Project Cirrus, in the Netherlands, 1951. Film is devoted to views of Norwegian air crews and their de Havilland Vampire jet aircraft, posing where they are encamped at an airfield in the Netherlands. Camera pans over parked aircraft an shows closeup of markings of Norwegian Squadron 336 on aircraft fuselage. A pilot poses, looking skyward, in opened cockpit of his plane. He wears a helmet with goggles raised atop it and his oxygen mask dangling below it. Closeup of Norwegian airman with "Norway" displayed on his left shoulder patch. He wears glasses and looks skyward. White clouds fill the sky in the background throughout the film. Two Norwegian fliers in flight suits pose looking away from the camera (in profiles). A vampire jet begins a takeoff roll as the film ends.
Project Cirrus, Gilze Rijen Air Base in Holland. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) officer maps a campaign in a field, he marks on a map. Two NATO officers walk in the area. NATO airmen briefed by an officer. Instructor stands at the blackboard during briefing.
A U.S. Air Force C54 aircraft taxis, with outboard engines shut down, to the ramp at Gilze Rijen Air Base in Holland, during NATO Air Forces exercise Project Cirrus. Lieutenant General Lauris Norstad, Commander in chief, U.S. Air Forces Europe, and Commanding general of the Allied Air Forces in Central Europe, descends a long ladder to the ramp. He is greeted by A Dutch Air Force General and poses with other NATO Air Forces officers. He is briefed by a NATO officer, and then surrounded by reporters who interview him. Next, he enters a 1950 Ford sedan staff car and is driven away. The next scene shows Norstad in discussions with NATO fliers at a camp in open fields. Closeup of Norstad with two NATO Generals (one from Norway). Broader view of the group showing elements of the camp in the background.
Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces in Europe General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in Holland. General Eisenhower stands with other officials at an air base. Transfer of American airplanes to Dutch Air Forces. A U.S. airplane parked on the air base. Pilots and officials stand near the airplane. General Eisenhower meets Dutch pilots and shakes hands with them. He watches the demonstrations of United States Air Force ( USAF ) Thunderjets flying in formation.
People honor the dead in Holland. People walk in columns to honor men who sacrificed their lives to free the Dutch from Nazi German occupying forces. A flame torch. A cross near graves of men. People observe silence. Stationary traffic on a road. People gathered. A monument dedicated to the Resistance Movement.
British designed Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in Holland. The British designed Gloster Meteor jets at a factory in Netherlands. A Gloster jet pulled out of a hangar. The jets parked in a line on an airfield. Men refueling the jets with a tanker truck. Men put a hose in the fuel section. The truck moves after refueling.