter Woods: A Comprehensive Study of the War in Europe. From the description of Eisenhower, John S. D. (John ...