German troops enter Budapest city as civilians watch. Armored half-tracks, Sdkfz.251/7 Ausf.D pioneer vehicle, rarely seen Puma 234/2 8-wheeled armored cars, StuG III tank destroyers, trucks and other military vehicles move ahead on streets of Budapest. Children smile and shake hands with German troops. Children climb on German tank destroyer and motorcycle. Troops look over Danube river through binoculars. (World War II period).
Film opens showing General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking into a microphone, in France during World War 2 around time of liberation of Paris. Next, he is seen photographing a knocked out German StuG III tank destroyer and inspecting an overturned Tiger tank. Closeup of him examining the overturned tank. Next Eisenhower is seen in the back seat of a staff car, parked beside a large dwelling. A change of scene shows him strolling with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery across a pasture where British troops are encamped. The two leaders examine a map with other officers and continue walking together. Later, General Eisenhower photographs destroyed German artillery. While standing in a field littered with destroyed German military vehicles, he is approached by a British officer and British soldier. Eisenhower converses with the officer. An American Army photographer walks along a road littered with German wreckage, on his way to photograph General Eisenhower. Camera pans over damaged German artillery pieces and a destroyed Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Ausf. A, armored personnel carrier. As Eisenhower is about to board his staff car, two little French girls give him a bouquet of flowers. He thanks them and shakes their hands.
Mast of British ship with British Naval Ensign shown. Allied warships off coast of Normandy in World War 2. Several barrage balloons aloft. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower seen on bridge of the British Royal Navy Leander-class light cruiser HMS Apollo with British Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, Naval Commander in Chief of the Allied Naval Expeditionary Force for the invasion. Landing craft approaches ship and General Omar N Bradley boards the HMS Apollo. He is greeted by General Eisenhower and Admiral Ramsey. Another craft nears the ship and British General Bernard L. Montgomery boards the HMS Apollo.
French official arrives by car to officiate at ribbon-cutting ceremony renaming the Avenue d'Orleans as Avenue du General Leclerc, in honor of Général Philippe Leclerc de Hautclocque, who formally liberated Paris, entering along this street, at the head of his French 2nd Armored Division, in 1944. The French official is greeted by a young woman wearing a sash. Members of the French 2nd Armored Division are seen holding unit flags. The official unveils the new street sign on the corner of a building decorated with tricolor bunting. A member of the French 2nd Armored Divison poses on top of a sherman tank, parked in the square. The official cuts a ribbon..
More than 200 motion picture writers and critics including 80 from Europe, Asia and South America attend a luncheon at Universal City, a hub of the Entertainment world. There is a preview of the movie "Iit's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" chase comedy in manner of Keystone Cops series. Hollywood celebrity Sid Caesar talking to producer Stanley Kramer. Actor Ronald Reagan greeting guests at event with master of ceremonies Edward Muhl. Actress Hedda Hopper in a notable hat. Gregory Peck and Fifi D'Orsay seated at tables. Ethel Merman is shown, and then Rock Hudson talking to Milton Berle. Celebrities seated in groups.
Gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery. Foreign, civilian and military dignitaries at the gravesite. Army officer lights torch and hands it to Jacqueline Kennedy who lights the eternal flame. Robert Kennedy receives torch from Jacqueline Kennedy, lights the flame and then hands it to his brother Edward Kennedy. Jacqueline Kennedy and Robert Kennedy talking to Catholic Prelates who had taken part in the funeral service. Jacqueline Kennedy kisses the cheek of General Maxwell D Taylor, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff. She leaves the grave site with Robert Kennedy. Jet fighters fly over the cemetery.
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