NATO "Exercise Monte Carlo" in Germany. Marshal Alphonse Juin of France, Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe, arrives by car and is greeted by Lieutenant General William M. Hoge, Commander of the United States 7th Army . (General Hoge is also the Maneuver Director.) NATO military observers accompany Marshal Juin. They all walk through the woods to an encampment. There they examine a map depicting the exercise region. They pause outside a tent and then proceed further through the woods. a wooded area. Several They walk through the woods to an encampment. There they examine a map depicting exercise information. They pause outside a tent and then proceed further through the woods.
As part of the NATO forces, U.S. 7th Army tanks, troops, and artillery participate in "Exercise Cordon Bleu" with Central Army Group and 4th Tactical Air Force. One object of the exercise, among others, was to improve coordination of NATO forces of various types and nationalities. American M24 tanks move past a monitoring team parked at side of the road during the exercises in Germany. Another scene shows soldiers on motorcycles moving along a road and heavy armor following. A mortar team in the field. Infantry in defensive positions. A tank is guided into a firing position. Gunner on top of tank. Tank turret rotates. The name: "Austerlitz" painted on the turret. Tank commander looks through binoculars. Several NATO aircraft fly overhead and swoop low over water area. A tank rolls over a bridge, past Marshal Alphonse juin of France, Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe, who is standing at side of road. Two F-80 jet fighters swoop low overhead. Marshal Juin is joined by two French officers, one a tank commander in helmet and goggles.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Arthur Radford, inspects U.S. installations in Germany. He is greeted by officers as he disembarks from an aircraft. He shakes hands with officers. He tours the Frankfurt Air Base and Rhine River Patrol. Several cars parked at the airport. He inspects a machine part. Other officers stand in the background. He bends down and observes in detail. He looks at a document. The officers salute him. He shakes hands with the officers.
Varied passenger activities aboard the German ocean liner Saint Louis, of the Hamburg American Line. Arrival of ship St. Louis in Cuxhaven, Germany. Passengers stand on the deck of the ship. Various ships seen at the Hamburg harbor.
Soldiers parade in Germany. A large crowd of officers assemble in a hall. Nazi flags in the background. The soldiers holding guns march through the streets. Few officers on horse carts and few on horses. Civilians gather on either side of the street to watch the parade. Women hold flowers. A building in the background. Soldiers walk holding wreaths. Few officers follow them. Wreaths on and around a crematory. Soldiers march holding guns and flags through the streets. German newspapers. Civilians outside an office. A man sits at a desk. A well and a field seen.
Soldiers parade in Germany. Few officers on horse carts and few on horses. The soldiers march through the streets. Nazi flags on a building in the background Civilians gather on either sides of the street to watch the parade. Soldiers march through streets holding their guns. Women hold flowers. A large building in the background. Officers sitting in cars enter a gate. Soldiers salute the officers in the car.
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