Operation Jupiter. Wiesbaden Germany. A ramp wheeled to C-47 aircraft with foreign markings. Italian officers, Lieutenant General Urbani, Chief of Staff Italian Air force, and General Unia, a Wing Commander of Italian Air Force, greeted by Colonel Rich, Chief of Staff, 12th Air Force, and Colonel Roberts, Commanding Officer of Wiesbaden Air Force Base. Italian and American officers review an honor guard and get into a car. Nose of C-47 aircraft. Italian and American personnel stand by the door of plane. The plane taxis away.
Operation Jupiter, Wiesbaden, Germany. Pyramidal tent at Italian camp area. Italian officers discuss by the tent and strewn equipment outside the tent. De havilland DH-100 Vampire jet planes lined up on the Airbase.
Project Cirrus, Wiesbaden Germany. Aircraft from a squadron of Italian de Havilland DH.100 Vampire jets move along a taxiway, after landing, to be parked. After they arrive and have shut down their engines, Italian ground crews maneuver the aircraft to park them at an angle, one after another, . Five men spin one aircraft completely around and back it into its desired position. One of them uses a metal tow bar to steer the nose wheel, while others maneuver the aircraft. Ground crewmen handle another arriving Vampire jet, in a similar fashion. C-47 support aircraft are seen in the distant background. Four Vampire jets buzz the field in formation as they prepare to break off and land..
Project Cirrus, Wiesbaden Germany. Camera focuses on a line of Italian de Havilland DH.100 Vampire jet aircraft parked along a taxiway. Three land,in succession, on the active runway in the near background. C-47 support aircraft are parked on a ramp in the far background. An Italian ground crewman places a cover over the pitot tube of one Vampire jet.
Operation Jupiter, Wiesbaden Germany. General Eisenhower prepares to depart following an inspection of Italian and American Air Force units and equipment at Wiesbaden Airfield, Germany. several staff cars drive up to a parked USAF C-121 Constellation aircraft. A color guard stands nearby. As Eisenhower walks through ranks of honor guard, a military brass band plays. He is accompanied by Major General Truman H. Landon, Deputy commander-in-chief and chief of staff for U.S. Air Forces Europe (USAFE). They complete a quick review of the honor guard, salute the colors, and Eisenhower shakes hands as he walks to the stairs of his waiting aircraft. "7167 Special Air Missions Squadron" is written on the aircraft stairs. The aircraft begins to taxi out immediately. Its tail number is 48-614. A formation of Italian DH-100s flies overhead in salute. The C-121 is not seen again. The Italian DH-100s return and land.
Project Cirrus, Wiesbaden Germany. C-119 aircrafts in flight as French paratroopers of March Battalion drop from the aircrafts. Parachutes float down, drop zone terrain dotted with parachutes for miles. Parachutes mainly white in color float downwards.