U.S. Congressmen and high ranking officers arrive at the United States Air Forces in Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany. A C-54 Skymaster taxis at the airbase. Lt. General Leon W. Johnson inspects the honor guard and the band. He enters a staff car. The band plays. Lt. General Thomas S. Power, General Clarence S. Irvine, Director Chief of Staff Material USAF and General William H. Tunner, Commander in Chief of USAFE walk past the honor guard. They salute the flags. They leave the airfield in staff cars.
U.S. Congressmen and high ranking officers arrive at the United States Air Forces in Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany. An officer comes out of a staff car and is greeted by others. Congressman Charles A. Halleck and his wife get out of the staff car. They pose with a group of U.S. Naval officers at Schierstein naval port. Mrs. Halleck is greeted by an officer.
U.S. Congressmen and high ranking officers arrive at the United States Air Forces in Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany. Two U.S. Navy Rhine patrol boats in Schierstein naval docks. Congressman Charles A. Halleck and Mrs. Halleck with a number of U.S. Navy, Air Force and Army officers board one of the patrol boats. The patrol boat backs out from the dock and goes off into the basin.
Large group of German children seated and watch an old-fashioned dance exhibition by two young girls (one dressed as a boy) in historic costumes. The children spectators sway to the music as they watch. Women give out hot chocolate and buns to the children (during time of scarcity and shortages in post-war Germany). Parents and families of the children are seen in background. A very young German girl with a bow in her hair reaches high to receive her hot chocolate mug and poses for the camera with a sibling or friend.
Tourist destinations and architecture along the Rhine River in Germany. A bridge on the Rhine. The famous spa town of Wiesbaden alongside the river Rhine. A ship under a bridge. View of the Lorelei Rock and Gutenfels Castle (Schlossweg 26, 56349 Kaub, Germany) along the Rhine. Women work in a vineyard on the sloping banks of the river. A ship reaches the bank of the river.
Film opens with glimpse of an American 1950 Buick sedan and two cars behind it, parked on a flight line near a line of Italian de Havilland Vampire jet fighter planes. Scene changes to General Lauris Norstad, commander in chief, of USAFE (United states Air force in Europe) making a brief inspection of a tent camp of the Italian Air Force fliers who are participating in Exercise Cirrus, an air exercise for the Allied air forces in Central Europe. He and Italian Air Force officers walk back to his 1950 Buick sedan staff car, parked on the flight line. The officers and General Norstad exchange salutes and hand shakes, and Norstad enters the back seat of his car. The Italian officers enter another 1950 Buick sedan, that displays 4 stars on its bumper. Change of scene shows General Norstad and others near some large olive drab tents where American fliers in flight gear are standing about conversing. General Norstad enters one of the tents followed by a photographer. He is followed by an unidentified U.S. Air Force Major General Who exits soon after and walks away. As Norstad emerges from the tent, the U.S. fliers move out of his way and exchange salutes with him as he passes. Shift in scene shows Norstad exiting another tent and then being surrounded by American and Italian officers. A field ambulance is seen in the background. General Norstad moves to the head of the group, accompanied by a U.S. Air Force colonel. Others in the group follow.
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