During NATO Operation Cirrus, an airman stands by the side of runway at Volkel Airfield in the Netherlands, taking motion pictures of Gloster Meteor Jet aircraft landing. (The aircraft of from Netherlands Royal Air Force Squadrons 327 and 328.)
Film starts showing Dutch soldiers in a group awaiting signal to begin their exercise. Then the jump up and run to various defensive positions, already prepared with slight berms and camouflage. They take up firing positions in these sites. Most carry rifles similar to Lee-Enfields. But some are equipped with antitank weapons. Closeup of Dutch soldier manning an 84mm antitank weapon. Scene changes to soldiers at camp, where a tent, a shed, and a building surrounded by scaffolding, are seen. Soldiers neat the tent have placed a very long ladder against a tree. Closer views of soldiers in and around the tent. A Dutch officer speaks with a group of Soldiers. Next, a group of soldiers is seen running along a path, where several pup tents have been pitched. The occupants of one tent grab their weapons and join the group that is now assembling in loose formation.
During NATO Exercise Cirrus, in 1951, a formation of three C-119 aircraft of the U.S. 443rd Troop Carrier Group are seen high above the Gilze Rijen Air Base in Holland. They descend and land at the airfield.
A formation of seven de Havilland Vampire jet aircraft are seen above the Gilze Rijen Air Base in Holland, during NATO Exercise Cirrus, in 1951. They peel off and commence landing in a tactical trail formation at the airfield. The camera follows the first to land as it passes two C-119 aircraft of the U.S. 443rd Troop Carrier Group on the airfield. Next, one of the C-119s is seen taxiing.
NATO Project Cirrus, Gilze Rijen Air Base, in the Netherlands, 1951. Camera shows a group of parked Gloster Meteor jet aircraft of the Netherlands Royal Air Force. An officer and airman climb about the cockpit of one plane. One aircraft is seen parked in front of a large cylindrical structure. The number "3" is displayed on its nose wheel cover. A portable power unit sits under its left wing. Next scene shows a fuel truck with long boom positioning the fuel hose directly above the fuel port on the aircraft. An airman atop the aircraft handles the refueling hose during the refueling. Closeup of him controlling the hose. Scene shifts to a Meteor aircraft taxiing past parked aircraft. View back to the fuel truck that has now retracted its boom and refueling hose. Next, a pilot wearing flight suit and a seat pack parachute climbs into the cockpit of a Meteor plane. Closeup of him settling into the cockpit and checking the flight instruments and controls. A Meteor aircraft is seen landing in the background.
NATO Project Cirrus, Gilze Rijen Air Base, in the Netherlands, 1951. A pair of de Havilland Vampire jet aircraft fly low over the field and make a tactical overhead approach. One is seen landing. Next a Gloster Meteor jet is seen heading toward the camera and passing low overhead. It climbs and makes executes an aerobatic maneuver and then speeds past the camera and lands. As it taxis on the airfield the background is rich in detail of the field and homes in the vicinity. Several Meteor aircraft are seen parked in a cluster on the field. The taxiing aircraft approaches them an parks among them.