U.S. General Matthew Ridgway, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) conversing with British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Deputy SACEUR, as they consult map of Europe on a wall. U.S. General of the Army, Five-star General, Omar Bradley, arriving in France, on a C-121 Lockheed Constellation aircraft of the U.S. Military Air Transport Service. He is met by French Marshal Alphonse Pierre Juin, Commander of the NATO Central Army Group (CENTAG). General Bradley reviews an honor guard at the airport, before driving away in a car.
U.S. Strategic Air Command (SAC) Bombardier leaning over bombsight. Several small explosions in circular pattern on SAC bombing range in flat open desert. Mountains in background. A SAC Convair B-36 bomber in flight. Two U.S. Airmen remove camera from RB-36 aircraft and holding up large still photo aerial camera with large lens. Animation of flight of B-36 on practice bombing exercise in the United States . Formation of four B-50 Superfortress aircraft of the 43rd Bomb Wing, stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona.They are escorted by two straight-wing F-84 Thunderjets. View of single Convair B-36 in flight. Circle R tail code indicates it belongs to the 6th Bomb Group stationed at Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of United Kingdom, walking with Princess Elizabeth, behind them. King George saying farewell to Princess Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip as they board a British Overseas Airways passenger plane for a 5-month trip abroad to Africa and Australia. Scenes of the King as a young man, in public school and as a young Naval Officer, and Duke of York. Royal carriage with escort and scene of dowager Queen Mary with the Duke of York and his wife, the former Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons on the occasion of their wedding, April 26, 1923. Royal carriage carrying King George VI on day of Coronation following the abdication of his brother, Edward the 8th. Scenes of coronation of King George VI. The Royal Family: King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret pose on castle balcony. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on royal thrones. Historic profile photograph of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during trip to Africa. King George VI and Elizabeth II visiting Canada. King George VI, formally dressed, with President Franklin Roosevelt, in an open car. The royal couple sitting with the Roosevelts on a porch, in the sun, during their 1939 visit, early in World War 2. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II in the country, with cart and on bicycles with daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. Scenes of royal wedding of Princes Elizabeth and Prince Philip, with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II attending. The British royal family on occasion of 25th wedding anniversary of George VI and Elizabeth II. Crowds outside Buckingham Palace in vigil during illness of King George VI. Signs being posted about the King's condition. King George VI actively engaged following recovery from surgery. Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip being welcomed in Kenya. Kenyans in native dress. Kenyan boy presents bouquet of flowers to Princess Elizabeth. Newspapers announce death of King George VI, at Sandringham Palace and Princess Elizabeth returning from Kenya to assume the throne.
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh WL Saunders arrives in Washington DC at Washington National Airport. His C-47 transport taxis and halts at the airport. Troops march to the plane to receive the General. Marshal Saunders deplanes. Photographers click pictures. Saunders reviews and salutes the troops. He talks to U.S. military officers. U.S. transport plane in the background.
45th Infantry Division soldiers of the U.S. Army near a bunker on a hillside in Korea. A soldier seated near the bunker. Others seated and stand nearby. Soldiers check their rifles and equipment as they prepare to move out. Soldiers help each other blacken their faces. They gather around for instructions. A bespectacled soldier smokes. Soldiers wear helmets camouflaged with foliage.
A film titled 'USS Saufley: living conditions' about the living conditions aboard U.S. Navy destroyer USS Saufley (EDDE 465). The destroyer underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Technicians before a control panel in the engineering plant. Men work before gauges. Technicians type and send messages in the communication room. Crew members work in the Combat Information Center. Technicians inside a plotting room.
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