View of the "Olympic Village" during the 1972 Summer Olympics. Athletes, in civilian clothes, walk about in the garden walkways of the village, where they are housed. A small banner, labeled USA, hangs from one apartment balcony. Another,larger banner, reads: "U.S.A. Cycling. Track-Road Olympic Team. Its great to be part of the best. Go Harder."The banner is topped with 4 small American flags.
International Military Games under auspices of CISM (Conceil International Du Sports Militaire). View from a moving bus as it proceeds along an autobahn (highway) in Munich, Germany. About a dozen bluish colored flags are seen grouped in the space between the highway lanes. The view shifts to inside the bus, filled with military athletes in civilian clothes headed to the military olympics. The scenery outside is pleasant, with many green spaces and occasional housing units. The bus approaches a built-up area where another cluster of bluish flags is seen. The Olympiaturm (Olympic tower) marking the Olympiapark for the 1972 Olympic Summer Games, is seen out the bus window. (Note: those games will commence right after the CISM military games.)
A German military officer speaks from an outdoor podium at the start of the CISM (Conceil International Du Sports Militaire) International Military Games in Munich, Germany. Military officers from the participating nations stand alongside. Camera moves back showing a low building in background (with several spectators on the roof). A flag pole is on the lawn. a fairly narrow dirt path crosses the scene. Some athletes in red athletic uniforms stand near the building. All present are quiet and attentive during these opening remarks. The speaker steps from the podium and stands next to another officer. Technicial holding a microphone gets in the way of the camera as it focuses on a German uniformed military band playing on the edge of the lawn. Numerous balloons rise skyward, from behind the band, as musicians play. The band finishes and they all lower their instruments in unison, at a signal from the director
Military athletes parade at opening of the Summer Military World Games in Munich, Germany, conducted under the aegis of CISM - Conseil International du Sport Militaire, i.e. The International Military Sports Council. Balloons are seen rising into the air. Military officers from several nations stand in front of a building, as military athletes march past. The first group are in red and orange athletic garb. The remaining are in military uniforms. A person carries an identifying sign in front of each group. (These are not readable because of the camera angle or blurring.) A German military band plays as the military athletes parade. Commercial television cameramen are seen at the end of the sequence.
Nazi Field Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt captured and in the custody of Allied forces in Weilheim, Germany during World War II. Field Marshal Von Rundstedt and his aides sit in a room. Major General Frank J. Milburn of the United States Army arrives and talks to them.
German General Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt in Weilheim, Germany after his capture by the U.S. Army towards the end of World War II in Europe. General Field Marshal Rundstedt speaks with Commander of U.S. XXI Corps Major General Frank W. Milburn. General Field Marshal Rundstedt steps from a car and enters a building. Interiors of a room shows General Field Marshal Rundstedt smoking. He walks out of the building followed by U.S. officials.
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