General Alfred M. Gruenther stands with other top NATO officers as he begins his assignment as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). Others seen include U.S. Air Force General Lauris Norstad; British Field Marshal Montgomery; and French Marshal Juin. Flags are lowered and then all NATO country flags are raised. General Gruenther speaks briefly from the podium. Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) emblem is seen on shoulder of a soldier. General Gruenther is congratulated by several of the other senior NATO officers.
Scene of flooded water in Europe. Hurricane winds blowing. Houses surrounded by water. People carry bags on shoulders and standing on sacks. Scenes of water flowing with speed. Flooded water on a street. A man in boat on the street. Aerial view of a road and water destroying it. Cows going by side of houses. Dead animals on shore. Devastated houses. People leaving their native places. Scenes of rails surround by water. Scenes of destruction. Truck on a water filled road. A board shows "Straight on the sea". People with suitcases. Aerial view of the flooded area.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and MSA Chief Harold E Stassen steps down a plane after a flying visit to Europe, in Washington DC. Photographers click photos. Secretary Dulles addresses people on airport. President Dwight D Eisenhower with Secretary Dulles and Harold Stassen at White House
General Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, makes his first inspection of Allied forces in West Germany. General Dwight D Eisenhower waves, seated inside an army jeep. He inspects the British Army of the Rhine. He observes amphibious maneuvers of French forces and Allied infantry, artillery and tank units. General Eisenhower inspects a U.S. F-84E jet fighter, accompanied by his Air Deputy, General Lauris Norstad. A large formation of F-84 jet aircraft flies overhead.
A fierce storm in Atlantic causes water to break over the dykes in Holland leading to a severe flood in West Europe. Houses submerged in water, people flee the flooded area. Men row boat across the flooded area. A wrecked car floats on water.
Operation Kinderlift, of United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE) and the Red Cross, that flies German children from Berlin for summer vacations in West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany). U.S. military buses arrive at Tempelhof airdrome, Berlin, carrying children and their parents. They leave buses and assemble to hear remarks from John J. McCloy, United States High Commissioner for Germany, and from USAF Colonel Joseph G. Manyo, Director of Kinderlift II. Each child wears an identification tag reading: "Kinderluftbrucke." They are escorted to C-47 transport aircraft by U.S. Air Force and Red Cross personnel. Their parents and relatives wave goodbye to them. View showing children seated inside a C-47 airplane. The aircraft arriving at Rhein Main Air field, Frankfurt, and Red Cross personnel and U.S. airmen, helping children off the airplane. Children running from a bus, and then in a dining hall, having a snack, including Pepsi Cola, in bottles. Children walking into a camp, carrying their luggage. A sign at the entrance reads: " JUGENDLAGER, KLEIN-BERLIN, HERZUCH WILLKOMMEN." Children eating dinner in dining hall at the camp.
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