U.S. sailors on the deck of USS Quincy,as the destroyer USS Murphy approaches to tie up to the Quincy. U.S. sailors and members of King Ibn Saud's Royal Party, from Saudi Arabia, can be seen on the deck of the USS Murphy. Sailors make fast lines between the two ships. View from bridge of USS Quincy.
Small U.S. military honor guard assembles at Saki airport in Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine to greet President Franklin Roosevelt and party who will be arriving on a flight from Malta. They form up near a parked U.S. Air Force C-47. The President's 4-engine VC-54C is seen on final approach. It lands and and taxis in. Palm trees seen in distance. Field is under construction. Several people deplane. Air Force officers standing by car on tarmac. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, daughter of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, descends ladder from the parked VC-54C Presidential aircraft (nicknamed the "Sacred Cow"). President Roosevelt is seen after being seated in front seat of car, next to young soldier driver to whom he speaks. They drive off, preceded and followed by jeeps, carrying other members of the Presidential party. (World War II period).
U.S. 7th Infantry Division in Bleialf, Germany. C-47 Skytrains in flight during World War II. They drop parachute supplies for U.S. 7th Infantry Division.
A cold rainy evening in Germany. Two U.S. Army jeeps enter the courtyard of a building in the vicinity of Bleialf, being used as a headquarters, by VIII Corps. Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Commander, U.S. 3rd Army, accompanied by staff members, steps from his jeep and ascends steps of the building, where an officer holds the door for him. A dog also greets him on the top step. Later, General Patton is seen leaving the building, followed by a Major General. An officer from the building sees them off, informally. He wears the insignia of VIII Corps on his uniform sleeve.
French General Charles Henri De Gaulle during a ceremony in Saverne, France. The French General U.S. Lieutenant General Alexander Patch and U.S. Lt. General Jacob Loucks Devers with Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre. The General in a stand reviews French troops as they pass. General Gaulle talks to U.S. Generals. People look out from a window. General De Gaulle gets off from a car and is greeted by French troops. A French military band plays different instruments. French troops stand in a squad. General Gaulle inspects them. He stands with U.S. Lt. General Alexander Patch and U.S. Lt. General Jacob Loucks Devers talks to them. Croix de Guerre pined up on the uniforms of U.S. Generals. (World War II period)
The destroyer USS Murphy carrying King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia and party approaches the presidential Cruiser USS Quincy. U.S. sailors on the deck of USS Quincy as well as on USS Murphy. The sailors salute. A motorboat in the background. The deck of the destroyer. Several scenes of crews securing lines between the two ships. Arab party members and sailors on the deck. King Saud seated on a chair surrounded by other Arabs and Colonel Eddy (USMC) who serves as an interpreter. Walking very slowly, with help of a cane, King Ibn Saud goes aboard the presidential ship and greets President Franklin D. Roosevelt who is seated on a chair. Saud speaks to President Roosevelt with the help of , Colonel Eddy, the interpreter.
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