ARRIVAL IN SAN DIEGO OF GENERAL MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY Part 1

Description

MCU MRS. RUTH RIDGWAY (mother) getting out of car; honor guard in BG (SV).MCU CU Plane approaching; GEN RIDGWAY getting out; saluting and meeting Admirals, Captains, his mother, and relatives (SV).CU MRS. RUTH RIDGWAY (mother), seated.CU MR. & MRS. N.M. BEARDSLEE (sister); MRS. MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY (wife); and MR. & MRS. DUNN and daughter (all standing).SV RIDGWAY, his mother, and his son get into car.MS Car driving away.CU Plaque over entrance: "USN Air Station, San Diego."MS Honor guard marchingCU US Naval Air Station insignia on plane ramp.CU MRS. RIDGWAY being helped into chair. (SV).MS General, wife, and child departing from plane.CU General saluting as gun salute is fired.CU General and wife meeting mother and friends at car.CU General helping mother into car and driving away.The WAC present is CARTAIN SMITH, aide to MRS. RIDGWAY.QUALITY: GOOD

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities