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Rifles: FN FAL, T44 / M14, Garand 07Dec53; Honorary Award Nebraska Navy, 08Dec53

Reel Number: H1490-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1953

Country: USA

Location: DC Studio,pentagon,Washington

TC Begins: 01:35:10

TC Ends: 01:43:05

Duration: 00:07:55

Rifles: FN FAL, T44 / M14, Garand 07Dec53; Honorary Award Nebraska Navy, 08Dec53 Slate: 07Dec53 camera: Ward. 01:35:12 CU hands of Sgt Stuart Queen holding parts of disassembled 30 cal. FN FAL Belgian rifle, reassembling & closing, inserting magazine while holding over bench in Pentagon Studio. 01:35:45 Three rifles laying on table, top to bottom: FN FAL aka Belgian rifle, T44 aka M14, Garand. 01:36:00 MCV Sgt aiming various rifles; disassembling. 01:37:00 Sgt standing behind table, picks up various rifles & aims; breaks them down. Reassembles. 01:41:36 Slate & leader. 01:41:53 08Dec53 (per NARA card) CU award document / commission: “The Great Navy of the State of Nebraska...Floete. 01:42:07 MCUs Assistant Secretary of Defense Fred Seaton & Assistant Secretary of Defense Franklin G.Floete. Shaking hands & presenting documents. CUs. Talking, smiling. 1950s; Cold War Military Weapons; NOTE: Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska is honorary title begun being awarded in 1931 by Governor of Nebraska.

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