United States soldiers in Wiesbaden, Germany during World War II. A sign board on a bridge reads "Dedicated to the 3rd Army Officers." Military trucks pass by on the bridge. "Highest, Widest, Longest, fixed Military Bridge of the world made by the 2nd Battalion of the 1303 Engineers" written on a board.
Bomb damage in Wiesbaden, Germany during World War II. Aerial views from a U.S. Army Air Force aircraft making a low pass show bomb damaged military installations and marshaling yards. Aerial views of bomb-damage in a concentration camp. A large town square is seen from the air, with numerous refugees moving about . Bomb-damaged buildings in the town. A U.S. Army L5 Stinson aircraft parked on an airfield.
Bomb damage in Wiesbaden, Germany during World War II. Aerial views from rear of a U.S. Army Air Force aircraft making a low pass show bomb damaged marshaling yards. Shadow of the aircraft on ground reveals that it is a J-3 Piper Cub. Aerial views of bombed out bridge towers and bridges over rivers. Large town square with many people gathered there. A bomb-damaged train and buildings along a track. Bomb-damaged residential apartment buildings. The shells of former homes.
View inside mess tent set up on Wiesbaden Air Force Base in Wiesbaden, Germany, to support personnel in NATO Exercise Cirrus, 1951. Cooks are seen preparing and cooking food in large trays, and placing some in strainers to be served. Scene shifts to cooks dispensing dinners to some NATO airmen as they pass along in a chow line.
Operation Jupiter. Wiesbaden Germany. A ramp wheeled to C-47 aircraft with foreign markings. Italian officers, Lieutenant General Urbani, Chief of Staff Italian Air force, and General Unia, a Wing Commander of Italian Air Force, greeted by Colonel Rich, Chief of Staff, 12th Air Force, and Colonel Roberts, Commanding Officer of Wiesbaden Air Force Base. Italian and American officers review an honor guard and get into a car. Nose of C-47 aircraft. Italian and American personnel stand by the door of plane. The plane taxis away.
Exercise Jupiter, Wiesbaden West Germany, September, 1951. (This was a three-day, French-directed war game involving Allied forces in Europe. Among those on hand to observe the exercise was the SHAPE commander, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.) In opening scene, an Italian pilot in flight suit, leans into the cockpit of a De Havilland DH-100 Vampire jet plane displaying number 72 on it's nose, at Wiesbaden Air Force Base. A ground crewman connects an auxiliary power unit to the aircraft, as the pilot adjusts his helmet. Closeup of the Italian pilot reaching into the cockpit. A U.S. C-47 transport plane taxis in the background. Two other Italian pilots, in flight gear, appear nearby plus a U.S. Air Force flight line tug. The other pilots stroll around the Vampire jet. Next, the tug is seen moving away as other Italian pilots gather around Vampire jets on the flight line. The tug, carrying several Italian officers, backs up to jet number 72, and hooks up and tows away the auxiliary power unit.
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