Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. Air Force Association 5th annual convention and reunion

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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. Air Force Association 5th annual convention and reunion

1951

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/72331

Coverage of the 5th Air Force Association Convention, held in Los Angeles, California at the Ambassador Hotel and a pageant that followed at the Hollywood Bowl. 1) Aerial views B-47Bs in flight; B-47B taxiing and parking. 2) INTs of office as narrator speaks of air power. 3) Stock footage of B-29s bombing Tokyo. 4) Exteriors of Ambassador Hotel, INTs of hotel as delegates sign in. 5) First jet ace James Jabara dancing. 6) Jacqueline Cochran, WAF Service Pilot Director. 7) INTs of Ambassador Hotel as convention is in progress. 8) Personalities presented at Hollywood Bowl: Gen. Carl H. Spaatz (ret), Lt. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, Bob Hope, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. 800': Total footage in reel.

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Jabara, James, 1923-1966

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LeMay, Curtis E. (Curtis Emerson), 1906-1990

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Cochran, Jacqueline, 1906?-1980

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Hope, Bob, 1903-2003

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