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Ceremonial Military Events

Black and white scenes from significant military ceremonies and gatherings, highlighting tradition, honor, and historical moments within the armed forces.

The 4th party congress of the radical right-wing National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) was held in Wertheim from 13. 2-15. 2. 1970, Germany, Europe

Neville Butler (2nd from right) ***** British Delegation UNICO Director Anthony Rumboldt (in left) Asst. Secretary Ass, S.F. by Air *****. June 18, 1945.

Pacific Fleet MASTER CHIEF Boatswain's Mate Jesse J. Holloway, right, presents ADM James D. Watkins, chief of naval operations designate, with his personal colors during the change of command ceremony for the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Dinner in honor of Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President of the Ivory Coast, 8:00PM. Cars arrive at the White House for a dinner in honor of President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny; United States Marine honor guards line the North Lawn driveway. Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard at Advies Veteran Legion Advice. July 2, 1964

Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-0873. 1956

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Holy mass in the cathedral in Bandoeng in intention of the fallen of the December 7 division. Soldiers are in the doorway of the Bandoeng cathedral. December 7, 1948. Bandoeng, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

DN-SN-85-02000. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Dedication ceremonies, Dulles International Airport, 11:12AM. President John F. Kennedy and former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, attend the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. Walking (L-R): former Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), General Elwood R. Pete Quesada; General Eisenhower; Deputy Administrator of the FAA, Lieutenant General Harold W. Grant (in back); Director of the Bureau of National Capital Airports, G. Ward Hobbs; Aline B. Saarinen, widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen (in back, mostly hidden); President Kennedy (holding hat); Administrator of the FAA, Najeeb Halaby; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. Chantilly, Virginia.

Trip to South America: La Morita, Venezuela agrarian reform site, 12:15PM. Reporters and photographers watch a land grant ceremony at La Morita Resettlement Project in La Morita, Venezuela. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) officer, Oscar N. Smith, works in center (wearing headphones).

USO Show, Solenzara, Corsica, October 1944.

Emergency Mass Feeding, Fort Dix, New Jersey 1954 , Civil defense, Cookery, Stoves. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

H.K.H. Koningin Juliana visits the 6th Golden Ilsy flying party on the Ypenburg flying base on 10 June 1957 with her four daughters, a warm welcome by the Boss of the Air Force Stand, Lieutenant General H. Schaper.

Funeral services with full military honors at Fort Myer, Virginia, for Rear Admiral Randolph Ridgely, Jr.. Funeral services with full military honors were conducted at Fort Myer, Va., June 18, 1951, for Rear Admiral Randolph Ridgely, Jr., U. S. Coast Guard (retired), who died at the Coast Guard Infirmary, New London, Conn., on June 14. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery. Admiral Ridgely retired October 1, 1935, after more than 40 years' service with both the Coast Guard and the Navy. A native of Augusta, Ga., he served with Admiral George Dewey in the Battle of Manila Bay. He is survived by a son, Commander Randolph Ridgely III, USCG, three brothers and a daughter.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival in Rotterdam of the M.S "Intrapora" from the Dutch East Indies. Two marines are at a duffel bag. 28 June 1947. Rotterdam, South Holland

Vintage Photograph. Standing for Graduation Exercises. Hofstra College Long Island.

Captain Paul L. Callahan, Commanding Officer (blue) of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS ALASKA (SSBN 732), speaks during the ship's commissioning. Base: Naval Submarine Base, New London State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Emergency Mass Feeding, Fort Dix, New Jersey 1954 , Civil defense, Public speaking. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

***** of Columnist Invasion Of Republic Of Korea -- The representatives elected by the Korean people convened as the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea for the first time on May 31, 1948. The photograph shows Dr. Syngman Rhee (at left, on speakers platform) addressing the Assembly after his election as chairman of the legislature. In his speech, Dr. Rhee expressed regret that Koreans in the Soviet ***** zone had not been permitted by the U.S.S.R. to participate in the election. (The assembly elected Dr. Rhee President of the Republic on July 20, 1948.). October 09, 1950. (Photo by United States Information Service).

Anefo photo collection. Air show on the airbase Dainting T.g.v. Sixty anniversary Royal Air Force; Royal family. 30 June 1973

The traditional commemoration ceremony Flowers for Stukenbrock, here on 01. 09. 1973 the anti-war day in Stukenbrock near Bielefeld- the Nazi victims were honoured at the Soviet war captives, Germany, Europe

Interested visitors in the Marine Stand on the Firato in the RAI building in Amsterdam listen to the explanation of a corporal telegraphist (Kpltlg). The Firato is an exhibition / exhibition for audio and video equipment, but Defense usually had recruitment stands.

Military parade and ceremony , Military parades & ceremonies, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Anefo photo collection. Agriculture: volunteers Noordoostpolder. Volunteers help farmers in the Noordoostpolder. July 1945. Noordoostpolder

Anefo photo collection. Unlike others, the life of captain of dulken. December 29, 1958

Anefo photo collection. Inauguration Cardinal De Jong. After the inauguration, the new Cardinal leaves the Kathedrale Church in Utrecht where the ceremony took place. February 28, 1946. Utrecht (city)

AM-486 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Anefo photo collection. Commemoration of a 15th anniversary War Graves Foundation. Minister Toxopeus and Mrs. van Anrooy de Kempenaer. September 13, 1961

Trip to South America: Caracas, Venezuela, White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) communications equipment, preparations, and personnel; images of members of the press; and views of the city. Members of the press reporting on President John F. Kennedys trip to South America sit on a bus in Venezuela.

Joan Clark, wife of National Security Advisor William P. Clark, presents a letter from President Reagan to Helen Jackson widow of the late Sen. Henry M. Jackson, D-Washington. The presentation is taking place during the launching ceremony for the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine HENRY M. JACKSON (SSBN-730). Base: Croton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Wash day on RECRUIT

Anefo photo collection. Press conference the atom disclosure symbol. March 1, 1957

AM-484 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Inspection tour of NASA installations: Cape Canaveral Florida, 2:31PM. President John F. Kennedy (mostly hidden, in foreground) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; a Titan II Air Force rocket sits on launch pad in background. Also pictured: chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York); Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. Jerry Behn and Bill Duncan. Site workers observe in background. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installatio

DN-SN-86-06046. Base: Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sen. John Tower, R-Texas, speaks at the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Opening Liberation Museum in Nijmegen and commemoration of operation Market Garden; American veterans welcomed. September 17, 1984. Nijmegen

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Todd Shipyard Corp., John T. Gilbride speaks during christening and launching ceremonies for the guided missile frigate USS REID (FFG-30) at the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., Los Angeles Div. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Cruiser Hr.Ms. Seven provinces (1954-1975). Assignment

Commencement Address at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 11:04AM. Wide shot of the field house as seated cadets listen to President John F. Kennedy deliver the commencement address at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.

On September 19, the Marijnen cabinet (1963-1965) will sail with the aircraft camp hr.ms. Karel Doorman (R 81) Van Den Helder to Rotterdam. Schout-at-night Reeser welcomes his guests with a speech to which the young, Marijnen, Van Aartsen and Andriessen are attentive.

DN-SN-86-07010. Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sergeant Kelly Ceremony. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger speaks to the guests during the keel laying ceremony for the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) at Newport News Shipbuilding. The ship is slated for delivery early in 1988, and will joint three other nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVN-65, -68, AND -69) now in operation. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger wears a welding apron while participating in the keel laying ceremony for the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ship is slated for delivery early in 1988, and will join three other nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVN-65, -68, AND -69) now in operation. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Collaboration Netherlands .. Levantkade Amsterdam internment camp. The Netherlands

AMS-124 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Princess Reviews 8,000 Rangers -- Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret listening to the drumhead service conducted by the Bishop of Willesden, Dr. Gresford-Jones.Princess Elizabeth, in Sea Rangers Commadore's uniform, accompained by Princess Margaret, received 8,000 sea, land and air Rangers from all parts of Britain, in London's Hyde Park. With the Princesses was Prince Royal, President of the Girl Guides Association. January 1, 1945. (Photo by Mirror Features).

Guests attending the commissioning ceremony for the guided missile frigate USS AUBREY FITCH (FFG-34) depart upon the conclusion of the day's events. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

'Alert America' Convoy , Exhibitions, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

The Far East- Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong 1939-1945 Liberation and Repatriation August - September 1945: The Union Jack is raised at Stanley Civil Internment Camp, Hong Kong, watched by the internees.

DN-SN-86-04347. Base: Avondale State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Reception for Foreign Students, 3:55PM. President John F. Kennedy (center, head turned) greets attendees of a reception for foreign students on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. Guests include students from the following Washington, D.C.-area institutions: American University, the Catholic University of America, Gallaudet College, the George Washington University, Georgetown University, Howard University, the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Trinity College (Washington, D.C.), University of Maryland, and Dunbarton College of Holy Cross. Also pictured: United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. Smokey Stover; Assistant Press Secretary, Jay W. Gildner; White House Secret Service agents, Mike Mastrovito, Emory Roberts, Ron Pontius

Anefo photo collection. Unveiling of the monument in honor of the 101st Airborne Division in Veghel, Princess Irene reveals the monument. September 17, 1959. Noord-Brabant, Veghel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. An Indonesian man gets something awarded (a diploma) From a man in uniform. Dutch men in citizen and uniform watch. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Visit HM Queen Beatrix (in the middle of umbrella) at the school for NBCD (nuclear, bacteriological, chemical, damage control) and operational safety in Den Helder in March 1989. Second from the head of the NBCD school Captain-Lieutenant-Ter Sea BJHH Rous (1941-1999).

Interest in a marin diver during fleet days in Den Helder, 1958.

Anefo photo collection. Tour De Frats in Arnhem started. July 25, 1966. Arnhem

Sen. John C. Stennis, D-Mississippi, speaks to the honored guests during the commissioning ceremonies for the guided missile destroyer USS CHANDLER (DDG-996). Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sticked shop windows, 1940 photograph Retailers (a drugstore) cover their windows with strips of paper on the first day of war to limit the damage in the event of a bomb attack. Text strip stuck to photo. Amsterdam photographic support shop-window, show-window Amsterdam

LeGay's Dream Of Glory Comes True -- Cpl. Donald LeGay, liberated war prisoner smiles as he waves to thousands of people lining the two-mile parade route who welcomed their native son hero today. Airman Richard LeGay, home on special leave rides in the rear seat with his brother Donald. The parade climaxed Cpl. LeGay's three day return after spending 29 months in a North Korean Communist prison camp. May 3, 1953. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

DF-SN-86-09207. Base: West Berlin

Ground breaking ceremony for the Space Sciences (Airborne Missions and Applications) building N-240 with Dr Harold Klein

Information and Publications Connecticut, 1956-1959 , Ground breaking ceremonies, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - KSC Director Lee Scherer, left, escorts a Soviet interpreter and Vladimir Shatalov, Soviet Cosmonaut Training Chief, on a tour of Pad 39B at the Spaceport. The Soviet and American personnel connected with July's Apollo Soyuz Test Project were at KSC February 8-10 to inspect equipment and tour facilities.The first international crewed spaceflight was a joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. rendezvous and docking mission. The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, or ASTP, took its name from the spacecraft employed: the American Apollo and the Soviet Soyuz. The three-man Apollo crew lifted off from Kennedy Space Center aboard a Saturn IB rocket on July 15, 1975, to link up with the Soyuz that had launched a few hours earlier. A cylindrical docking module served as an airlock between the two spacecraft for transfer of the crew members.

Anefo photo collection. Dr. L. de Jong back from research Activities Claus in World War II, Dr. L. de Jong. June 26, 1965

Queen Elizabeth & Duke Of Edinburgh - Tour At Australia 1954 General. May 31, 1954.

Visit to the Atlantic Fleet: President Kennedy views Marine Corps exercises at Bogue Field and Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2:11PM. President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left of President Kennedy), and other distinguished guests watch a demonstration of the Short Airfield for Tactical Support (SATS) at Bogue Field, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined the President in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Those pictured include: Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Ambassador of Gabon Jules Mbah; Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Ambassador of Togo Dr. André Akakpo; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth; Commandant of the United States

Major General W. J. V. Windeyer presents trophies at R.S.L. Congress Golf Day at Riverwood Golf Course, Bankstown L to R Maj Gen Windeyer presenting Bartlett shield to Charles Lofberg captain of Cronulla the winning team. August 08, 1954. (Photo by Martin/Fairfax Media).

Visit of the White House Police Pistol Team, 11:00AM. President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the White House Police Pistol Team in the Rose Garden; pistol tournament trophies line the steps to the West Wing Colonnade. Left to right: Private William E. Devens; Private Alexander V. Kissal; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. Smokey Stover; Corporal James E. Young (bending over); pistol team captain, Sergeant William S. Crawford; President Kennedy; Private Charles W. Aubertin; Private Homer G. Mood; unidentified (behind Pvt. Mood). White House, Washington, D.C.

DN-SN-85-09084. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Guests attending the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS HYMAN G. RICKOVER (SSN 709) use umbrellas to protect themselves from the rain. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Visiting observers and crewmen from the amphibious assault ship USS PELELIU (LHA 5) attend a meeting to discuss the exercise taking place which demonstrate Navy readiness on the 40th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-87-00799. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-85-03125. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Lieutenant Colonel Bell-Irving at Schiphol; Lieutenant Colonel Bell-Irving (L) gives Cadau to Heybroek (Chef Cabinet of Samkalden). April 19, 1974. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

President Ronald Reagan walks with CAPT William M. Fogarty, commanding officer, as they prepare to board the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) for the recommissioning ceremony. Base: Long Beach Naval Shipyard State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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