Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. President and Vice-President Visit Cheyenne Mountain Complex, Peterson Field and Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado

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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 and Vice-President Visit Cheyenne Mountain Complex, Peterson Field and Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado

1969

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Covers arrival of President Richard M. Nixon and Vice-President Spiro Agnew to attend Governors' conference, and their visit to the NORAD Combat Operation Center. Reel 1: VC-137C taxiing in. 22' LS of Vice-President Agnew and party debarking VC-137C. 32' Series of scenes of the Vice-President entering car and motorcade driving away. 56' Views of crowd at Peterson Field Terminal awaiting arrival of President Nixon. 76' MLS of honor guard and band, Air Force I, VC-137C, in background. 87' LS of President and Mrs Nixon and party debarking Air Force I. 99' MLS of President Nixon and NORAD Commander-in-Chief, Gen Seth J. McKee, walking from Air Force I to review stand. 109' MLS of President Nixon and Gen McKee on review stand during firing of salute. 114' MLS of the President and Gen McKee inspecting honor guard. 121' MS of the President and Gen McKee returning to review stand. 125' MSs of President Nixon speaking into microphones with Mrs Nixon at his side and Gen McKee behind him. 147' Series of shots of the President greeting bystanders. 176' MS of the President boarding VH-3. 180' LS of band. 184' MS of color guard, VH-3 in background. 187' MS of VH-3 turning and taxiing away. 197' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: MS of sign over tunnel entrance: NORAD COMBAT OPERATIONS CENTER. 12' LS of entrance of tunnel leading to Combat Operations Center. 14' MLS of main gate of Cheyenne Mountain Complex; camera pans with cars as they enter tunnel. 35' MS of motorcade in tunnel. 39' MS of Vice-President Agnew and Gen McKee getting out of car. 44' Series of shots of Vice-President Agnew and Gen McKee as they examine scale model of the Center, climb a flight of stairs, pass through a hallway and seat themselves at a console in Combat Operations Center. 68' Series of shots of officer at rostrum giving briefing. 80' Series of shots of Vice-President Agnew and Gen McKee seating selves in Space Defense Center briefing room. 96' MCU of fragment from Cheyenne Mountain in display case. 107' Series of shots as the Vice-President is presented with small fragment of Cheyenne Mountain. 120' Series of shots as the Vice-President enters car, motorcade passes through tunnel, and car pulls up at Peterson Field. 143' MS of Vice-President and Gen McKee walking to review stand. 148' Series of shots as Vice-President and Gen McKee review honor and color guards and band from stand and make walking inspection of them, return to stand, and leave it again. 186' Series of shots of Vice-President Agnew and party boarding VC-137C. 203' MS of VC-137C taxiing out. 210' Total footage in reel. Reel 3: MS of President Nixon arriving with Gen McKee by auto at Cheyenne Mountain Combat Operations Center. 28' MS of President Nixon and Gen McKee examining model of Cheyenne Mountain Complex as they enter Center. 42' Series of shots of President Nixon. Gen McKee and Combat Operations Center Commander, Maj Gen Richard S. Abbey, in the Combat Operations Center. 112' Series of shots as Col William C. Watts, Commander of 1st Aerospace Control Squadron, gives briefing in Space Defense Center. 137' Series of shots as the President accepts commemorative fragment of Cheyenne Mountain from Gen McKee. 168' MSs of President Nixon entering car to depart Cheyenne Mountain Complex. 184' MS of departure of Presidential motorcade. 194' LS of Cheyenne Mountain. 199' Total footage in reel.

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