Italian officer stands next to open door of UH-1D helicopter, equipped with skis, that just landed in snow, carrying Italian Major General Alberto Li Gobbi. He is commander of one of the fictional forces engaged in NATO "Arctic Express" exercise war games in Norway. The General consults with members of his staff. He wears insignia of Alpini paratroops on his maroon beret. General Gobbi inspects ski troops and discusses their planned deployment. He speaks with ski troopers and examines red coverings they have fastened to the bottom of their skis. General Gobbi reviews maps on the hood of a vehicle. He then returns to the U.S. Army UH-1D helicopter that brought him to the site. It cranks up to depart.
A convoy of canvas-covered army trucks moves along snow-covered road in Norway, during NATO exercise, "Arctic Express," 1970. A lone U.S. soldier, dressed in olive drab parka, walks along side a snowy road. A NATO soldier with ammunition belt over his shoulder, kneels in a position with his automatic weapon. He turns and smiles for the camera, and then moves his weapon toward the camera and poses. Three US-built M-113 armored personnel carriers (APCs) seen with troops riding on them and ski troops being towed behind them. Two soldiers in white parkas run down a snowy slope and take up firing positions in the snow.
View through windshield of a vehicle moving along snow-covered road during NATO Exercise, "Arctic Express," in Norway, 1970. It slows as a large army truck backs into the roadway in front of it. It follows the truck past several others parked at side of the road, and past several substantial buildings. The vehicle continues, alone, past a sign showing a fork in the road, ahead, and pulls into a parking place in a village. An ESSO gasoline station and a number of buildings are seen. A road sign points to Foldvik, 15km and Gratangsbotn 21Km. View from the vehicle, moving again, along winding snowy road.
Several Norwegian passengers board a train in Norway. Norwegian passengers stand on a railway station. A building in the background. A Norwegian sign. A huge crowd boards a train. Passengers climb into the railroad cars, some of them box cars with little to no extra capacity. Smoke rises up in the background. Two civilians walk in a street.
Eva Braun home movie. Several cruise ship passengers stand by small boat pulled up on shore in Norway. Cruise ship anchored in bay. Passengers walk across rocky ground to view glacier. A man and women seen deep down close to glacier. A woman balances on icy rock close to glacier face. Glacier melting. Drops of water seen. Several mountain climbers seen as tiny figures on glacier near crevasse.
From a collection of Eva Braun home movies. A girl swims in a pool covered by a rope net on board German ship during a cruise in Norway. People sit on the deck chairs as they read newspapers and chat. They walk on the promenade deck of the ship.