Winston Churchill undergoes thigh surgery in Europe. Ships docked at sea in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Winston Churchill enters a building after his accident. Officers follow him. An aircraft lands at an airport in London. Mrs. Clementine Hozier Churchill waits for the arrival of her husband. Men carry Churchill on a stretcher and proceed towards an ambulance. Churchill is taken to Middlesex Hospital (Fitzrovia, London, England) for his thigh surgery. Civilians gathered outside the hospital to greet Churchill.
Fort Hancock in New Jersey, United States. U.S. soldiers enter the military post theater. The soldiers pass a ticket window with a sign announcing "Bellet Russe" in the background. A poster reads 'The one and only, Ballet Russe deMonte Carlo, Friday Evening'. Interior of the theater: Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo presenting ballet "Prince Igor" with Franz Allers conducting. The soldier audience listens. The soldiers applaud. (World War II period).
A team of horses pulls a farmer's wagon across a road past U.S. 7th Army Patton tanks moving along a road during NATO "Exercise Monte Carlo" in Germany. A German woman looks out the window of her house as Tanks move through her village. Tanks and jeeps drive at high speed along paved roads. A camouflaged tank takes up a position. Another tank passes a sign identifying a town in the Giessen district of Hessen, Germany. Tanks and jeeps cross a steel bridge. More tanks, including some with foliage camouflage, and others filled with troops, are seen moving along roads..
U.S. 7th Army artillerymen operate M5 high speed tractors as they practice rapid repositioning 155 mm howitzers in the field, during NATO "Exercise Monte Carlo," in Germany. Soldier guides tractor driver as a gun is positioned. A howitzer with foliage draped upon it. Gun crew places camouflage netting over a howitzer. Crew pulls cover from barrel and prepares gun for firing. View down gun barrel as it is raised.
An American soldier uses a mine detector while "protected" by another armed soldier, during NATO "Exercise Monte Carlo" in Germany. An area at the side of a road is cordoned off with triangular flags warning of mines.
Members of a U.S. 7th Army tank-infantry team takes time out during NATO "Exercise Monte Carlo" to sample fresh baked local German bread. They surround a soldier who carves large slices from a loaf and distributes them to team members. The troops are seen chewing the bread. Another loaf being cut. Two tank crew members sit atop their tank while they eat bread. Infantrymen clamber aboard the tank.
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