GENERAL "IKE", FT MYER, VIRGINIA ; SELECTED SCENES FROM "THIS IS WEST POINT" Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 8055-1 ADC 8055 SOURCE: NRP E AFCF (Proj 16114) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 756 ea part composite (PP) RG 111 GENERAL "IKE", Ft Myer, Virginia Accession III-NAV-210 17 May 1948 Composite (PP) (NRP) Coverage of the ceremony on the occasion of Gen Dwight D Eisenhower's retirement. The footage contains scenes of the general and his wife leaving Ft Myer; reviewing Honor Guard. Mrs Eisenhower being presented with flowers. CUs, general and his wife getting in and out of car. The general and his wife leaving residence. MS, the general and his wife as they greet Maj Gen Hobart Gay. Cut-in shots of the Honor Guard standing at attention. Note: There is a track on part of this, but it is too overexposed to be of any use. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE. LIC 1, NY FB/ew Bot it Signal Corps 111 ADC 8055-2 ADC 8055 SOURCE: NRP & AFCF (Proj 16114) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH E APC MP 756 ea part composite (PP) RG 111 SELECTED SCENES FROM "THIS IS WEST POINT" Accession III-NAV-210 3 August 1949 (Silent) (Project 16114) West Point cadets in the field working at field telephone switchboards, and a group of men practicing pole climbing. Various scenes, cadets in battledress in practice maneuver. The men advance through the woods under smoke screen. Second-year men practicing on firing range. The first man (over shoulder) as he fires an M-1. Several other men with carbines. Men firing 45 automatic pistols on firing range. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE., LIC 1, NY FB/ew

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities