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Telenews Ch-Spec #2 #165: San Francisco 1956 GOP Convention Arrivals

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Film Identifier: F.2012-03-0159
Run Time
0h 0m 57s
Format
16mm
Color
B&W
Sound
Silent
Date Produced
August 1956
Abstract
The film captures the arrival of Republican delegates at the San Francisco airport before attending the Republican National Convention in August 1956.
Description
The film depicts the arrival of four politicians attending the 1956 Republican Convention in San Francisco, including: A husband and wife arriving at night on a four propeller American Airlines plane; A man and two women, all wearing campaign buttons, in the terminal with a Western Airlines sign in the background; A husband, wife and three children deplaning from a United Airlines plane; Thomas Dewey deplaning from a United Airlines plane, and then greeted on the tarmac by Leonard Hall, Chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Distributors
Telenews (Firm)
Main Credits
Koza, Frank (is filmmaker)
Actors, Performers and Participants
Dewey, Thomas E. (is participant)
Hall, Leonard W. (is participant)
Related Place
San Francisco (represents)