Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces in Europe General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in Holland. General Eisenhower stands with other officials at an air base. Transfer of American airplanes to Dutch Air Forces. A U.S. airplane parked on the air base. Pilots and officials stand near the airplane. General Eisenhower meets Dutch pilots and shakes hands with them. He watches the demonstrations of United States Air Force ( USAF ) Thunderjets flying in formation.
The Gildner or Giltner family of Pueblo Colorado looks at a massive leopard skin rug, constructed from the skins of 48 leopards. The fur rug had been purchased by their son, an American soldier in the Korean War, and shipped by him back to the United States. The seated family and some officials look at the leopard fur rug. The family exits a fur storage facility. A sign board outside the building reads: 'Cold Fur Storage'. A U.S. government official loads the fur rug into a car after the Korean government requested its return.
The 1951 All American Open at Tam O’Shanter Golf Course (6700 W Howard St, Niles, IL 60714, United States) in Niles, Illinois. People stand behind a roped off area to watch the All-American Tourney. Players on the ground. The crowd applauds. Memphis dentist Dr. Emmett Cary Middlecoff wins the match.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of the Nationalist Government of China reviews troops in Beijing (Peiping), China after the end of World War II. United States Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant General Keller Emrick Rockey wearing the Order of the Cloud. The troops pass in review. The reviewing stand in the background. The troops march holding the American flag and 1st Marine Standards. Madam Chiang Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling), the Generalissimo and Lt. General Rockey watch the troops. The troops go past the reviewing stand. Vehicles drive past on the street. A bugler blows into a bugle. Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-Shek and General Rockey and USMC General William A. Worton discuss amongst themselves. Madam Chiang Kai-shek and the Generalissimo in view. The Generalissimo walking on a street. He walks past the doorway of a building. Marine guards in the background. The Generalissimo and Madam Chiang-Kai-Shek get in a car. General Worton opens the doors for a Red Cross woman. She enters the car. General Worton and Lt. Gen. Rockey speak to the Red Cross woman.
Generalissimo of the Nationalist Government of China Chiang-Kai-shek reviews troops in Beijing (Peiping), China after the end of World War II. USMC (United States Marine Corps) General William A. Worton and USMC Lieutenant General Keller Emrick Rockey speak to a Red Cross woman. Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek takes off a cape. A marine officer arranges a reviewing stand. Officers are prepared to present awards. Officials salute. Men arrive to receive the awards. The Generalissimo speaks into a microphone. He awards the Order of the Cloud to Lieutenant General Rockey. Lt. Gen. Rockey salutes Generalissimo Shek. Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek awards the Order of the Cloud to General Worton. He awards the Bronze Stars to enlisted men. They salute and shake hands with the Generalissimo.
United States ships and a landing craft convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa of World War II . Marines aboard landing crafts and ships underway. Two airplanes in flight overhead. A bespectacled marine yawns. The ships at the horizon. A coiled painter hanging over a sea painter on a life boat. The ships in the background.
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