Royal Air Force officers are decorated by US in London
CU Stuart Symington, US Assistant Secretary of War for Air, decorates Wing Commander Alan Burgess, British Royal Air Force, with Legion of Merit / CU Symington decorating Wing Commander Radford, British RAF (wearing civilian clothing), with Legion of Merit / CU Averell Harriman, US Ambassador to England; Lt. Gen. John Cannon, US 12th Air Force Commander of the Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Force (MATAF), and Maj. Gen. Clayton Bissell, General in Charge of Army Intelligence, applauding / Symington decorating RAF Air Commander Sims with Legion of Merit / British Wing Commander Nigel Tangye with wife Ann Todd, British actress / CU Viscount Hugh Trenchard, Marshal of the RAF / Harriman talking to Trenchard, pan to Trenchard / CU Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Chief Marshal, smiling / airman posing with Harriman on terrace of the American Embassy / PAN Harriman with officers / CU William Foster, British Air Vice Marshal, pan down to Legion of Merit on tunic / Tedder and Harriman looking skywards at planes / Symington and Lord Charles Portal, British Marshal of the Air Force, looking skywards / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
1833431879
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
August 01, 1946
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Rights-ready
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Clip length:
00:00:46:06
Location:
London, United Kingdom
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:
sr005818_02_01
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