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Digital Identifier:
USG-03-L-2
Title:
President Kennedy Greets RB-47 Pilots on Arrival at Andrews AFB, Maryland, 27 January 1961
Date(s) of Materials:
27 January 1961
27 January 1961
Description:
Silent motion picture covering the arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland of Captains John R. McKone and Freeman Olmstead after being held in Russia since their RB-47 aircraft was shot down over the Barents Sea. Captains McKone and Olmstead alight from a C-121 aircraft, receive greetings from President John F. Kennedy, their wives and relatives, Major General Arnold H. Luehman, Secretary of the Air Force Eugene Zuckert, and Base Commander Colonel William T. Smith. Materials in this series were created, commissioned, or collected by the United States Air Force.
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Physical Description:
1 film reel (black-and-white; silent; 35 mm; 198 feet; 2 minutes, 19 seconds)
Contributor(s):
United States. Air Force
United States. Air Force
Person(s):
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
McKone, John Richard, 1932-2013
Olmstead, Freeman Bruce, 1935-
Zuckert, Eugene M. (Eugene Martin), 1911-2000
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
McKone, John Richard, 1932-2013
Olmstead, Freeman Bruce, 1935-
Zuckert, Eugene M. (Eugene Martin), 1911-2000
Shot List:
Related Records:
- President Kennedy greets RB-47 pilots at Andrews Air Force Base upon their release from Russia, 12:00PM (JFKWHP-1961-01-27-B)
- RB-47 incident (JFKPOF-106-009)
- President Kennedy Greets RB-47 Pilots on Arrival at Andrews AFB, Maryland, 27 January 1961 (USG-03-L-1)
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Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish.
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction.
One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form.