LAST "VITTLES" PLANE FOR BERLIN, RHEIN MAIN AFB, FRANKFURT, GERMANY ; SIGNING OF PAPERS LEGALIZING THE NEW GERMAN CABINET, NEAR BONN, GERMANY Part 2

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 7658-1 ADC 7658 SOURCE: AFCF Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC B&W MP 810V Silent RG 111 LAST "VITTLES" PLANE FOR BERLIN Accession III-NAV-210 Rhein Main AFB, Frankfurt, Germany 4 Oct 1949 - (ESPC50C-49) - MLS, last "Vittles" plane warming up; mechanic makes final check on the landing gear. Pilot gives signal to start the other propellers. Mechanic removes chocks from underneath wheels. Plane taxis slowly into position. FS,L/R, plane lifts off ground in takeoff. (NOTE: slight jiggle in the above ftge. but all is usable.) SIGNING OF PAPERS LEGALIZING THE NEW GERMAN CABINET (SPX-76) Near Bonn, Germany; 21 Sept 1949 (ESPC49-49) FS, Dr Konrad Adenauer, German Chancellor, leaving the Petersberg Hotel. Honor Guard lines the entrance. Int. hotel of the three High Commissioners at table: Gen Sir Brian Robertson, Andre F Poncet, John J McCloy. Scenes as the commissioners sign documents. HS, Poncet leaves hotel, gets into car; car drives away. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY MS/kr Signal Corps 111 ADC 7658-2 ADC 7658 SOURCE: AFCF Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC B&W MP 810 ₽ Silent RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 SIGNING OF PAPERS LEGALIZING THE NEW GERMAN CABINET (SPX-76) (Cont'd) Near Bonn, Germany, 21 Sept 1949 (ESPC49-49) (Cont'd) Int, hotel during reception. Different cut=ins of guest. Dr Adenauer chats with Robertson. CUs, McCloy, Poncet, Maj Gen George P Hays, Ludwig Erhard, German Minister of Economics, and others conversing informally. Ext, Petersberg Hotel; Honor Guard at entrance. FS, Adenauer followed by Erhard and another man enters car. Poncet leaves, enters car. LS, portion of exterior of hotel. American and French flags fly from the top of the building. In fg, another flag, unidentified. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, N Y MS/kr

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities