New Aircraft For Eisenhower (1959)

Unused / unissued material - Title reads: “Special Jet Joins Washington’s Official ’Family’. American voiceovered newsreel material. United States of America (USA). VS Jet aircraft Boeing 707. Various int. showing all modern equipment etc. BV Men at controls. GV plane. (Comb. F.G.) Old record suggests material dates from around 02/05/1959. The new jet - an early Airforce One - will be used to fly President Eisenhower and other White House officials around - MD. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content fr