Changes in US military command in DC; at NATO, French president awards Gen. Ridgway the Grand Cross of the French Legion of Honor
Title: "Change of U.S. Military High Command" superimposed over honor guard saluting at Bolling Field, Bolling Air Force Base / Intertitle: "Gen. Vandenberg Leads Exodus…" superimposed over Retired Air Force Chief of Staff Hoyt Vandenberg and US Secretary of the Air Force Harold Talbot walk to positions in ceremony with other officers and salute, spectators in bkgd on bleachers / MCU Talbot pins oak leaf cluster on Vandenberg / Gladys Vandenberg watches ceremony / Vandenberg and Talbot talking, photographers in fgd and bkgd taking photos / airplanes fly overhead in formation / Vandenberg salutes marching airmen / Vandenberg kisses Gladys and cameraman films / VS CU Talbot swears in General Nathan Twining as Vandenberg's replacement / Vandenberg shakes Twining's hand // LS officers posing for photos on EXT steps of SHAPE / low angle NATO flags of United States, Denmark and two others / NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and Commander in Chief of U.S. European Command Matthew Ridgway (left) (who is to become U.S. Army chief of staff) and his successor Gen. Alfred Gruenther (center, who is to become supreme allied commander) and Adm. Robert Carney, US Commander in Chief of NATO Forces for Southern Europe (who is to become chief of naval operations) posing together with proclamations with NATO flags on them with cutaway to cameraman filming / Ridgway shakes Carney's hand // Paris: French Honor Guard in Elysee Palace courtyard / CU honor guard salutes / MS Ridgway wearing Grand Cross of the French Legion on Honor medal, wife Mary (hat), French Prime Minister Joseph Laniel (double-breasted suit, dark hair), Michelle Auriol, French Pres. Vincent Auriol (glasses), two men at either end unidentified / group of cameramen and photographers / Laniel, Ridgway, Penny Ridgway, Michelle Auriol and Vincent Auriol posing / Auriol shakes hands with Ridgway, Penny in between them
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Editorial #:
1400864336
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
June 01, 1953
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
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Clip length:
00:01:14:07
Location:
Washington DC, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr005060_01_02
- Nathan F. Twining,
- 1950-1959,
- Above,
- Admiral,
- Adult,
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- Alfred M. Gruenther,
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