D-DAY, PLUS SEVEN YEARS, NORMANDY, FRANCE ; LT. GEN. CHARLES E. BOLTE AND WIFE ARRIVE, ORLY FIELD, PARIS, FRANCE ; NATO AIR CONFERENCE, FRENCH AIR SCHOOL, PARIS, FRANCE ; GEN. HOYT S. VANDENBERG, ORLY FIELD, PARIS ; ADM. ROBERT B. CARNEY, US NAVY CINC ALLIED FORCES SOUTHERN EUROPE, ARRIVES, ORLY FIELD, PARIS ; STOCK SHOTS, CHAMPS ELYSEES, PARIS Part 1

Description

French people in peasant costume. Two little boys dressed in cut-down American uniforms. CU, young man with two girls dressed in peasant costumes. Shot, of people in front of Hotel de Ville. Gen Eisenhower and Mrs Eisenhower, officers and officials as the Gen places wreath at a marker in street. CU, of wreath placed by Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower. -- MS, Bolte coming down from plane is greeted by an officer; Mrs Bolte leaves plane. Bolte introduces his aide. MS, as Bolte talks to officers around him. Cars leave - it is raining. CU, three-star plaque on MATS plane. Coverage of the same arrival taken by another cameraman: General leaving in car. -- Officers of various nations are seated around table. MSs, around the table, including Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff, US Air Force; and Lt Gen Lauris Norstad, Comd Allied Air Forces Central Europe. Others are: Maj Gen Robert M. Taylor, US; Air Marshal Sir Hugh Saunders, Air Deputy Saceur, UK; Maj Gen A. Baretta, Netherlands Air Force; Lt Gen Francois Lecheres, French Air Force; Lt Gen Bjorne Oen, Comd of Norwegian AF; Marshal Sir John Slessor, Chief of Staff, RAF; Marshal Wilfred A. Curtis, RCAF; Lt Gen Carl Christian Jacob Forslev, Danish RAF; Gen Aldo Urbani, Ch of Staff, Italian AF; Lt Gen Lucien Le Boutte, Belgian AF. -- Ext Gen Vandenberg leaving the press room. General walking toward plane. Civilian approaches and speaks to him. Gen Vandenberg standing at ramp, then turning, and going aboard. Pan, MLS, of the Constellation plane taxiing r/l. -- Adm Carney leaving plane, being greeted. CU, Adm Carney as he speaks to French admiral. CU, of Carney smiling, then turning, speaking. MS, Carney speaking with the French officer. Group of officers standing in front of plane. Officer shakes hands with Carney. -- LS from Arch of Triumph up the Champs Elysees, automobile traffic. CU, of statue. Souvenir stand in the park. Several women, some children. Two women are having a soft drink; two other children standing at the other end of the stand. A Coca-Cola sign, among others. CU, wares on the counter. Automobile traffic. In background, the Champs Elysees. LS, pedestrians on the boulevard, showing the fashionable shops. A few young Frenchwomen looking in shop. MS, as one of the women adjusts the tie-backs on her sandals. Men's shop on corner. Man and young boy looking at shoes in store window. MLS, people seated at tables in outdoor Cafe George V. MS, couple at table chatting. MS, front of Ford Agency. People looking at window which features a sign "Dog Show." LS, Arch of Triumph. Traffic coming toward camera. A gendarme directing traffic in foreground.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities