Telenews Ch-Spec #2 #165: San Francisco 1956 GOP Convention Arrivals
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The film captures the arrival of Republican delegates at the San Francisco airport before attending the Republican National Convention in August 1956.
Credits
Frank Koza (filmmaker); Thomas E. Dewey (participant); Leonard W. Hall (participant)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: 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.
Distributed by: Telenews (Firm)
Subjects: Aircraft; Political conventions; Politicians
Places: North America > United States > California > San Francisco
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 50 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/11680
Notes: 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.
Distributed by: Telenews (Firm)
Subjects: Aircraft; Political conventions; Politicians
Places: North America > United States > California > San Francisco
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 50 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/11680
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:12