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American correspondents visit cemetery in Opijnen, Gelderland, the Netherlands for Memorial Day ceremony honoring U.S. B-17 crew
American correspondents in Netherlands to mark 25th anniversary of Allied invasion of Europe in World War II. A steamer underway in a canal. Views in the village of Opijnen, in Gelderland, the Netherlands. A correspondent and his wife come out of a house. American correspondents near a bus. Houses along a road. An American flag at the walled cemetery in Opijnen, beside its 17th century Dutch Reformed Church, where the crew members of an American B-17 bomber from the 323 Squadron of the 91st Bomb Group (H) of the U.S. 8th Army Air Force are buried; shot down July 30, 1943 by the German Luftwaffe. Gravestones bearing the names of American soldiers who lost their lives when their crippled B-17 was shot down, including: Mike Anthony Perrotta, Hermon Daines Poling, Harold Royce Sparks, Robert Urquhart Duggan, Douglas Victor Blackwood, Americo Cianfichi. U.S. Color Guard marches from a town building toward the cemetery. A woman correspondent takes pictures. An American flag flies at half mast. Men, women and children at the cemetery. Dutch children carry flowers in their hands. The mayor of Opijnen speaks into a microphone. He and a woman place flowered wreaths at the graves of dead American soldiers. Two groups of four U.S. Convair F-102 Delta Dagger aircraft fly overhead followed by four F-104 Starfighters of the Royal Netherlands Airforce. Children walk past the graves. Additional propeller aircraft pass overhead honoring the airmen.
Former U.S. war correspondents meet prince Bernhard in Palace Soestdijk, the Netherlands.
Former American war correspondents arrive in the Netherlands on a tour of Europe 25 years after the Allied Invasion during World War II. A bus full of American correspondents and their wives on a Maarse and Kroon bus. The correspondents get off the bus and talk. The correspondents seated inside the bus. War correspondents visit the home of Dutch Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, the Soestdijk Palace (Amsterdamsestraatweg 1, 3744 AA Baarn, Netherlands), located in the small town of Baarn, Utrecht Province. The bus pulls up outside the Soestdijk Palace. The correspondents enter the building and meet prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, the Prince Consort of the Netherlands. Correspondents drink and talk together. They come out with Prince Bernhard and pose on the lawns. Correspondents pose outside the building. Prince Bernhard, wearing a white flower on his lapel, speaks to correspondents as photographers take pictures.
Former war correspondents from U.S. place a wreath at the National Monument war memorial in Amsterdam's Dam Square
Former American war correspondents visit Amsterdam, Netherlands to mark the 25th anniversary of Allied invasion of Europe in World War II. A sign on a building reads 'Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky' (NH Collection Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky Dam 9, 1012 JS Amsterdam, Netherlands) in Amsterdam. Two correspondents carry a pink wreath with the Dutch flag as others follow them. Two men hold the wreath together as a “de Bijenkorf” truck pass by. The reporters place the wreath at the National Monument war memorial (Dam, 1012 JL Amsterdam, Netherlands) in Dam Square, designed by J.J.P. Oud, opposite the Hotel Krasnapolsky. A photographer takes photos of the event. Correspondents and their wives talking. A correspondent draws a sketch of the National Monument, its Obelisk visible in the drawing. The reporter draws the sketch of the National Monument from his notebook as some people watch him. The Obelisk of the National Monument near Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky.
American former war correspondents travel in a bus and meet in the Netherlands and Belgium during reunion tour
American former war correspondents in the Netherlands and Belgium to mark the 25th anniversary of Allied invasion of Europe during World War 2. A sign on a building reads 'Esso Motor Hotel.' American correspondents leave the hotel. Road sign for "Maastricht". Airport hangar with lettering "Airport Luchthaven Zuid Limburg." A bus driven past a civilian band parading down a street. The correspondents seated in the bus. The bus driven past fields in the countryside. A road sign for "Centrum / Belgie". The correspondents get off the bus and enter a government building likely in Antwerp Belgium. Views from inside a bus as the correspondents arrive at NATO headquarters in Brussels. They get off the bus. The correspondents seated around a table during a meeting.
Sketches of American colonist battles against the British, and enlistment of support from France
Struggle for American independence and the border between Canada and America. Sketches of British General Burgoyne in its efforts to defeat the American colonists and meet General Howe in Albany. Review of Burgoyne's campaign and his enlistment of indians against the colonists. Map shows battle strategy from Quebec to New York. British prisoners. Surrender of Burgoyne to American General Gates at Saratoga. General George Washington's efforts against the British. Washington's troops at Valley Forge in winter with inadequate resources. Benjamin Franklin as envoy in Paris with King Louis XVI convinced to aid the American cause. Addition of Spain and the Netherlands in the struggle against British rule in America. Discussion of the French and the Americans both with their sights set on winning Canada also. With commentary and narration by J. Frank Willis.
Dwight D Eisenhower reviews Dutch troops and meets Prince Bernhard, Queen Juliana at Soestdijk Palace in Holland.
United States General (and future President) Dwight David Eisenhower visits the Netherlands. Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in the Netherlands with other military officers. Eisenhower reviews naval recruits standing at attention. Eisenhower looks through binoculars and observes Dutch Army soldiers performing drills and firing guns in training exercises. Army soldiers of the Netherlands climb barricades and perform other drills while practicing. Exteriors of Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, Netherlands. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and her husband, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, welcome Dwight David Eisenhower and his wife Mamie Doud Eisenhower.
