ADMIRAL CHARLES R BROWN RELIEVES ADMIRAL ROBERT P BRISCOE AS COMMANDER OF ALLIED FORCES SOUTHERN EUROPE, NAPLES, 6 JANUARY 1959; STUDENTS OF THE NEW LUFTWAFFE GRADUATE FROM THE US ARMY ORDNANCE GUIDED MISSILE SCHOOL, REDSTONE ARSENAL, ALABAMA; UNITED STATES ARMY DEMONSTRATES THE CARIBOU AIRCRAFT AT SOUTH FIELD, NORTH POST FORT MYER, VIRGINIA [Allocated Title]
Title:ADMIRAL CHARLES R BROWN RELIEVES ADMIRAL ROBERT P BRISCOE AS COMMANDER OF ALLIED FORCES SOUTHERN EUROPE, NAPLES, 6 JANUARY 1959; STUDENTS OF THE NEW LUFTWAFFE GRADUATE FROM THE US ARMY ORDNANCE GUIDED MISSILE SCHOOL, REDSTONE ARSENAL, ALABAMA; UNITED STATES ARMY DEMONSTRATES THE CARIBOU AIRCRAFT AT SOUTH FIELD, NORTH POST FORT MYER, VIRGINIA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1655
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:As Admiral Brown relieves Admiral Briscoe, the latter approaches the rostrum, trooping the line. At the rostrum, he gives a speech. Officers salute and jets fly overhead. Admiral Brown speaks. Admiral's Standard is raised.
The new Luftwaffe graduates work with Nike Hercules missiles at Redstone Arsenal; they had been training for a year under the Mutual Defence provisions of NATO. Brigadier General Wolf D von Schleinitz, Military attaché of the German Embassy, Washington, addresses students and passes out diplomas, assisted by Colonel H S Newhall, the Commandant of the Missile School.
The Caribou, developed jointly by the Canadian Army and the De Havilland Aircraft Company of Canada, being loaded with troops, taking off, in flight and coming in to land, where the troops exit.
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Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
