U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 transport aircraft carrying French General Charles de Gaulle, landing at Washington National Airport. Military honor guard is assembled on the ramp at the Air Transport Command section of the airport. Parked on tarmac are U.S. military aircraft include: B-17; T-6; several C-45s; and a C-46. The C-54, carrying General de Gaulle, taxis in at high speed using inboard engines, alone. Heavy smoke seen behind from locomotive on railroad (hidden behind trees). Potomac River in background. General de Gaulle descends from aircraft followed by several officials, and walks between saluting honor guard, as gun salutes are fired from artillery on airfield in background.(White smoke visible from the field guns.) General de Gaulle, wearing rank of Major General, and French 4-star General,Henri Giraud, salute as band plays national anthem. High-ranking American and French officers mingle and converse, including U.S. Air Force General Hap Arnold, and General George Marshall, who speaks briefly with General de Gaulle. (World War II period).
French troops being reviewed by French and British military personalities in North Africa during World War II. Officials in a vehicle reviewing the French troops, tanks and soldiers arranged in a line. Two motor vehicles pass in front of the rows of French troops. Soldiers with guns stand in a row. Armored vehicles behind. French General Henri Giraud talks to an American military officer. General Charles De Gaulle, French General Henri Giraud and British Field Marshal Harold Alexander stand at attention. British Admiral Andrew Cunningham stands in front of them. Admiral Andrew Cunningham salutes. General De Gaulle, General Giraud and Admiral Cunningham salutes. They review the troops. General De Gaulle talks to General Alexander. An officer behind General De Gaulle. Trees in the background. A soldier beside a tree. Two French military personnels talk. General De Gaulle, General Giraud, General Alexander, Admiral Cunningham and other officers talk. A tent in the background. Admiral Cunningham and an officer shake hands. General Giraud, Admiral Cunningham and other officers salute. The officials talk to each other and walk.
The British Overseas Airways Company (BOAC) receives their first delivery of the de Havilland Comet, the world’s first commercial jetliner. Employees working at de Havilland gather to witness the departure of the aircraft from the company’s Hatfield airfield aerodrome (Hatfield, Hertfordshire; 3NM NE of St Albans). The de Havilland chief test pilot, John "Cats Eyes" Cunningham, climbs the airstair to board the aircraft. The BOAC de Havilland Comet airplane, registered G-ALYP ("Yoke Peter"), taxis for takeoff. The de Havilland Comet airplane takes off from the airfield. The Comet jet airplane in flight.
General De Lattre De Tasigny and President Tran Van Nuu in Dong-Trieu, Vietnam. Vietnamese children wave flags. Reconnaissance planes land on an airfield. Colonel Sizare, victor of Mao-Khe, greets and welcomes General De Lattre De Tasigny and President Tran Van Nuu. Officials review troops and equipment. The troops pass the review stand.
French General De Lattre De Tasigny and President Tran Van Nuu in Dong-Trieu, Vietnam. Two Airplanes land on an airfield, bringing French General De Lattre De Tasigny and Vietnamese President Tran Van Nuu on visit to Dong-Trieu. The officials inspect the troops. They also greet school children and athletic societies participating in the review. French Troops including Colonial units parade. School children also walk past the review area while military band plays.
High Commissioner and Commander in Chief, French Army General,Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, arrives in Indochina on a DC-3 airplane. He is greeted by the high ranking military and political leaders in the country. He reviews contingents of French military forces, meets and greets, seemingly countless, military officers, and many Vietnamese Government officials in white suits. Later, in 1952, French General Henri Navarre arrives by DC-4 aircraft (to replace General de Lattre de Tassigny, who died of cancer). He is greeted by French officers and officials.
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