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General Eisenhower returns to West Point, New York and meets his wife and grand children.

U.S. Army General Eisenhower returns to West Point, New York. A U.S. military aircraft transporter on the ground. General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives at West Point to rest and prepare his report for the Congress. He disembarks from the aircraft after a tour of the Atlantic Pact nations in Europe. His wife and grand children meet him. He holds his grandchildren onto his lap.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1951, January 30
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045379
USAF 86th Fighter-Bomber Wing participates in Exercise Jupiter, at Wiesbaden Air Force Base in West Germany.during Allied Forces exercise Jupiter.

Exercise Jupiter activities at Wiesbaden Airbase, West Germany. (This was a three-day, French-directed war game involving Allied forces in Europe). An Italian Air Force officer and U.S.Air Force Sergeant J. Gormley stand on wing of an F-84E aircraft of the USAF 527th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (86th Fighter-Bomber Wing). The Sergeant opens the plane's canopy and steps into the cockpit, as the Italian officer stands on a ladder to lean in and observe. The aircraft is No. 49-2220. Sergeant Gormley points out features of the cockpit.

Location: Wiesbaden Germany
Date: 1951, September 27
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048620
Italian Air Force Lieutenant Colonel participates with his Dehavilland DH-100 Vampire jet during Allied forces Exercise Jupiter, at Wiesbaden Air Force Base, West Germany

Scene is Wiesbaden Air Force Base, West Germany, during a three-day, French-directed war game, called Exercise Jupiter, involving Allied forces in Europe. An Italian Air Force crewman stands waiting, near an Italian de Havilland DH-100 Vampire Jet aircraft. Italian Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Romano Palmera arrives at the aircraft, in his flight suit, donning his helmet with oxygen mask and microphone connectors visible. He climbs into the cockpit of the jet as several airmen from his unit surround the aircraft. One helps Palmero with his seat, shoulder harness and seat belt. Closeup of the Colonel in his cockpit. Below the cockpit are stenciled the words: "Rompere qui in caso di Emergenza." (Break here in event of emergency). View from the side of Palmera's jet. Other Vampire aircraft are parked in a row with other aircrew near them in the background. Fire seen behind his jet as the engine is started. The engine soon settles into operation without any visible flame.

Location: Wiesbaden Germany
Date: 1951, September 27
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048621
Commander of the United States Air Force 86th Fighter-Bomber Wing participates in the Allied forces Exercise Jupiter, in Europe.

Exercise Jupiter, the three-day, French-directed war game involving Allied forces in Europe. At Wiesbaden Air Force Base in West Germany, an F-84E aircraft of the USAF 527th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (86th Fighter-Bomber Wing) is parked on marsden matting. Many large tents are pitched in the background. USAF Colonel George Laven, Commander, of the 86th Fighter-Bomber Wing, walks to the plane and removes its nose gear pin. He then walks around to where his crew chief, Technical Sergeant G. Cavert is standing. Laven climbs into the cockpit dons his helmet and Sergeant Cavert helps him get strapped in. View shifts to U.S. Airmen relaxing near the tents and trucks. A dog follows one Airman as he walks across the grass.

Location: Wiesbaden Germany
Date: 1951, September 27
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048622
The early life and the activities of U.S. Army General Dwight D Eisenhower in Europe.

The life and career of U.S. Army General Dwight D Eisenhower up to the time of his appointment as the Supreme Commander of the NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization). General Eisenhower with Mrs. Eisenhower and their grand children. They watch the photographs of his early life. The General arrives at his former home in Dennison, Texas. 'Eisenhower Birthplace' written on a board on the top of a building. The General has breakfast with his school teachers and other friends at his home. He meets officials at an air base. The General with his brothers Earl and Milton. A photograph of General Eisenhower as a West Point cadet. Cadets marching on a ground. Eisenhower as a U.S. Army Brigadier General discusses a wall map with other officials. The General is greeted by British King George VI in Great Britain. He plans European invasions with British Army General Bernard Montgomery. He goes ashore with General Montgomery after the Allied amphibious landing on Normandy, France. General Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill watch a mass parachute drop at the Rhine River in Germany. He accepts the surrender of the German forces in Rheims, France.

Location: Europe
Date: 1951
Duration: 4 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062424
Allied preparation and landing in Normandy on D-Day (WW2)

A film titled 'D-Day' shows General Dwight D. Eisenhower and his aides planning the Normandy invasion by looking at a map of Europe. Animated map showing Northern Europe. Slave labor building "West Wall" defense system, according to narrator, but scenes appear to show coastal gun emplacements and defenses more consistent with the Atlantic Wall. Hitler and Nazi German officials. Construction sites as defenses are built by slave workers. German coastal defense in Western Europe showing Howitzers, fortifications, and Nazi German guards. Allied tanks, guns, locomotives and other military equipment is massed on beaches in the United Kingdom before D-Day. Fighter planes in airfield. Men unload supplies and war materiel from the United States. Allied locomotives, brake cars, tank cars, and an armada of Naval ships and landing crafts for D-Day. Assault boats and invasion barges are launched from ships in England. A man smokes a pipe. Barrage balloons flying over ships. Troops, transport, artillery, and materiel are loaded into ships bound for Normandy. A fleet of ships move across the English Channel. United States paratroopers land in Normandy. Firing and bombardment between the Allied forces and Nazi Germany. Bomb explodes off the coast of Normandy. Soldiers in landing craft on the way to Normandy. First landings in Normandy on D-Day during World War II. Soldiers rush to the beachhead, climb cliffs, and put out fires. A soldier rolls in the ground. Soldiers disembark from landing crafts and ships. Barrage balloons over the Normandy beachhead.

Location: European theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 9 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038157
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