Film begins showing view from a motor vehicle (unseen) as it drives toward a gateway lightly covered by snow, in places. A car and a motorcycle with sidecar pass in the opposite direction. The camera vehicle continues through the gateway , past an an ancient structure and courtyard leading to a tunnel that opens onto a street in the city of Bitburg, Germany. Several parked cars are seen along with several pedestrians. Classic old houses line the street, with narrow sidewalks between them and the roadway. A team of horses slowly pulls a covered wagon along an otherwise deserted section of the street. A few pedestrians walk along the sidewalks. A tall structure, topped by a decorative tower, looms in the background. Scene changes to a U.S. soldier standing next to a TM-61 Matador tactical missile on a launch rail. View from vehicle driving past former German Luftwaffe (Air Force) Headquarters, now the U.S. 12th Air Force headquarters. It comprises several numbered entrances bunkered deep into the side of a hillside. An Air Force truck is parked outside of entrance number 3, and several U.S. Air Force airmen are also seen. One walks into the entrance, showing his identification to an Air Policeman at the door. Inside the complex, several U.S. Air Force officers discuss deployment of guided missiles in West Germany as part of West German defenses. One refers to a wall map as they converse. Lt. General William H. Tunner, Jr. speaks about the Tactical Missile Squadrons (Matador Squadrons) based in West Germany to counter aggression.
French diplomats arrive in several American cadillac automobiles at the office of President Konrad Adenauer, in Bonn, Germany. They are greeted by German officials as they leave their cars and enter the building. A German sentry with rifle, outside the entrance, poses for the camera. Views of the German Government Building with flags of Germany and France flying side-by-side on flag poles. The Palais Schaumburg (Adenauerallee 139, 53113 Bonn, Germany) in Bonn. German President Konrad Adenauer and French Foreign Minister, Antoine Pinay, emerge from building and mingle with officials and reporters, before returning to the building.
A film shows training and alert drills for the Martin TM-61A Matador First Tactical Missile Squadron in Germany. A pilot and instructor in the cockpit of the USAF (United States Air Force) T-33 Shooting Star and canopy is raised. The T-33 taxis onto runway. T-33 in flight. Air Force installation in Germany. A dish shaped radar antenna rotating atop a van. Two airmen at the console in the control room. A close up radarscope during tacking phase. TM-16A in launch position. The T-33 swoops down low over missile. T-33 in flight. The Guidance officer at the console in the ground control room. The dish shaped radar antenna rotating atop the van. Matador flight simulator panel in the rear seat of T-33 shows red and green light flashing on and off.
A film shows training and alert drills for the Martin TM-61A Matador First Tactical Missile Squadron in Germany. Animation depicts alert from the 12th Air Force to squadron. The missile squadron installation in Germany. Cars move on a road. A combat officer sending out order. An officer checks the flight status board. An alert shows switchboard lines being plugged in. Target folder is pulled out from a safe and teletype machines in operation. The TM-61A being raised on zero-length launcher. Airmen with rifles running past van. A dish-shaped radar antenna atop van.
James Bryant Conant, Civilian High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Germany, takes a seat opposite German official, across a long table. They each sign documents that are then exchanged and countersigned. This action appears to be related to the end of the Allied occupation of Germany, and changes Conant's status, from High Commissioner, to that of U.S. Ambassador to the now sovereign FRG. View of the signed document. Photographers take pictures.
U.S. and German relations in post-war Germany. A building named 'Amerika Haus' in Germany. People move outside the building. People in a group talk in front of the building.
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