Pope Pius XII imparts blessing at Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. View of Saint Peter's Basilica and Saint Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City). Cars parked outside Saint Peter's Basilica. People walk in a street. Pope Pius XII greets many cardinals, bishops, priests, and officials. Pope Pius XII shake hands with cardinals. Some priests kiss the pope’s ring. Views of the Papal throne. The pope walks towards his throne and takes his seat. Pope Pius XII speaks briefly and stands to bless the assembly.
NATO officers walk through a wooded area, led Alphonse Juin, Chief of Staff, Nato Infantry. General Juin was recently promoted to rank of Marshal of France, and wears corresponding seven-star rank insignia on his uniform. A U.S. Army Piper Cub aircraft takes off from a rough airfield, on which several other aircraft are parked.
Views of NATO forces in various places in Europe. A man sits on a step smoking a cigar. Nearby is a camouflaged tank, that demonstrates movement of its turret and gun. The gunner descends into the tank. Policeman directs tank and other traffic at an intersection. A Chimney Sweep in top hat, smoking a cigarette, stands by his bicycle, next to a NATO machine gun position, at a roadside. He gives a light to one of the soldiers in the gun emplacement. A tank rolls past the emplacement. An American gun crew runs to their heavy artillery gun and prepares it to fire. They demonstrate dry firing the gun. Another American gun crew mans an antiaircraft weapon and demonstrates its mobility.
A United States soldier visits a German family for Christmas dinner in Bad Tolz, Germany. Interior of house shows Otto Holler speaking. He welcomes his Christmas dinner guests, Private First Class Fuchs and American soldier Townsend. Townsend speaks in German at dinner table. “Mein Deutsch ist nichts so gut” (“My German is not so good” in English) the United States soldier said in German. Mr. Holler speaks in English at table. Holler's child and wife seated at table. Townsend thanks Holler.
U.S. supply trucks bring supplies in Kachil-Bong, Punchbowl area during Korean War. Supply trucks come up road trail. Trucks move on mountain road.
U.S. supply trucks bring supplies in Kachil-Bong, Punchbowl area during Korean War. ROK (Republic of Korea) soldiers unload ration supplies from truck. They stack crates.