Flight of Cierva autogyro from Cuatro Vientos Aerodrome in Madrid, Spain. Men push Cierva autogyro onto runway at the Cuatro Vientos Aerodrome. A hangar in the background. Men work with the propeller blades. Captain Joaquin Loriga climbs into the autogyro. Engineer De La Cierva talks to Loriga. A man pushes the rotor of autogyro. Other men watch him working. The autogyro taxis on the airfield. The autogyro flies over field. The autogyro lands. Men rush over to autogyro. Colonel Marquis of Gonzalez Castejon and Mayor Herrera delegate talk with the pilot after landing.
Autogyro lands for the National Air Races in Cleveland. Inventor Juan De La Cierva lands autogyro within the circle aimed at by aircraft for spot landing contest. Cierva autogyro circles down for landing. The autogyro buzzes in across field and above the crowd. The stationary autogyro.
Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ibn Youssef, and French officers, arrive at a reviewing stand in open cars accompanied by honor guard of Spahi, light cavalry, on horseback. They step from the cars and greet French officers. They walk to stand to review parade. Tanks drive through streets. Spahis, Royal Marines, United States soldiers, Free French soldiers and sailors march past in parade. Soldiers stand at the Le Mausolée de Lyautey in Rabat, Morocco. Wreaths lay by a draped French tricolor flag containing symbols of various military units and dates. British and American soldiers place wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The British and American contingents salute, do about face, and march back from the memorial. (World War II period).
General Eisenhower visits Paris,France during World War II. Arc De Triomphe. United States Army General Dwight D Eisenhower visits Paris. Officers greet and receives him. Eisenhower tours the city. American troops march on the streets. Civilians greet and cheers the troops.
The opening of a new cabaret show at Club Lido at the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. Entrance to Club Lido (78 Avenue des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris, France). The Duke of Windsor Edward VIII and his wife Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, are at the club. Michelle Morgan, Salvador Dali, Maurice Chevalier, French author Françoise Sagan, and other celebrities are also seen at Club Lido. Parisian cabaret dancers performing onstage.
French soldiers patrol grain fields in the Meskiana Commune, Algeria. A group of farmers operate combine harvesting machines, to cut and bag the grain, under the protection of the French military. French tank, armored vehicle and observation aircraft seen. A French soldier operates controls on a combine harvester, watched by the farmer and several other soldiers riding on it. View of farmer in cab of the combine harvester. A soldier releases a sack of harvested grain marked: "S.A.P. Region de la Meskiana 1958."
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