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.
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 parades in triumph through London, England in a horse-drawn carriage. People gather in a large number on the streets to greet the General. He is eulogized by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Churchill addresses the crowd and talks about Eisenhower. He pays tribute to the soldiers who died fighting for their countries and places a wreath on a memorial. The General is welcomed with a ticket tape parade in New York city. Scene from 1947 of General Salih Omurtak from Turkey, descending from an airplane and greeting President Eisenhower to thank him for assistance. Eisenhower is seen waving to people of Brazil in a parade in Brazil during a visit.
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 his wife after his retirement from the U.S. Army. He is chosen as the President of Columbia University. People gather outside the building of the university for the ceremony. The General arrives at a building. He gets off his car. Photographers click his photographs. He enters the building. He is appointed as the chief of the NATO forces in Europe.
West Point cadets face ouster from the academy in New York. Exterior of the buildings of the United States Military Academy. 90 cadets, including football players, face ouster from the academy. They had violated the honor code and cheated in the exams. The cadets gather. Officials discuss amongst themselves. The football stadium of the academy. An official speaks into a microphone regarding the ouster of the cadets.
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.
The Gildner or Giltner family of Pueblo Colorado looks at a massive leopard skin rug, constructed from the skins of 48 leopards. The fur rug had been purchased by their son, an American soldier in the Korean War, and shipped by him back to the United States. The seated family and some officials look at the leopard fur rug. The family exits a fur storage facility. A sign board outside the building reads: 'Cold Fur Storage'. A U.S. government official loads the fur rug into a car after the Korean government requested its return.