A team of horses pulls a farmer's wagon across a road past U.S. 7th Army Patton tanks moving along a road during NATO "Exercise Monte Carlo" in Germany. A German woman looks out the window of her house as Tanks move through her village. Tanks and jeeps drive at high speed along paved roads. A camouflaged tank takes up a position. Another tank passes a sign identifying a town in the Giessen district of Hessen, Germany. Tanks and jeeps cross a steel bridge. More tanks, including some with foliage camouflage, and others filled with troops, are seen moving along roads..
U.S. 7th Army artillerymen operate M5 high speed tractors as they practice rapid repositioning 155 mm howitzers in the field, during NATO "Exercise Monte Carlo," in Germany. Soldier guides tractor driver as a gun is positioned. A howitzer with foliage draped upon it. Gun crew places camouflage netting over a howitzer. Crew pulls cover from barrel and prepares gun for firing. View down gun barrel as it is raised.
NATO "Exercise Monte Carlo" in Germany. Marshal Alphonse Juin of France, Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe, arrives by car and is greeted by Lieutenant General William M. Hoge, Commander of the United States 7th Army . (General Hoge is also the Maneuver Director.) NATO military observers accompany Marshal Juin. They all walk through the woods to an encampment. There they examine a map depicting the exercise region. They pause outside a tent and then proceed further through the woods. a wooded area. Several They walk through the woods to an encampment. There they examine a map depicting exercise information. They pause outside a tent and then proceed further through the woods.
An American soldier uses a mine detector while "protected" by another armed soldier, during NATO "Exercise Monte Carlo" in Germany. An area at the side of a road is cordoned off with triangular flags warning of mines.
Members of a U.S. 7th Army tank-infantry team takes time out during NATO "Exercise Monte Carlo" to sample fresh baked local German bread. They surround a soldier who carves large slices from a loaf and distributes them to team members. The troops are seen chewing the bread. Another loaf being cut. Two tank crew members sit atop their tank while they eat bread. Infantrymen clamber aboard the tank.
Two U.S. Army officers are seen wearing white-banded caps, identifying them as "umpires" during NATO "Exercise Monte Carlo." war games. They refer to a large map. One, a field grade officer, points in a direction. Scene shifts to U.S. Patton tanks parked in a field. Closeup of gunner atop a tank. Infantry riflemen lie prone at edge of a field. One fires his rifle. Scene changes to a soldier firing a Browning M1917 heavy belt-fed water-cooled machine gun. Infantrymen proceed along a tree-lined road. Others dig in to make defensive positions. Two soldiers dismantle a Stokes mortar to move it. Soldiers camouflage positions with netting and use pickaxes and other tools to "dig in."
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