View of the Baicoi Oil field in Romania. Many steel derricks at the oil field. View of the Bustenari oil field. Oil being brought up to the surface from a hand dug well . Two buckets running on a pulley being operated by a mule as it moves in a circle around the well. Women workers manually operate a pipe at a derrick.
United States President Richard Nixon on tour to Romania. President Nixon, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and other dignitaries enter a historic place. Security guards and military officials keep a vigil. Poster saying 'Bine Ati Venit Domnule Presidente!' Romanian dancers in traditional dresses wait for President's arrival. Dignitaries visit a historic house, a hut. Bamboo dancers and sword dancers in traditional outfits, perform in front of the President. An old Romanian wind mill. Visitors' slam book signed by Nixon. Dancers perform a traditional dance'
Joint military maneuvers in Romania during World War II. German and Romanian troops during Autumn maneuvers. Romanian Marshal Ion Antonescu greets some of the many Romanian officers present to observe the maneuvers. Soldiers fire guns. The officers watch a Romanian Tacam T60 tank destroyer on maneuvers. A cadre of high-ranking German officers is seen. Explosions occur as billows of smoke rise up. Aircraft in flight. An officer speaks over a field phone. The soldiers crawl on the field during the maneuver.
Romanian Air Minister, General Gheorghe I. Jienescu observes and talks to Romanian pilots in Romania during World War II. General Jienescu observes Romanian pilots departing on Nazi German missions. He greets them on their return and discusses their exploits.
U.S. Army Air Forces Generals Ira Clarence Eaker and Nathan Farragut Twining visit Ploiesti or Ploesti oil fields in Romania during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces Generals Ira Clarence Eaker and Nathan Farragut Twining get off from an aircraft at an airfield. The Generals greeted by Romanian Army Air Force officers. General Eaker and General Twining, escorted by the Romanian officers, visit the Ploiesti oil storage tanks after being bombed by the U.S. Army Air Forces. The wreckage at the oil fields. The bombed tanks. The Generals talk. A view of the bombed Ploesti oil fields.
15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) to rescue Allied prisoners of war in Romania during World War II. The Romanian Ministry of National Economy in Bucharest (now demolished). Sign reads “Ministerul Economiei Nationale Comisariatul General Preturilor”. United States OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Evacuation Party leaders convene outside the Romanian Ministry of National Economy. Captured Allied prisoners of war at a camp near Bucharest. Allied prisoners of war play a card game. Romanian troops raise the Romanian flag on a flagpole. Crowds of Allied prisoners of war waving and cheering. Colonel Krager gives out evacuation instructions to Allied prisoners of war. Some Allied prisoners of war are seen wearing German Stalhelm helmets. A young British prisoner of war looks at the camera. Prisoners of war waiting patiently for their evacuation to Popesti Airfield.