Activities at Rhein Main Air Force Base near Frankfurt, Germany. An army band plays at the air force base. Aircraft fly in formation. United States Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General Edward H. Alexander inspects the landing gear of a Last Vittles aircraft, part of the Berlin Airlift. A truck loaded with laborers backs up the aircraft. The laborers load coal in the aircraft.
United States President Harry Truman inspects 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division, the 3rd Armored Division and the 84th Infantry Division in Frankfurt, Germany. A large American flag on a car. President Truman departs in his car after the inspection. President Harry Truman shakes hands with soldiers. View of the I G Farben Building used by U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower as his headquarters. The President bestows the DSM (Distinguished Service Medals) on four foreign officers. (World War II period).
The 27th Criminal Investigation Department (CID) laboratory in Frankfurt, Germany. A CID technician examines a 45 type automatic making a bullet rifling test through a cotton filled drain. The technician moves up behind the drain, fires a round into a pipe like opening and immediately thereafter recovers the bullet from the cotton waste. A technician operates a machine. A sign reads 'Firearms identification section, Ammunition, No smoking'. Two CID technicians examine large 11x14 prints of grooves and rifling marks on teat bullets. A hand rests on a photograph of groove markings on bullet samples. Pen indicated a similarity in various photos.
Registry of the U.S. CIC (Counter intelligence Corps) in Frankfurt, Germany. A runner enters the door of the registry. A sign on the door : "Central Personalities Index". The runner comes to fetch file card of a suspect. A card being drawn from a file. A teletype room girl sends a message to field agents.
Cyclists including world champion Rudi Altig compete at Rund um den Henninger Turm, a 150 mile cycle race in Frankfurt, Germany. Belgium's Daniel Van Rijckeghem wins the race.
Record spinning. Largest AFN ( American Forces Network) Radio library in Frankfurt, West Germany. Gisela Breitkopf looks for a particular record from a pile of records. Sheets written with 'Bob and Ray Segments', 'Special Events', 'Johny Green's Music' and 'Pop Hits'. Various kinds of music records available at the AFN Radio library.
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