President Calvin Coolidge

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) (Most Recent)

Series : Historical Films, compiled ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

Production Date: 1936

Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1170
Use Restriction(s): Undetermined
Sound Type: Silent

Scope & Content: Reel 1, the Grant Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., in 1922. Coolidge reviews a parade and Gen. Pershing speaks. The 1st Division Monument is unveiled in 1924. Coolidge speaks. Sec. of War Weeks and Gen. Summerall review a parade. Pres. and Mrs. Coolidge and Sen. Curtis drive from the White House to the Capitol for the 1925 inaugural; Chief Justice Taft swears in Coolidge; and the Coolidges and Vice Pres. Dawes review the parade. Reel 2, Coolidge holds a press conference on the White House lawn; speaks at the dedication of a monument to Argentine Pres. San Martin; presents the D.F.C. to Pan-American fliers Robinson, McDaniel, Whitehead, Dargue, Eaker, Fairchild, Thompson, and Weddington at Bolling Field in 1926; attends Memorial Day services at Arlington Cemetery with Mrs. Coolidge, Sec. of War Davis, and Sec. of the Navy Wilbur; speaks to 2nd Inf. troops near Hammond, Ind.; poses at Plattsburg, N.Y.; and reviews a parade at Alexandria, Va., with Gov. Byrd. Reel 3, Coolidge presents colors to the 260th Coast Artillery at the White House; poses with Mrs. Coolidge at Swampscott, Mass.; rides with Pres.-Elect Hoover to the Capitol in 1929; and attends the dedication of a statue to Gen. George C. Meade.

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park
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National Archives Identifier: 24677
Local Identifier: 111-H-1170

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