Change-In-Command U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF NEWS SERVICES THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. - LIBERTY 5-6700 AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION RADI0-TV-NEWSFILM BRANCH LR 2359 ROOM 2E791 - EXTENSION 75111 (A) 267-62 Release No. 266-62 DUPE NEGATIVE TO: Footage: 180 FINE GRAIN TO, 18 December 1962 CHANGE-IN-COMMAND U.S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY (official Nevy footage released by Department of Defense) Rear Admiral J. W. Davis has arrived at U. S. Naval Base, Guantanano Bay, Cubs., preparatory to relieving Rear Admiral E. J. O'Donnell as Base Commander. Admiral Davis previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant Chief of Staff for Operational Plans and Policy on the staff of the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, at Norfolk, Virginia. Brigadier General W. R. Collins Commending General of the Ground Defense Forces at the Guantanazo Base, has returned to the United States. Atlantic Command headquarters said the transfer was due to the withdrawal of Marine Corps augmentation forces at Quantanano and the easing of tensions in Cuba. General Collins is returning to his normal duties in the Norfolk, Virginia, area as Chief of Staff for Joint Task Force Four of the Atlantic Command. Sequences show: (a) Plane cosing in for a landing, U. S. Naval Base, Guantansno Bay. (b) Admiral Davis debarks plane. He is greeted by R/Adm. O'Donnell. 2 (c) Brig. General Collins reviews the Marine Honor Guard. WR (d) After farewells, he boards aircraft. Take off for Norfolk, Va. NOTE TO EDITORS: 180° 35mm fine grain handed out to NBC-TV, for servicing both IV and theatrical pool members. Fine grain to be forwarded to Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long IslandCity 1, New York, within 48 hours. NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY The fine grain master positive, released to the company designated above, is for duplication and distribution to interested TV and Newsreel pool members. It is then to be returned within 72 hours to the Film Library, Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York. The master positive must not be cut in any manner. A dupe negative is also for release to the company designated above for distribution to pool members so desiring for duplication purposes. Within 24 hours it will be delivered to DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Avenue, New York, N. Y., telephone Circle 7-3220 where it will be avail- able to non-pool members and other authorized organizations which make satisfactory financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The dupe negative must not be cut in any manner. E10575
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer