U.S. Army General Dwight David Eisenhower meets dignitaries in Brussels, Belgium during World War II. He meets Prince Charles and the Prime Minister of Belgium and other officials. The officials standing on the steps of a building. Eisenhower shaking hands with them.
American pavilion being constructed and dedicated in Brussels, Belgium for World's fair. Baron Robert Silvercruys, Belgian Ambassador to the United States, and othre officials arrive at the dedication ceremony. Model of the Pavillion. American flag at the ceremony. Baron Moens de Fernig, Commissioner of the 1958 Brussels World's Fair speaks at a microphone as audiences listen carefully. Pillars erected at the construction site of the American pavilion. Workers stand near a truck. A man at the dedication ceremony explains about a nuclear clock with the help of a chart. He holds an instrument in his hand as he speaks into a microphone. Dignitaries on the podium. Workers laying bricks at the construction site of the American pavilion. A sign on the ground reads ' Welcome ' A huge crane at the site. Officials get down the stairs at the site of construction.
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.
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.