Eisenhower Stresses Air Superiority (1957)

Unissued / Unused material. Title - ’Free world security. President stresses air superiority’. United States of America (USA). Various shots President Dwight Eisenhower (Ike) on dais in Oklahoma. MS audience applauding. CU Eisenhower speaking, he stresses the power and range of the Strategic Air Command. LS plane on Westover airfield in Massachusetts. Various shots General Curtis LeMay. LS as he climbs into KC-135 aircraft. Various shots as he sits at controls. LS of the plane taking off. Ground to air shot of plane in flight. LS plane, jet tanker. Various shots General LeMay alighting from the plane. Various shots US Ambassador and Argentine Air Force Officers greeting the General. LS General LeMay, US Ambassador and Argentine Air Force saluting. Various shots plane landing at Washington. MS General alighting from aircraft and being greeted by his superior General Thomas D. White and others. CU General White pinning medal on General LeMay. CU medal, pan up to the General’s face. LS Officer
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