President Looks Over Air Academy (1959)

Unissued / unused material. American newsreel item. President Dwight Eisenhower (Ike) looks over Air Academy, Colorado Springs, United States of America (USA). Various travelling shots from car, passing sign “South Entrance Air Force Academy“. Travelling shots as car enters Academy, passing cadets lined up. CU President Eisenhower. CU Memorial engraved with words: “Man’s flight through life is sustained by the power of his knowledge“. Cadets in mess hall. MS President Eisenhower making speech to cadets. Cadets in mess hall. Various shots of Mrs Mamie Eisenhower waiting at Lowry Field Airfield for her husband. MS Eisenhower kissing Mrs E. MS Eisenhower’s son John and one of the grandchildren coming down plane steps. MS Mrs Eisenhower kissing her granddaughter and then kissing her son. MS Mrs E. walking towards President Eisenhower who is standing by car. Date on dope sheet is 18/05/1959. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV