U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff meets to discuss Project Guard Rail at SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters in Nebraska, United States. Ramp rolls up to an aircraft at Offutt Air Force Base as U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L Gilpatric and General Lemnitzer alight. The officials get in staff cars and drive away. U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff gathered in the SAC's operations map room for a group picture. The officers include Commandant of U.S. Marine Corps General David M Shoup, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral George W Anderson, Chief of U.S. Army General Lemnitzer, Secretary McNamara, Deputy Secretary Gilpatric, U.S. Army General George H Decker, Chief of Staff and Chief of U.S. Air Force General Curtis LeMay, Commander-in-Chief of the North American Air Defense General Lawrence S Kuter, Admiral Harry D Felt Commander of Pacific Command, General Thomas S Power, Admiral R L Dennison Commander of the Atlantic Command, Air Deputy to Supreme Allied Commander General Samuel E Anderson, Commander of Naval Forces in Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Admiral Harold P Smith, Commander of USS TRICOM General Paul De Witt Adams, U.S. Army Commander of the Caribbean region Lieutenant General Andrew P O'Mera.
U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff meets to discuss Project Guard Rail at SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters in Nebraska, United States. Chairman Joint Chief of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer, USAF Chief of Staff General Curtis LeMay, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral George W Anderson, Jr., U.S. Marine Corps Commandant David M Shoup arrive at the Offutt Air Force Base in staff cars. A few officers board the flight. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Deputy Secretary Roswell Gilpatric arrive in a car. Secretary McNamara shakes hands with an officer and boards the aircraft. The officers shake hands before boarding the flight.
A balloon race in Detroit, Michigan. The balloon race for Detroit News Ballooning Trophy. Balloons in flight include 'Skylark' piloted by W.C. Naylor and Kenneth Warren, 'S-1' piloted by Lieutenant Max Moyer and W.E. Huffman, Detroit Flying Club balloon piloted by Charles D. Williams and Arthur G. Schlosser with Dr. George M. LeGallee, 'The Goodyear IV' piloted by J.A. Baettner and W.H. Mortan with H.W. Maxson and The Highball II' piloted by S.A.V. Rasmussen, E.J. Hill and S.A. Mitchell also participate.
Commercial airplane reliability tour at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Two men work on a partially inflated balloon. Weights around the edge of the balloon. Aerial view of five balloons at a field during the Detroit News Balloon Race Trophy. 'Skylark' balloon piloted by W.C. Naylor and Kenneth Warren ascends. 'Club' balloon piloted by Charles D. Williams and Arthur G. Schlosser with Dr. Geo M. LeGalle. The balloons ascend. A mooring mast in the foreground. Aircraft fly overhead. 'Goodyear IV' piloted by J.A. Bottner and W.W. Morton with H.M. Maxson in flight. 'Highball II' piloted by S.A.V. Rasmussen, E.J. Hill and S.A. Mitchell in flight as it ascends.
A balloon race for the Detroit News Ballooning Trophy in Detroit, Michigan. A half filled balloon on the field. A few men beside the airfield. Aerial views of the balloons moored to the ground and the people spread over the field. A balloon piloted by W.C.Naylor and Kenneth Warren released and lifts off into the sky. 'Skylark' written on the envelope of the balloon. Another Army Air Service balloon piloted by Lieutenant Max Moyer and Lieutenant W E Huffman released and lifts off. A balloon piloted by Charles D Williams, Jr, and Arthur G Schlosser with Dr Geo M LeGallee lifts off. A balloon piloted by J.A.Boettner and W W Morton with H W Maxson lifts off. View of the balloon piloted by S A U Rasmussen, E J Hill and S A Mitchell lifting off from the field and who were the winners of the trophy. 'Detroit News Trophy Race' written on the envelope of the balloon.
An art pieces and jewelry exhibition in Spain. "The Persistence of Memory" (1949) by Salvador Dalí as jewelry made of gold, diamonds, enamel and a clock with Jaeger LeCoultre 426 mechanism. Women look at the surrealist jewelry designed by Salvador Dalí which is displayed at the exhibition. Leaf-veined hands made of sculptured gold, rubies and emeralds, designed by Salvador Dalí. A brooch designed by Dalí. “The Royal Heart” (1953). Art pieces by Dalí made with pearls, gems and precious metals are on display.
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