U.S. Congressmen visit the 12th Army Group Tactical Air Command headquarters in Luxembourg during World War II. Opening scene shows the Congressmen of the House Military Affairs Committee, seated around a luncheon table with U.S. Army officers. The luncheon is hosted by Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, who converses with Committee members at the head table. Among those seated at other parts of the table is Republican Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce of Connecticut. She sits between two Army officers, and across from Republican Congressman Paul W. Shafer of Michigan. Closer to the camera, a field grade woman army officer is seen among the military guests. This sequence captures the end of the luncheon, when guests are having coffee. Several guests smoke cigarettes, including Clare Boothe Luce. Closeup of General Bradley, conversing.
U.S. Army Lieutenant General Omar Bradley prepares to meet members of the Congressional House Military Affairs Committee upon their visit to Headquarters of the 12th Army Group Tactical Air Command, in Luxembourg, during World War 2. A staff car stops,on Place de la Gare. The Hotel Clesse is seen in the background. General Bradley defers to Ambassador Charles W. Sawyer, who is smoking a cigarette. Sawyer enters the car, followed by Bradley. (another man is already in the back seat.) The car drives along a boulevard lined with tram tracks. Three stars are prominently displayed on the car's bumper. The car stops and two attending soldiers salute as General Bradley steps to the sidewalk. He is followed by Ambassador Sawyer and the other person. The three climb steps to enter a building. Some sort of official proclamation is posted near the entrance. A sign at the door reads "Show your identification." The staff car drives away and a Military Police jeep arrives, leading several cars carrying the House Committee members, who are then escorted into the building. Later, Committee members are seen exiting the building, including Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce of Connecticut,walking with Congressman Paul W. Shafer of Michigan. Cars for the Committee parked on cobblestone street, near a. Sign by some barbed wire prohibiting entry. Committee members begin boarding their cars and driving away.
Front line steel production in Differdange, Luxembourg. View of the steel plant. Train loaded with coal and lime stones on railway track. Interior of the plant shows making of steel. I-beams rolled at the plant. Two workers stand next to I-Beams.
Infantrymen of 80th Division, 318th Infantry Regiment move through city near Christnach, Luxembourg past Civil Affairs office. Troops walk on both the sides of road. Trucks go on road. People stand at stairs of Public Affair Office. United States flag hung from the office building. Tanks in the field. Crew fires mounted on M-7 Motor Carriage. Troops and Infantrymen walk on road, past civilians as they evacuate. Vehicles parked besides road. People stand and walk on road. (World War II period).
Men stand in front of a house in Luxembourg. German arms are stacked behind them, left by the departed German Army following the Armistice. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Views of Aumetz, Luxembourg, as German troops depart after the Armistice. Shots taken from top of munitions factory. Departing troops seen in distance moving along road. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)