U.S. Air Force AP waving traffic and President John F Kennedy and party through main gate at Wiesbaden AB.
Shows presidential party with Gen Landon in cars inspecting static display and crews of F-l00 with AGM-l23 (GAM-83A), F-101, RF-101, F-102, RB-66, MGM-l3B (TM-76A), KB'-50J and C-l30A. Flybys to right of KB-50J refueling F-101, RB-66, F-l00, four F-102's, F-101's and two F-l00's. Scenes of President shaking hands with people behind fence, walking through Air Force honor guard, bidding farewell to military officials and boarding VC-l37C, Wiesbaden AB.
A review of significant events that occurred in the year 1945. Scenes from fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President. Wide view of snow covered lawn of the White House, and guards positioned on the south White House lawn. View of President Roosevelt as he is sworn in as President of the United States, on the south portico of the White House due to wartime austerity measures, on January 20, 1945. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin pose at the Yalta Conference. Death of Roosevelt in April 1945. Burial procession and funeral ceremony of Franklin Roosevelt. Men and women weeping. An African American woman waves her handkerchief as she mourns. Wreath on grave of President Roosevelt. Harry S. Truman sworn in as U.S. President on April 12, 1945. Surrender of the Germans signed by General Jodl and General W.B. Smith in Reims, France. Representatives of Russia, Britain, France and United States at the surrender. General Dwight Eisenhower smiles.
Victory in Europe Day celebration in Wiesbaden, Germany to mark th end of World War II. Speaker addresses a group of people. Another speaker addresses. UNNRA (United Nations Relief And Rehabilitation Administration) representative speaks to a group as Russian interpreter translates for him. Russian girl talks to a group people. Russian Major addresses group. Group of assembled DPs listen to speaker. They hold banners ,portrait of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin,Premierof the Soviet Union and Red flags DPs applaud speech. Buildings in the background. Speaker addresses group. Band plays Russian Anthem.
Victory in Europe Day celebration in Wiesbaden, Germany at the end of World War II in Europe. Group of DPs (Displaced Persons) march away from the parade area. They hold Red flags,banners and portraits. Group of girls march. Buildings in the background. Girl carries a large Portrait of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin,Premier of the Soviet Union. Red star over a building. The parade progresses. United States Army Air Forces B-17s Flying Fortress bomber aircraft fly overhead.
As film starts, three U.S. Air Force ground crewmen are seen standing at attention in front of their Republic F-84 Thunderjet aircraft at Wiesbaden Air Force Base, Germany during Exercise Cirrus. The aircraft are parked on pierced steel planking (Marsden matting). They are approached by Lieutenant General Lauris Norstad, Commander in chief, USAFE (U.S. Air forces Europe) with additional duty as commanding general of the Allied Air Forces in Central Europe under the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Powers in Europe. The General, accompanied by a Colonel, stops to speak briefly with the three airmen as an Air Force photographer circles them taking pictures. Norstad continues to another F-84 and ground crew, where he also speaks with them, spending more time with one who is a Master Sergeant. Then he and the Colonel turn and exchange salutes with some Italian Air Force officers as they walk past them. Next three 1950 Buick sedans are seen pulling away from the edge of a taxiway, where they were parked. The drive past the camera on the taxiway. In the final scene, General Norstad is seen conversing with members of his staff, standing next to luggage lined up beside them under a C-54 transport plane.
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