FUNERAL OF GENERAL OF THE ARMY DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR Part 1

Description

Summary: LS, bronze eagle atop pole on armory. Officers and dignitaries entering armory including Mayor Robert F Wagner, Thomas E Dewey, and Gov Nelson A Rockefeller. Floral wreath being carried inside. Mayor Wagner and then Mr Dewey being interviewed. Francis Cardinal Spellman leaving. Adlai E Stevenson talks with reporter and leaves. People coming down steps of armory. LS, line of people on sidewalk. LA, mounted policeman. HS, MSs, lines of people entering armory. Dignitaries arriving by car including David Sarnoff, Cardinal Spellman, and Mr Stevenson. Cardinal Spellman and Stevenson leaving. Crowds entering the armory. One young man with sign: "Old Soldiers Never Die They Just Fade Away." Street sign: "E 66 St, Park Ave," tilt down to entrance to armory. Dignitaries entering the armory. Man carrying wreath. Senator Jacob K Javits, Stevenson, Dewey, Rockefeller, Cardinal Spellman, Lowell Thomas and many other dignitaries and officials entering and leaving the armory. Reporter interviewing foreign notable.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection