Honors Ceremony for Incoming Chiefs of Staff Part 4

Description

This film covers a ceremony at which General David Jones, Admiral William Hayward, and General Lew Allen, Jr., were appointed Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Naval Operations, and United States Air Force Chief of Staff respectively. The film shows an introduction by the Honorable Harold Brown, Secretary of Defense; a speech by President Jimmy Carter; the presentation of certificates to incoming Chiefs; a battery firing 19 gun salutes; and massed honor guards and honor guard commanders.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Series

Motion Picture Films and Video Recordings on Five Decades of U.S. Military Activities Around the World