Queen of Lackland Air Force Base - Paul Schaefer Collection

Duration: 0:01:11

Year Published: c.1965

Sound: sound

Description: In this 1960s news report for WOAI-TV, Paul Schaefer describes a beauty pageant at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, in which pilots, nurses, and civil servants compete to be queen of the base. Over black-and-white footage of the contestants modeling 1960s fashions on stage, Schaefer describes the duties of the queen and her court during Fiesta San Antonio. Base commander Colonel Donald. W. Eisenhart crowns the queen, Airman 1st Class Darlene Baker, and the princess, Airman 3rd Class Sherri Keenan.