Cheering Parisians on the streets in Paris, France. A truck loaded with cheering civilians and an American light tank moves through the streets. Trees on either side of the streets. Flying French and British flags on a building. The flag tilted down to Canadians in a jeep. The jeep pulls away from the building and goes through a huge crowd. Cheering Parisians wave arms. A girl kisses a soldier. Soldiers drink from a bottle of wine. A British soldier raises a glass in a toast. French General Charles de Gaulle in the crowd, talking to other French officers. Officers stand near him. A car leaves, trying to make progress through the cheering crowd. Final scene shows allied soldiers talking to or interrogating a line of at least 6 Nazi German officers who were captured and being held prisoner. (World War II period).
President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower boosts the Cancer Crusade in Washington D.C. President Eisenhower welcomes Joyce De Zeller, a cancer victim. She holds the Sword of Hope. She presents the sword to the President as the signal to start the campaign for Cancer research funds. At the White House members of the National Press Photographers clicks photos of the President. President greets the guests.
French postal worker from the village of LaFayette, France, personally delivers post cards in New York City, attesting to friendship between the French and American people, on 200th anniversary of the birth of the Marquis de Lafayette. He arrives on an Air France DC-6. The postcards are sent in response to a broadcast over Radio Europe about Franco-American relations. Men load sacks of postcards on a cart. The French Postman rides the cart with the mail. He meets Mr. A.N. Spanel (Abraham Nathaniel Spanel), founder and chairman of the International Latex Corporation, who made the radio broadcast.
Warship flying Greek Royal Navy Ensign arrives at pier in France. King Paul I, Queen Frederika and daughter, Princess Sophia, come down gangway. A full military guard of honor is in formation on the dock. King Paul I in Paris, reviews guard of honor and salutes. He lays memorial wreath on tomb of the unknown at Arc de Triomphe, and pays homage, saluting with phalanx of French military officers. King Paul I arrives at Chateau, where Queen Frederika and Princess Sophia are already standing on steps, holding bouquets of flowers. The royal family enters the building for a reception inside. saluting with phalanx of French military officers. King Paul I arrives at Chateau, where Queen Frederika and Princess Sophia are already standing on steps, holding bouquets of flowers. The royal family enters the building for a reception inside.
Merchant Marine officers who need to join their ship, leave dock on a Egyptian launch that takes them out to their ship, in Port Said, Egypt. (The launch flies an Egyptian flag design in use from 1922 through 1953.) When the officers arrive at their ship, deckhands lower a rope ladder and the officers climb aboard. View of steamship, SS Aeolia, underway. (This ship, launched as the Stuyvesant 1918, was acquired in 1950 and named, Aeolia, by Cia Naviera del Atlantica of Panama. It was managed for them by the Hellenic Mediterranean Lines, Piraeus.) Back of a sailor as the boat he is on passes a monument statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps at the Port Said entrance to the Suez Canal (this statue was removed circa 1957). Views of waters around Port Said with palm trees along shore and commercial shipping traffic in the waters.
A large crowd of Algerians and Colonials gather at airport to witness arrival of Resident Minister of Algeria, Robert Lacoste. He arrives on a DC-3 aircraft and is met by local officials, military officers, and Algerians holding Algerian tricolor flags. He rides through the streets in a motorcade. Spectators applaud as the motorcade passes. Robert Lacoste ascends a reviewing stand and watches a military parade of French forces. A band plays and soldiers march past during the ceremony. Tanks and trucks loaded with soldiers drive past Buildings seen in the background. A large crowd of civilians gathered on the streets to greet the Resident Minister. Girls stand outside the "College Moderne De Jeunes Filles" building to greet the Resident Minister
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