CAP (Civil Air Patrol) cadets from the Netherlands meet members of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team at Crosley Field (1130 Findlay St, Cincinnati, OH 45214) in Cincinnati Ohio. Cadets chat with Reds manager and Hall of Fame second baseman Rogers Hornsby, who explains the purpose of a baseball bat. Cadets watch infield practice, with #15 Rocky Bridges sliding into third base where Grady Hatton is standing. Bridges takes swings in batting cage while cadets watch. Hornsby signs a baseball for a cadet. Closeup of the Reds' logo on their uniform. Cadets gather in dugout; one looks at a bat while #25 Gus Bell talks. Cadets get another autograph.
A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Convair CV-240-4 crash landed near Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Dutch officials inspect the crashed aircraft, Paulus Potter (PH-TEI), resting on a field. The Convair CV-240-4 bound for Paris lost altitude just after takeoff from Schiphol Airport. Men inspecting the damaged wing of the Convair CV-240-4. Men search for clues among the wreckage of the aircraft. The plane broke in two. Aircraft seats from the wreckage.
A NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) air show in the Netherlands on the 49th Anniversary of Dutch Air Force. Spectators in the stands. Formations of Dutch Gloster Meteor jet fighters, U.S. Air Force B-36 Peacemaker bombers, RAF (Royal Air Force) Hawker Hunter jet fighters, USAF B-47 Stratojet bombers in flight.
Two U.S. Air Force F-80 shooting star jets fly overhead and then demonstrate bombing on a field in the Netherlands. NATO observers watch from a hillside next to a large windmill. Explosions are set off in the field, creating moderate-sized billowing mushroom clouds. NATO Infantrymen jump up from camouflaged positions and charge. General Alfred Greunther, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, walks with a NATO officer. He boards a helicopter and departs.
Crown Princess Beatrix of Netherlands, on visit to Los Angeles, California. She stands with others in a courtyard as U.S. and Netherlands National Anthems are played over speaker system. Flags of the U.S. and Netherlands are displayed. The Princess holds large bouquet of flowers, that she gives to attendant as she moves to a small stage with microphones, where she is interviewed. One microphone carries letters KNX.
Military officers from NATO countries jointly consult maps as they plan emergency airlifts of supplies to Netherlands, which is suffering from disastrous floods.