U.S. Army General Dwight Eisenhower speaks on the V-E day in Paris, France during World War II. General Eisenhower delivers a speech in Paris on the Victory in Europe Day. The General states that he has the proud privilege of speaking for the fighting men in his theater who conquered Western Europe and destroyed more men than they themselves possessed. The Allies selected Germany as their first object because it was the one place that all the Allies could bring their weight to bear. General Eisenhower pays his tribute to the Soviet Russian Army, the Allied Forces in Italy, the French, the British and the Americans on the Western Front and to GI Joe and his counterparts whom he says were the real heroes of the war.
United States Fifth Armored Division in Dülmen, Germany after World War II. U.S. Fifth Armored Division vehicles and soldiers on the bank of a water body. A few soldiers sitting on the shore of the water body. A castle on the other side of the water body. View of the Nordkirchen Castle (Schloß 1, 59394 Nordkirchen, Germany) in Dülmen. Troops on armored vehicles near the entrance of the castle. View of the castle with a courtyard and a statue near the entrance. GIs in the courtyard of the castle. A parachutist colonel holding a document talks to Prince Engelbert-Charles of Arenberg, the 10th Duke von Arenberg. Soldiers in the background. The parachutist colonel and the Duke von Arenberg walk down the steps of the castle. The Duke von Arenberg talking to British war correspondents. The correspondents taking down notes. The Karl Rudolf, 13th Duke of Croÿ flanked by the Duke von Arenberg and his wife Princess Valerie Marie Schleswig-Holstein. The Duke of Croy and the Princess talking to the parachutist colonel. All of them talking near the entrance door of the castle.
A man stands on the wing of a U.S. Army customized DC-2 or DC3 aircraft outfitted with additional sensors in the lower part of the nose and a circular antennae of some kind mounted over the cabin. Newsreel notes state that the "mystery plane" is "directed by robot pilot" during a test by the U.S. Army in Oakland, California. (Likely early testing in automated flight control, blind flying, and instrument flying.) A man works on the engine. View of three men in civilian business suits, present for the flight test. (Possibly inventors or scientists who created the technology.) The aircraft taxis and takes off.
Admiral Harold R Stark takes over the post of Chief of Naval operations, succeeding Admiral William D Leahy, newly appointed Governor General of Puerto Rico in Washington DC. Former Secretary of State Francis B Sayre, new commissioner to the Philippines, leaves the White House with ex-commissioner Paul V McNutt, after a conference with President Roosevelt.
French President Charles De Gaulle rallies popular support during his state visit to Monaco. He stands in his Simca V8 Chambord presidential car as his motorcade drives on streets. Large crowd on street to welcome him. President Gaulle sits with Winston Churchill and other dignitaries. The Prince's Palace of Monaco. Prince Rainier, Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco and Charles De Gaulle stand amidst officials.
Robert Frost honored by President John F Kennedy with Congressional Medal at the White House in Washington DC. Seal of the President of United States. Dignitaries in the background. Frost presents his latest book to the President.
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