VICE PRESIDENT NIXON PRESENTS COLLIER TROPHY, CAPITOL BUILDING, WASHINGTON D.C., 15 DECEMBER 1959

Description

Summary: Coverage of Vice-President Richard Nixon presenting individual National Aeronautic Association Collier Trophies to Clarence L. Johnson, Lockheed, for design of the F-104 airframe; Neil Burgess and Gerhard Neumann, General Electric Co., for development of the F-104 J-79 engine; Lt. Col. Howard C. Johnson, USAF, for establishing a world land-plane record of 91,243 ft. with the F-104; and Maj. Walter W. Irwin, USAF, for establishing a world straight-away speed record of 1,404.09 MPH. Scenes are also included of Gen. Thomas D. White, Chief of Staff, USAF, talking to Vice-President Nixon, and Gen. James H. Doolittle (USAF Ret.) standing behind the group. Good (Basic: Orig neg)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities