Royal guests attend the reception for a double celebration in Amsterdam, Netherlands. A large crowd gathered outside the Royal Palace of Amsterdam (Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam Postbus 3708 1001 AM Amsterdam) to pay tribute to the beloved Queen of Netherlands, Queen Juliana, and her husband Prince Bernhard during their 25th wedding ceremony and the Queen's 53rd birthday. Amsterdam police form a human barricade to control crowd. Views of the Royal Palace Amsterdam. Crown Princess Beatrix and her sisters, Princess Irene, Princess Margriet, and Princess Marijke (also known as Princess Maria Christina), move past the crowd in a royal carriage. The crowd greets the princesses. View of the Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam (Professor Tulpplein 1 1018 GX Amsterdam Nederland). Guests include Queen Elizabeth II with Mohammad Reza Shah of Iran, Iranian Queen Consort Farah Pahlavi with Prince John of Luxembourg, arriving at the state dinner in Amstel Hotel. King of Norway Olav V, Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg, Prince Philip of Britain, and King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, and other royal dignitaries also attend the reception. Fireworks organized for the occasion are seen, framing large sign numbers "1962".
Soviet Forces battling in Berlin during 1945, in World War 2, employ tanks and heavy machine guns. A Soviet soldier herds two German prisoners from a building. Groups of German soldier prisoners struggle through rubble as they are led from buildings, under guard. Soviet tanks firing as they pass a church building. A Soviet heavy gun being fired point blank on a Berlin street. Buildings on fire. Soviet soldiers firing artillery field pieces. Views of destroyed and damaged German military aircraft on and in hangars of an airfield. Soviet Ilyushin II aircraft land on the airfield. Closeup of distressed German General rubbing his eyes. Flashback in time to 1943, in World War II. Field Marshal Hermann Goering is seen reviewing flyers of a German Luftwaffe (Air Force) unit. A Junkers Ju 52 trimotor aircraft lands and parks on an airfield. Italian leader Benito Mussolini steps from the aircraft after his rescue from imprisonment by the Italian Government at the Hotel Campo Imperatore. He is personally welcomed by Adolf Hitler, who had ordered the mission to rescue him. Change of time, again, to 1945, when Berlin, Germany is attacked by Forces of the Soviet Union. Closeup of a despairing German General. Scenes of utter destruction as Soviet troops batter Berlin, Germany with artillery. Soviet soldier steps down from his tank and gives a Soviet General a handgun, which he pockets and then leads a group of Soviet officers into a building
People peering through a gate in Aumetz,Luxembourg. They stand near the main entrance of the building and look outside. People pass by on the street. Men stand near a gun. Buildings in the city. Men pass by on the street in front of the buildings. Abandoned German guns and equipment among munitions factories. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. Congressmen visit the 12th Army Group Tactical Air Command headquarters in Luxembourg during World War II. Opening scene shows the Congressmen of the House Military Affairs Committee, seated around a luncheon table with U.S. Army officers. The luncheon is hosted by Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, who converses with Committee members at the head table. Among those seated at other parts of the table is Republican Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce of Connecticut. She sits between two Army officers, and across from Republican Congressman Paul W. Shafer of Michigan. Closer to the camera, a field grade woman army officer is seen among the military guests. This sequence captures the end of the luncheon, when guests are having coffee. Several guests smoke cigarettes, including Clare Boothe Luce. Closeup of General Bradley, conversing.
U.S. Army Lieutenant General Omar Bradley prepares to meet members of the Congressional House Military Affairs Committee upon their visit to Headquarters of the 12th Army Group Tactical Air Command, in Luxembourg, during World War 2. A staff car stops,on Place de la Gare. The Hotel Clesse is seen in the background. General Bradley defers to Ambassador Charles W. Sawyer, who is smoking a cigarette. Sawyer enters the car, followed by Bradley. (another man is already in the back seat.) The car drives along a boulevard lined with tram tracks. Three stars are prominently displayed on the car's bumper. The car stops and two attending soldiers salute as General Bradley steps to the sidewalk. He is followed by Ambassador Sawyer and the other person. The three climb steps to enter a building. Some sort of official proclamation is posted near the entrance. A sign at the door reads "Show your identification." The staff car drives away and a Military Police jeep arrives, leading several cars carrying the House Committee members, who are then escorted into the building. Later, Committee members are seen exiting the building, including Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce of Connecticut,walking with Congressman Paul W. Shafer of Michigan. Cars for the Committee parked on cobblestone street, near a. Sign by some barbed wire prohibiting entry. Committee members begin boarding their cars and driving away.
Front line steel production in Differdange, Luxembourg. View of the steel plant. Train loaded with coal and lime stones on railway track. Interior of the plant shows making of steel. I-beams rolled at the plant. Two workers stand next to I-Beams.
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