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.
U.S. Secretary of War George H. Dern in his office in Washington DC, United States. American aviator Charles Lindbergh arrives to meet the Secretary of War. Dern and Lindbergh pose. Lindbergh is called for advice on air policy. Dern and Lindbergh shake hands.
Training of West Point cadets in New York, United States. The cadets stand near artillery and tanks. They are trained in the use of artillery and tanks. A board outside a gate reads: 'US Military Academy Stewart Field'. Airplanes parked on an air base. The airplanes fly in formation. A high altitude view of the area.
Japanese Emperor Hirohito moves into his new house in Japan. Interior of the house. The Japanese Emperor arrives near a building with his family members. They walk near the house. The Imperial Palace of Hirohito was destroyed during World War II air raids.
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee arrives in Washington. He disembarks from an airplane at an air base. He is greeted by U.S. President Harry Truman. Prime Minister Attlee arrives to confer on the world fight against communism. He talks about the attack of Chinese communists in Korea. Cameramen click photographs. United Nations soldiers especially American forces seen fighting against the communist Chinese forces early in Korean War. U.S.Army tanks seen firing at enemy forces near a river crossing as United Nations forces fall back. The United Nations forces evacuate their wounded and liberated prisoners from the battlefield. Footage of weary U.S. Army soldiers taken as prisoners of war by North Koreans and later released by Chinese forces.
Activities of United States Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A bomb disposal crew loads dud bombs onto a truck. They pull the dud bombs out of the ground and load them onto the truck. The pulling of a dud bomb out of the ground with a chain. Men crouched down along the side of a road. They are resting on the road. A tank in the background. A muddy road leads to wrecked native buildings. A large column of smoke rises in the air. Wrecked buildings in the foreground.
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