U.S. Army Air Forces 354th Fighter Group in Normandy. Ground crew run to pull camouflage from P-51 at advance air strip Criqueville (A-2) in Normandy during World War 2. The P-51 prop turns,engine starts, and it taxis forward. The name "Bonnie B II" is painted on the fuselage, and 17 swastikas are painted below the cockpit. A Mustang is painted on the tail. It's serial number is 43-12375. The aircraft stops. The name, Captain Don M. Beerbower,is painted below the cockpit. He stands up and climbs out of the airplane, wearing his oxygen mask and helmet. Scene shifts to a loudspeaker in a control facility.A soldier is seen talking on the radio in a plexiglassed enclosure. A flight of P-51s approaches the field. They break off and proceed to buzz the field. (Note concerning Captain Beerbower,of Hill City, Minnesota, seen in this clip. He served as acting Commander of the 353rd Fighter Squadron and was later promoted to Major. He was Commander of the 353rd Fighter Squadron when killed in action, by ground fire while flying his P-51, Bonnie B II, leading an attack on a German airfield near Reims, France, on August 9, 1944. His decorations included: the DSC, Silver Star,DFC (3), Air Medal (26), British DFC, Purple Heart, Distinguished Unit Citation and Campaign Medals.)
Cars drive up to NATO headquarters at the Palais de Chaillot (Palais de Chaillot 1 place du Trocadéro et du 11 novembre - 75116 Paris) Paris. Inside some delegates to the NATO military committee are seen seated around a large round conference table. Closeup of some delegates as they deliberate about a trouble spot at a location in France, described in a newspaper that one holds up for all to see. The delegates are seated with National identities shown on place markers. German General Adolf Heusinger is the Chairman of the NATO military committee. Camera pans about to different delegates as the chairman asks for their comments and thoughts. It focuses briefly on delegate from Germany, then quickly to other delegates, not identified. Later it pauses on Norway, Turkey, and the U.S.A. NATO members are polled by the Chairman and vote unanimously to support the consensus position. Scene shifts to a steam whistle blowing at end of shift at a heavy industrial complex. Some workers depart on bicycles. Others leave by private cars. Steam and smoke rise from multiple smokestacks and other sources at the plant. Scene shifts to airbase where two jet fighters with single bubble canopies and twin intakes, taxi on a ramp. In the background several Dassault Mirage III aircraft are seen parked in a line. The taxiing aircraft are headed toward two more like them that have just arrived and parked on the ramp. The pilots move those two forward as French pilots approach them. Closeup of pilot climbing out of the cockpit. View of the NATO conference table being abandoned for the day. In the headquarters, A man walks about, where machines are seen that have transmitted the results of the day's meeting and decision, to all the NATO member nations. NATO staff chefs in a planning session. View of the empty NATO conference room.
Opening scene shows statue outside Le Musée des Monuments Francais, at the Palais de Chaillot, Paris, France. The Eiffel Tower is in the background. Tourists take pictures of the tower from another building. Views from atop Notre Dame Cathedral, of paris, and of the Seine River and several bridges over it. Sightseeing boat cruising on the river. View from atop the Arch of Triumph of traffic on the Champs-Élysees. Traffic encircling the Arch (Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile). View of bridge over the Seine.
View of Mont Blanc massif alpine mountain range, at Chamonix, France. Newly installed cable car to the summit of the 3,842 meter Aiguille du Midi mountain (Téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi) shown in operation. Views from cable car down toward village below, as it ascends through 7 thousand feet elevation. Views of the cable car moving through clouds shrouding the mountains. Views of the mountains from inside the car as it ascends.
French parade escorting the representatives of various participating nations to the meeting hall to hold discussions for the Treaty of Versailles soon after the end of World War 1. Premier Orlando of Italy, David Lloyd George the UK Prime Minister, Georges Clemenceau of France, French PrimeMinister Raymond Poincare. Generals of various armed forces moving to the treaty hall.
Normandy invasion Religious Service before D-Day invasion during World War II. A fleet of warships and amphibious vehicles cruise the sea to reach the beach of Normandy in France. LCM, LCI, LST in the sea water. A warship anchored in the sea.
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