President Woodrow Wilson seated. General Pershing speaks with troops. Workers at work. Dredging activities at channel in Brest. Boat in harbor loaded with troops. Troops boarding ship from gangplank.
Alsos mission carried out by United States Alsos mission personnel in Europe during World War II. Unit welcomed by the French civilians in Paris. Alsos personnel pass on vehicles and crowd from roadside cheers. Colonel Boris T. Pash meets an officer in a building. Celebrations in streets of Paris. Plane over Arc de Triomphe and crowd march on street. Alsos personnel walk out of a building and get on jeeps. Personnel leave in jeeps.
Ship underway at sea. United States troops aboard ship. Troops on lower and upper deck of ship.
Paris collegiate students, termed "beatniks" by the narrator, crammed in a phone booth, dancing with some on top of others' feet, cramming into few chairs in a garden, and jumping into a tiny car as a group.
Bikers race in hilly areas for the President's Cup. Crowd lines up at the hill. Motor bike race. The motorbike course is on dirt and hills at high speeds.
Opening scene shows a large round table where a NATO staff meeting was interrupted for a lunch break. Next, staff members are seen obtaining food in a cafeteria line and sitting at tables in the dining facility. Camera pans the room, focusing on one table where two staff are discussing shipping (according to the Narrator). Scene shifts fo a busy seaport with boats and ships. Back in the dining hall, the camera focuses on two staff who are discussing the Italian G-91 fighter plane, built to NATO specifications by several nations, cooperatively.Next, one is seen being towed along an airfield ramp. A prototype vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (Hawker P.1127 Kestrel) is seen being demonstrated. Back to the men at the table in the dining hall where they are ostensibly now discussing the problems of transporting large defense items. A truck is seen transporting a large object covered in canvas to hide it. Staff are seen at the end of the day enjoying drinks and casual conversations at a bar. Two French aviators in uniform are conversing. Narrator speculates on their conversation, noting the need for care not to divulge possible military secrets, such as the rigors of their last training course. Glimpse of a helicopter above snow-covered mountain. Another view of a helicopter at the top of Mont Blanc. Another view in the dining facility where Narrator suggests a man pouring coffee might be thinking about such esoteric matters as bugs in computers. View of numerous items in an array of electronic devices. (Narrator notes the man keeps his thoughts to himself)
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