General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF AT FT. BENNING, GA

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF AT FT. BENNING, GA

1949

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1) LS Some of the Joint Chiefs of Staff arriving; wing of NATO plane in FG.2) LS Saluting battery firing a salute.3) LS LOUIS JOHNSON, Secretary of Defense, inspecting infantry in BG; he passes color guard.4) HA LS JOHNSON walking out on mat; car in FG.5) MS GEN. MATTHEW RIDGEWAY walking toward the gangway to plane.6) LA MS JOHNSON embarking into plane.7) MS SPECTATORS on grandstand at JCS demonstration, (SV).8) LS Infantrymen jumping off something & falling on ground.9) LS JCS observing exhibition at Ft. Benning.10) LA LS Parachute dropping apparatus dropping parachutists; PAN following men.11) MS GEN OMAR BRADLEY & GEN. HOYT VANDENBURG, USAF watching the exhibition.12) LS Grandstand or reviewing stand at the exhibition.13) G to A Two R4Q packets towing gliders; spectators in FG.14) LS GtoA Parachutists are dropped; reviewing stand in FG.15) MS Spectators at the exhibition.16) CU GEN. J. LAWTON COLLINS talking to a high-ranking VIP.17) MS Color Guard at Ft. Benning, Ga.18) LS Crowd at the JCS exhibition.19) LS Organizational chart being put in front of viewers at the exhibition; PAN to bleachers.20) MS VIPs; a MAJ.GEN. and a few civilians.21) LS Army band passing in review.22) MS Platoon of soldiers marching - CU passing.23) MS Soldiers with rifles and bayonets, passing in review.24) MS Regimental color at Ft. Benning, Ga.25) LS Army Color Guard passing in review.26) MLS Soldiers passing in review; some reviewing Officers in FG.27) MS Observers platform; apparently ARMED FORCES DAY.28) CU Two civilians shaking hands.29) GtoA Five L-5s flying overhead.30) CU GEN. COLLINS talking to a MAJ.GEN. in the Army.31) LS Joint Chiefs of Staff walking down road.32) MS JCS walking by looking at field pieces.33) CU GEN. BRADLEY talking to some men.34) MS GEN. BRADLEY talking to civilian.35) LS GEN. BRADLEY looking at trucks and Army gear, (SV).36) MS GEN. BRADLEY talking to a RADM; they walk along looking at gear, (SV).37) MS Joint Chiefs of Staff stop for refreshments; many women & children running around, (SV).38) CU GEN. BRADLEY (back of head) talking to another VIP; looking over Army equipment, (SV).39) MS GEN. COLLINS leaving his car followed by a few Canadians.40) CU GEN. COLLINS and British Officer.41) CU GEN. BRADLEY and SEC. OF ARMY.QUALITY: GOOD

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