Natives of Okinawa in Pacific Theater. Native men and women sit around a table. Cards kept on the table. They sort through the card file. The men and women write with pencils. Native houses in the background.
Native children of Okinawa in Pacific Theater. Children receive dancing instructions. Children stand in formation and learn dancing steps. A dance instructor stands in the front. Hilly terrain in the background. Buildings in view.
Sign reads: "JOB, Tactical Briefing Cordon Bleu." Marshal Alphonse juin of France, Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe, walks from staff car, followed by several other French officers. German officers assembled in a field. A civilian official converses with a French General in the field. Marshal Juin, relaxed with cigarette in his mouth, smiles and jokes with German soldiers.
As part of the NATO forces, U.S. 7th Army tanks, troops, and artillery participate in "Exercise Cordon Bleu" with Central Army Group and 4th Tactical Air Force. One object of the exercise, among others, was to improve coordination of NATO forces of various types and nationalities. American M24 tanks move past a monitoring team parked at side of the road during the exercises in Germany. Another scene shows soldiers on motorcycles moving along a road and heavy armor following. A mortar team in the field. Infantry in defensive positions. A tank is guided into a firing position. Gunner on top of tank. Tank turret rotates. The name: "Austerlitz" painted on the turret. Tank commander looks through binoculars. Several NATO aircraft fly overhead and swoop low over water area. A tank rolls over a bridge, past Marshal Alphonse juin of France, Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe, who is standing at side of road. Two F-80 jet fighters swoop low overhead. Marshal Juin is joined by two French officers, one a tank commander in helmet and goggles.
The U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force participate in practice exercises at Okinawa in the Pacific Theater. Amphibious assault on a beach. Practice exercises of United States troops. Landing crafts advance towards the beach. Aircraft strafe the beach. Amphibious tanks (LCVTs) make initial assault. Marines and soldiers establish beach head. Specially equipped trucks lay road mats on the sandy beach. Mechanized equipment rolls on the road mat. A floating pier is put into operation. Tanks, amphibious DUKWs and troops advance inland. A helicopter evacuates the simulated wounded.
First German units join NATO shield. German Army troops march on a field at Tannenberg Kaserne in Marburg, Germany. An aerial view of the city. German 2nd Grenadier Battalion marches. German Navy troops follow. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) military leaders arrive during the ceremony. They arrive by cars. The men greet each other. Several cars parked in the background. General Lauris Norstad arrives. The German troops salute. General Lauris Norstad reviews the troops. Flags of the 15 NATO nations and the NATO flag flying. A military band plays trumpets. Chief of the German Army Staff General Adolf Heusinger and General Lauris Norstad make short speeches. Cameramen take photographs.
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