A NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) air show in the Netherlands on the 49th Anniversary of Dutch Air Force. Spectators in the stands. Formations of Dutch Gloster Meteor jet fighters, U.S. Air Force B-36 Peacemaker bombers, RAF (Royal Air Force) Hawker Hunter jet fighters, USAF B-47 Stratojet bombers in flight.
Contingents of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces collaborate to provide relief to towns suffering from disastrous floods in the Netherlands. Relief supplies are trucked to a waiting Italian Air Force Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 trimotor transport aircraft. Italian aviators stand beside the aircraft. The relief supplies are in flat wooden boxes. "Croce-Rossa-Italiana" is written on several of the boxes. Warehouse (hangar) filled with supplies and military personnel preparing them for airlift. Two American fliers consult with another NATO officer about relief airlift mission. A United States Air Force C-119 cargo plane taxis for takeoff. View from open rear cargo door as it lifts off from the runway. U.S. Air Force crewmen push relief supplies out the open rear cargo hatch. Supplies drop by parachute onto town and surroundings. Flooded areas seen in background.
CAP (Civil Air Patrol) cadets from the Netherlands meet members of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team at Crosley Field (1130 Findlay St, Cincinnati, OH 45214) in Cincinnati Ohio. Cadets chat with Reds manager and Hall of Fame second baseman Rogers Hornsby, who explains the purpose of a baseball bat. Cadets watch infield practice, with #15 Rocky Bridges sliding into third base where Grady Hatton is standing. Bridges takes swings in batting cage while cadets watch. Hornsby signs a baseball for a cadet. Closeup of the Reds' logo on their uniform. Cadets gather in dugout; one looks at a bat while #25 Gus Bell talks. Cadets get another autograph.
The history of the United States. A pictorial map shows the path followed by Christopher Columbus in 1492 across the Atlantic Ocean. He found a group of islands where other explorers from Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, England, Italy and France found two continents. The representation of the area in the northern continent over which the English and the French fought and the French were defeated. The French gave up their colonies and in 1763 they belonged to England. People in the English colonies at work. English officials during a meet. The workers rebelling against English troops. Farmers, who became soldiers, moving with guns. The army led by George Washington moving against the English Army. The thirteen colonies of the English became independent, during the American Revolution, leading to the birth of American nation.
Military officers from NATO countries jointly consult maps as they plan emergency airlifts of supplies to Netherlands, which is suffering from disastrous floods.
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, the husband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, visits Ethiopia. Traffic on the streets and buildings in the foreground. The Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie welcomes Prince Bernhard inside the Guenete Leul Palace. Empress Menen Asfaw, wife of Haile Selassie, is also present at the arrival of Prince Bernhard. The Emperor and the Prince seated in chairs. Prince Bernhard and Selassie stand with an official. The emperor greets the Prince. Emperor Haile Selassie awards Prince Bernhard with the Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of the Queen of Sheba. The Prince and the Emperor seated around a table with other dignitaries and officials. A close up of both talking. A view of traffic and buildings.
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