AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION CONVENTION Part 1

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Summary: Coverage of the AFA convention including scenes of dignitaries arriving at San Francisco Airport and Hamilton Field, seminars, luncheons, dinners, speeches and the presentation of awards to the twenty outstanding airmen of the year. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 803': 1) North American ADC Commander Gen. Laurence S. Kuter and Col. Barney Oldfield seated at table on stage during seminar. 2) Scenes of Col. Barney Oldfield and Gen. Laurence S. Kuter at rostrum speaking. 3) Col. Barney Oldfield seated at table on stage. 4) Assistant C of S for Reserve Forces, Maj. Gen. Robert E.L. Eaton speaking. 5) Scenes of ARDC Commander Lt. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever; USAF Chief of Staff Gen. Thomas D. White; CONAC Commander Lt. Gen. William E. Hall and 1st Missile Division Commander Maj. Gen. David Wade. 6) Audience listening to speech. 7) Outstanding airmen and wives entering the St. Francis Hotel dining room. 8) M/Sgt. Rex M. Nowicke talking with Lt. Gen. William E. Hall. 9) Gen. White, Mrs. Henry H. Arnold, M/Sgt Ferreira and other personnel seated at tables during luncheon. Reel 2, 702': 1) Shows Thor being erected to vertical position. 2) SM-68 Titan being washed down by firemen. 3) Howard Martine and Milton Caniff speaking at luncheon for outstanding airmen. 4) Scenes of Mr. & Mrs. Benton of IBM, Mrs. Henry H. Arnold speaking and the audience. 5) M/Sgt Ferreira going to rostrum. 6) Scenes of Secretary of AF Dudley Sharp and USAF Chief of Staff Gen. Thomas D.White speaking. 7) Audience applauding as outstanding airmen and wives are introduced. 8) Scenes of Secretary of AF Dudley Sharp debarking from C-121C, being greeted by AFA President Thomas Stack and 28th Air Division (SAGE) Commander Maj. Gen. John D. Stevenson and leaving by car. Reel 3, 981': 1) DCS for Development Lt. Gen. Roscoe C. Wilson being introduced, speaking and unveiling model of Titan with Dyna-Soar on its nose. 2) Scenes of Brig. Gen. Richard D. Curtin introducing Brig. Gen. Robert Richardson. 3) Brig. Gen. Robert Richardson speaking from rostrum. 4) Brig. Gen. Noel Parrish, Assistant for Coordination, speaking from rostrum. 5) Crowd around Titan Dyna-Soar model. 6) 1st Missile Division Commander Maj. Gen. David Wade speaking from rostrum. 7) Col. Don Foster speaking from rostrum. 8) Generals at press conference. Reel 4, 748': 1) Dr. George A. Valley introducing Lt. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever at the industrial seminar and Lt. Gen. Schriever speaking. 2) Scenes of Maj. Gen. Kenneth P. Berquist, Mr. Haliagan and Brig. Gen. Osmond J. Ritland, Commander AFBMD, making speeches. 3) Scenes of USAF management awards being presented to Col. Glover P. Grubaugh of Maintenance Engineering; Maj. Gen. Frank A. Bogart of Management; Col. Louis H. Garrett of Procurement and Production; Col. Loren L. Anderson of General Maintenance; and Joseph E. Mueller Jr., of Field Supply. 4) Scenes of officers speaking at seminar and audience. 5) Group scene of outstanding airmen of the year and wives. 6) Crowd leaving luncheon tables. Reel 5, 659': 1) Scenes of American Airlines Boeing 707 taxiing to left at San Francisco Airport, stairs being rolled to door of aircraft and M/Sgt. Melvin E. Smith and wife debarking. 2) M/Sgt. and Mrs. Smith with M/Sgt. and Mrs. Nowicke leaving San Francisco Airport by car. 3) M/Sgt Donald E. Kerr and M/Sgt Gordon S. Olson with wives leaving airport by car. 4) M/Sgt Kenneth M. Hawks, TAC and M/Sgt Robert R. Thompson and wives leaving for the airport. 5) SM-68 Titan nose emerging from main stage. 6) M/Sgt James A. Potter of ADC and M/Sgt Albert W. Landis of AMC and wives arriving at San Francisco Airport. 7) Truck convoy carrying X-15 and Thor main body and nose cone through main gate at Persido. 8) SM-68 Titan being raised to vertical position on pad. 9) AFA insignia on door of car. 10) Crew chief waving aircraft in. 11) VC-137A taxiing to right -- color guard and officers on ramp in fg. 12) Stairs being rolled up to aircraft door, Gen, Thomas D. White debarking and being greeted by Maj. Gen. John S. Stevenson and Col. George F. Reuteers, Base Commander, Hamilton AFB. 13) Gen. Thomas D. White inspecting honor guard, boarding staff car and leaving. 14) Congressman Zablowski of Wisconsin and Congressman Hemphill of South Carolina on ramp with Gen White's party and leaving in staff car. Reel 6, 745': 1) Brig. Gen. Felix L. Vidal, AF Reserves, at conference table with Maj. Gen. Albert T. Wilson, Assistant Comptroller, AF; Maj. Gen. Eaton; and Maj. Gen. Shoop at Whitcomb Hotel, San Francisco. 2) M/Sgt. Nowicke receiving Air Reserve plaque. 3) Mrs. Clarence E. Cunningham receiving a plaque for M/Sgt. Cunningham. 4) Scenes of audience and press personnel. 5) Gen. White, USAF officers and civilians viewing industrial displays. 6) Titan-Dyna-Soar model. 7) Outstanding airmen of the year and wives in hotel dining room. Reel 7, 942': 1) Aerospace luncheon for outstanding airmen in Sheraton Palace Ballroom. 2) Guests saying grace and Milton Caniff and Peter I. Schenk. 3) Guests being seated and eating. 4) Gen. White and other speakers speaking and the audience. 5) Outstanding airmen and wives standing for applause. 6) Mrs. Henry H. Arnold speaking. 7) AFA President, Thomas Stack and AF Secretary Sharp speaking and audience applauding. Reel 8, 680': 1) Twenty outstanding airmen and wives leaving the St. Francis Hotel and boarding a bus for a tour of San Francisco. 2) Scenes of the tourists at old mission Dolores, on top of Twin Peaks which overlooks San Francisco, and at the Golden Gate Park. 3) Outstanding airmen and wives at luncheon and guests applauding. 4) Gen. White speaking from rostrum. 5) Outstanding airmen of the year and wives viewing Minuteman display. 6) Airmen, officers and civilians at industrial exhibit. Good (Basic: Orig neg)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities