U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 transport plane, painted in D-Day invasion stripes, lands at improvised airstrip in Normandy, France,during World War 2. Barrage balloons surround the airstrip.The C-47 has numeral two painted by its U.S. star on fuselage. A second C-47 is seen on final approach to the airstrip. Foreground is marked by foxholes, possible shell holes and other signs of combat. U.S. Army Chief of Staff, George S. Marshall and Supreme Allied Commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower are seen consulting with British Officer of the Scots Guards, who reads a military dispatch. Military Police stand guard in background. They are joined by Admiral Ernest J, King, USN, and Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, Commanding General, 1st Army . The military leaders board jeeps in a convoy. Lieutenant General Henry (Hap) Arnold, Commanding General, U.S Army Air Forces, seen briefly as he steps from a C-47 aircraft. Marshall, Eisenhower, and King, boarding jeeps. They look up as a U.S. Air Forces B-17 bomber flies low overhead. General Marshal conversing with a helmeted army soldier. Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, USN, Commander Western Naval Task Force, steps from a C-47 transport airplane, followed by General Eisenhower.General Marshall and General Bradley (with bandaged nose) riding in a jeep. General Eisenhower and Admiral King seated in a jeep. Convoy of senior officers passing several troops and military vehicles along a road. Air Forces General Arnold in front seat of a jeep.The jeeps arrive at a building.
World War 2, in Europe. Military Police on military motorcycles and United States Army Generals in staff car. General Dwight Eisenhower, General Omar N Bradley, General Cortney Hodges, General William H. Simpson, Generals Collins, McLain, Parker, and Oliver with other officers posing. General Eisenhower, General Bradley and Lieutenant General William H. Simpson come out of building. A different scene, on a street in a village. Driver of a staff car has trouble starting the engine. So the Generals push the car to get it started and then get in and it drives away.
German prisoners hammering stakes near hospital tents. United States soldier watches. Prisoners set up cots outside hospital tent as United States soldiers watch. An armed Military Police officer can be seen. (World War II period).
President John Kennedy and wife Jackie Kennedy walking at Union Station. King Hassan II of Morocco is greeted by President Kennedy. Press photographers at the event. President and wife shake hands with dignitaries. View of policemen on motorbikes and cars travelling to the White House. View of crowd cheering at roadside. King Hassan II and President Kennedy arrive at the White House.
Inaugural parade for first freely elected President of Dominican Republic since 1924, Juan Bosch. Juan Bosch, American Vice President Lyndon Johnson and Venezuelan President Romulo Betancourt watch the parade. Policemen control crowd at the event.
View of crowd at O'Hare Airport in Chicago. President John Kennedy arrives and makes the formal dedication of O'Hare Airport. President John Kennedy passing in open car through streets of Chicago followed by policemen on motorbikes. Seated next to him is Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley. Crowd cheering and throwing ticker tape.
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