| News in Brief: Pentagon Changes. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1630 |
| Catalog #: | 354738 | |
| Clip Number: | 354738-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 030-029-04 | |
| Timecode: | 00:16:17 - 00:16:59 | |
| Location: | Washington, DC | |
| Year Shot: | 1957 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | GOVERNMENT: United States LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. PERSONALITIES: Eisenhower, Dwight (Ike) | |
| Description: | Same as Catalog # 513719. News in Brief: Pentagon Changes. In top-level personnel shifts in the Pentagon, Gen. Nathan Twining becomes the first airman to hold the top military post as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a new Secretary of the Navy is sworn. Thomas S. Gates takes oath as new Secretary of the Navy. President Dwight Eisenhower shakes hands with him. Gates poses with family. Two men shake hands - they might be the outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Arthur Radford, and his replacement, General Nathan Twining. | |


