PRESIDENT EISENHOWER AWARDS HARMON TROPHIES TO MAJOR YEAGER AND JAQUELINE COCHRAN, NOVEMBER 1954

Description

Summary: 2' CU of the Harmon Trophy, a statue of an early aviator holding a model of a biplane. MS of large group of newsmen, and photographers, photographing the two trophies which will be given to Maj. Yeager and Jacqueline Cochran. 17' MS of President Eisenhower and Jacqueline Cochran walking on porch of White House followed by Maj. Yeager and Secretary of the Air Force Talbott. President Eisenhower and Jacqueline Cochran walk down steps to the table where the trophies are located. 28' CU from L to R of Maj. Charles E. Yeager, Jacqueline Cochran and President Eisenhower table with trophies directly in front of them. Camera pans right to the Honorable Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force as he unrolls a large citation and starts to read it, then President Eisenhower congratulates Miss Cochran. CU of Maj. Yeager, President Eisenhower and Secretary of the Air Force Talbott, who is reading another citation. CU FV of President Eisenhower shaking hands, talkng, and laughing with Maj. Yeager. 185' CU of Jacqueline Cochran and Maj. Yeager -- RV of table where the Harmon Trophies can be seen. 225' Total footage in reel. Fair (Basic: Orig neg)

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities