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."
Gambling ship underway off the coast in St Petersburg,Florida. Steamer Monte Carlo underway off the coast in St Petersburg. Passengers gamble at the roulette wheel. Croupier spins the wheel. He arranges coins for the players at the gambling table. Officers arrest the gamblers.
The members of the Cuban Cabinet at the Capitol building in Havana, Cuba. The Capitol building in Havana. A motorcade drives through an archway at the entrance to the Capitol building. A crowd gathered on the side of the road. Guards on the road. The members of the Cuban Cabinet climbs up the stairs and enters the Capitol. Guards on either side of the stairs. The officials inside the building, for the new Cabinet, formed by President Carlos Manuel de Cespedes y Quesada, meet on debt crisis. The officials on a large balcony on the Capitol. The crowd gathered outside the building wave to the officials. President Carlos Manuel de Cespedes y Quesada and other officials, seated and standing in two rows, pose for photograph.
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.
Life in Las Vegas, Nevada. A man and a woman walk down a street. People walk past stores, clubs, and casinos such as the Savoy during the day time. A parade comes down a street with the band members in highland outfits. Drum majorettes strut ahead. Scene changes to an intersection with traffic and cars passing by. Signs visible for Overland Hotel, Hotel Sal Sagey, Las Vegas Club, Monte Carlo. U.S. Marines in "B" uniform walking in front of the Swinging Door Saloon, and a man leads two white mules down the sidewalk behind them.