The life and career of U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower up to the time of his appointment as the Supreme Commander of the NATO. The Foreign Ministers and Defense Secretaries of many countries seated at a desk in Brussels, Belgium. They arrive for the Brussels North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Conference. Officials from different countries including French Statesman Robert Schuman and British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ernest Bevin arrive at the conference. U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson addresses the officials and talks about the election of General Eisenhower as the Supreme Commander of NATO. He also states about the formation of new defense production board.
Nurses attend to babies at the Ecole Edith Cavell (now known as the Medical Centre Edith Cavell) in Brussels. A memorial to Edith Cavell outside the Medical Centre Edith Cavell Hospital building, located between rue de Bruxelles (now rue Edith Cavell) and rue de l'Ecole (now rue Marie Depage) in Uccle, a municipality in Brussels. An inscription on the memorial in French. Nurses carry small children out of the hospital building. A nurse attends to children at a hospital. A nurse tries to comfort a crying baby while holding two small children. American sailors hold babies. A close view of an upset child. Nurse holding a child. A toddler boy tries to walk on his own.
Charles A. Lindbergh posing in front of his airplane, "The Spirit of St. Louis." The Spirit of St. Louis landing at an airfield in the United States. People gathered around the Spirit of St. Louis, with its engine running.Lindbergh climbing aboard his airplane at Roosevelt Field on May 20, 1927, and taking off on his historic solo transatlantic flight to Paris. View of Lindbergh climbing steeply in the Spirit of St. Louis during his flight from Paris to Brussels, in 1927, Nightime scenes of crowds running to see Lindbergh upon his arrival at Le Bourget airfield in Paris on May 21, 1927. French President Gaston Doumergue stands with Lindbergh on a balcony, where they wave the French tricolor. They converse, framed by American flags (one of which, almost falls from the balcony). Lindbergh holds and waves both the American flag and the French tricolor. The French President presents the Honor Legion Medal to Charles Lindbergh. Tug boats and fire boats fill New York Harbor to welcome Charles A. Lindbergh upon his arrival in that city. New York fetes Lindbergh with tickertape parade.
A horse carriage comes out of the Royal Palace of Brussels (Rue Brederode 16, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium). The crowd gathers in street amidst heavy rains. Prince Leopold and his wife, Princess Astrid, carrying the baby Prince Baudouin, sit inside the carriage. The carriage arrives at the church, the Saint Jacques-sur-Coudenberg (Impasse du Borgendael 1, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium), for Prince Baudouin’s baptism. Man with umbrella moves near the carriage. Princess Astrid and Prince Leopold get down from the carriage and climb the stairs. Prince Baudouin is brought by his attendants. The coachman smiles and the crowd cheers. Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid come out of the church after the baptism. They are escorted to the carriage under a cover to save them from pouring rains. The crowd lined the street under heavy rains to see Prince Baudouin
Albert I, King of Belgium and other people come down the steps of a church in Brussels, following the funeral service for Paul Janson, "the father of universal suffrage" in Belgium. Women wearing black dresses descend down the steps. Albert I and others follow them.
President Harry S. Truman of the United States visits Berlin and other places in Europe after World War II. Buildings and streets of Antwerp in Belgium. President Truman and U.S. Secretary of State James Byrnes aboard U.S. Ship Augusta. President raises his hat and waves to spectators on the dock at Antwerp. Few buildings damaged during war can be seen. Motorcade of President moving towards the Evere Airport in Brussels. Cars in cities and countryside of Belgium. At the Evere Airport, the 35th Infantry Division gives the honor guard to President. Soldiers in attention position near the Air Transport command airplanes on the airfield.