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USAF Chief General Hoyt Vandenberg boards an aircraft after attending NATO air conference in Paris,France.

U.S. Air Force Chief General Hoyt S. Vandenberg in Paris, France. USAF Chief General Hoyt S. Vandenberg comes out of a building at Orly airfield near Paris after attending a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Air conference. The General walks to the U.S. Air Force C-121 aircraft and boards the aircraft. The aircraft taxis along the airfield.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1951, September 6
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059924
Acrobats perform stunts atop the Eiffel Tower during the celebrations of the 2000th anniversary of Paris, France.

The Rose Gold Trio (Rose, her husband and a partner) perform atop the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. They perform dangerous aerial stunt maneuvers during the celebrations of the two thousandth anniversary of Paris. Cameramen record the event from a height to get a closer view of the acrobats. High altitude view of the city. People watch them performing. (Note that the heel-hang is done barefooted, i.e. without any possibilities for concealed hooks or similar, which are so fashionable today.)

Location: Paris France
Date: 1951, June 15
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045402
President of France addresses a Joint Session of the 82nd Congress about the perils of postwar isolationism.

Vincent Jules Auriol, President of France, is ceremonially escorted into a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress, where he is about to speak. He is followed by Vice President Alben W. Barkley and House Speaker, Sam Rayburn (who later take their places as presiding officers). The audience gives Auriol a standing ovation, with applause. continuing, as he ascends the podium. Barkley and Rayburn are seated behind him. President Auriol's remarks, as reported in the press (not heard in this clip, which has no sound) focus on the need to reject isolationism in the postwar world. Among other things, he reportedly tells the joint session of Congress the French people have learned from bitter experience that "isolation is death" and that "right without might is powerless." The Congress applauds him after his address.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1951, April 2
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022169
Opening of Atlantic treaty head quarters and General Ike's assuming office of Supreme Commander in Paris, France

Newsreel titled Atlantic Pact General Ike opens permanent HQ. Official headquarters of Atlantic treaty forces at hotel Astoria in Paris. A guard on duty outside supreme commander General Dawid Eisenhower's office. General Eisenhower signs an order announcing his assumption of command and makes a formal statement about his duties.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1951, April 5
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037427
French General Jean De Lattre De Tassigny speaks about France's intention of helping Indochina.

General Jean De Lattre De Tassigny in Indochina. The French General gives a brief speech over a microphone. He explains that the French are still in Indochina not for colonial interests but to help the natives build their own independent country. The French are also fighting a war against the Communists.

Location: Indochina
Date: 1951, September 18
Duration: 4 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043811
General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks at SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Power in Europe).

Views of Arc-de-Triomphe and Champs Elysées in Paris. Exterior of Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers in Paris, France. General Dwight D.Eisenhower speaks at his desk in SHAPE's (Supreme Headquarters Allied Power in Europe), temporary headquarters. He signs his first order in his new rank as the Commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Forces. Views of construction activity at site, for the permanent buildings of SHAPE headquarters, twenty miles from Paris.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032630
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