ARRIVAL OF ADM.ARLEIGH A.BURKE AT ORLY FIELD, THEN AT SHAPE, FRANCE

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ARRIVAL OF ADM.ARLEIGH A.BURKE AT ORLY FIELD, THEN AT SHAPE, FRANCE Short roll, just over 100", short caption giving information on film. ADMIRAL ARLEIGH A. BURKE (U.S.NAVY), CHIEF NAVAL OPERATIONS, DESIGNATE, ARRIVED TODAY AT ORLY FIELD NEAR PARIS WHERE HE WAS WELCOMED BY ADMIRAL ANDRE G. LEMONNIER (FRENCH NAVY), NAVAL DEPUTY, AND LT.GEN.C.V.R.SCHUYLER, CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER EUROPE. ADMIRAL BURKE LATER VISITED SHAPE WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED BY FIELD MARSHALL LORD MONTGOMERY, DEPUTY SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER EUROPE, AND BY SENIOR SHAPE OFFICERS 1) MLS R4D taxies toward camera.2) MS ADM.ANDRE G.LEMONNIER and LT.GEN.C.V.R.SCHUYLER with a group of officers meet plane.3) LA MS ADM. ARLEIGH A.BURKE disembarks from plane.4) CU Head to shoulders of ADM. BURKE.5) CU Head to shoulders of ADM. LEMONNIER.6) MS ADM.LEMONNIER, ADM.BURKE & LT.GEN.SCHUYLER talking ADM.BURKE salutes PAN as he gets into automobile.7) HA MS Shape insignia on back of automobile.8) MS Personnel standing about plane PAN L as automobile drives away.9) MS ADM's car comes toward camera he gets out & salutes someone who cannot be seen.10) MS ADM. and LT.GEN.SCHUYLER walking about grounds of building, (SV).11) MS Head and shoulders of ADM. BURKE and GEN. SCHUYLER.12) MS Head to shoulders of LT.GEN.SCHUYLER.13) MS Head to shoulders of ADM. BURKE.14) MS ADM.BURKE & GEN. SCHUYLER (waist high).QUALITY: GOOD

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities