- Title: VM-1036C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:59:04 - "NATO - PARTNERS IN PEACE" US PARTICIPATION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 00:59:09 - NARRATOR TELLS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) 00:59:49 - MONTAGE- SAILORS AND SOLDIERS BEING GREETED BY LOVED ONES AT THE PIERS AT END OF WWII MS- A SAILOR LIFTS HIS LADY AND SPINS AROUND WHILE KISSING HER. 01:00:03 - MS- A LITTLE BABY SOUND ASLEEP IN HER STROLLER 01:00:08 - MS- SOVIET DIPLOMAT ANDRE GROMYKO SPEAKS AT UN, THEN WALKS OUT. 01:00:36 - LS- A FARMER BEHIND HIS 2 HORSES PLOWING HIS FIELD. MONTAGE; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BUILDING CITIES. 01:00:54 - MONTAGE- SOVIET SOLDIERS MARCHING IN RED SQUARE. MS- ANIMATED MAP SHOW SOVIET DOMINATION OVER EASTERN EUROPE. MONTAGE- RIOTS IN WEST EUROPEAN STREETS. 01:02:12 - MS- FOREIGN MINISTERS OF WESTERN COUNTRIES MEET IN BRUSSELS IN 1948 TO FORM THE 'WESTERN UNION', A REGIONAL DEFENSE PACT. 01:02:26 - MS- DIPLOMATS OF 12 NATIONS MEET IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON APRIL 4, 1949 & SIGN THE NATO TREATY. DEAN ACHESON SIGNS FOR THE U.S. AS TRUMAN WATCHES. 01:02:49 - MS- MILITARY MEMBERS MEET AT TABLE TO SELECT A LEADER. DWIGHT EISENHOWER IS OFFERED THE JOB AS SUPREME COMMANDER. MS- IKE IN HIS CAP AND GOWN AS A UNIVERSITY DEAN. 01:03:16 - MS- TRUMAN ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT WITH IKE STANDING BY. LS- IKE PEERS OUT OF PLANE PORT HOLE, AS SEEN FROM OUTSIDE. HE NARRATES HIS FEELINGS. 01:04:02 - AERIAL- VIEW OF ARC DE TRIOMPHE IN PARIS AS SEEN BY IKE AS HE FLYS OVER. MS- CHILDREN PLAYING 'HOP SCOTCH' AND SOCCER IN THE FRENCH STREETS. AERIAL- VIEW OF PARIS AND EIFFEL TOWER AS IKE NARRATES. 01:04:57 - MS- IKE ARRIVES AT HIS HEADQUARTERS IN THE CENTER OF PARIS. MEETS WITH NATO COMMANDERS. MS- ANIMATED MAP SHOWS THE MAN POWER STRENGTH OF NATO AS OPPOSED TO THE SOVIET BLOC. 01:05:44 - MS- EUROPEAN RECRUITS MARCH TO THEIR INDUCTION STATION WHERE THE RECEIVE UNIFORMS. MONTAGE- THEY GO THROUGH TRAINING AND MANEUVERS 01:07:14 - MS- IKE INSPECTS CANADIAN AND AMERICAN SOLDIERS THAT RETURNED TO THE CONTINENT THEY JUST LIBERATED. 01:08:06 - MS- MILITARY OF ALL NATIONS SIT IN CLASSROOM OF NEWLY ESTABLISHED NATO DEFENSE COLLEGE. 01:08:18 - MS- STUDENTS WEARING UNIFORMS OF DIFFERENT NATIONS LISTEN TO AMERICAN INSTRUCTOR AT A TANK SCHOOL. 01:08:52 - MS- OFFICERS FROM NETHERLANDS, LUXEMBORG AND BELGIUM PERUSE A MAP AT A NATO COMMAND POST 01:10:24 - LS- GENERAL IKE SALUTES AS FLAGS OF TURKEY AND GREESE ARE RAISED 01:11:13 - LS- TROOPS OF U.S. 7TH ARMY CARRY BOATS ON THE SNOWY SHORE OF A RIVER IN THE ALPS AND CROSS AS THEY PARTICIPATE IN EXERCISE 'SNOWSHOE', WITH BRITISH SOLDIERS. 01:11:39 - MS- 'WE LIKE IKE' SIGN IS RAISED AS THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENT TAKE PLACE IN U.S. WOMEN CAMPAIGN WORKERS CARRY 'IKE' BUTTONS ON THEIR CHEST 01:12:03 - LS- IKE AND HIS SUCCESSOR GENERAL RIDGEWAY SHAKE WITH DIPLOMATS OF NATO AS IKE STEPS DOWN 01:12:45 - MS- NATO TROOPS RECEIVE A NEW TELETYPE MACHINE AND TEST A PORTABLE FLAME THROWER AND SMOKE BOMBS 01:13:08 - LS- TOP NATO MILITARY INCLUDING GENERAL RIDGEWAY AND GENERAL NORSTADT, ARE ON HAND FOR AN AIR SHOW 01:13:32 - MS- GENERALS RIDGEWAY, BRADLEY AND GENERALS FROM OTHER NATO COUNTRIES GET TOGETHER FOR OPERATION 'EQUINOX', A MOCK AIRBORNE INVASION PROBLEM. 01:13:59 - THE FRENCH 25TH AIRBORNE DIVISION PLAYS THE PART OF THE INVADER. LS- PARATROOPS DROP FROM THE SKY. 01:14:51 - AERIAL- TROOPS LAND ON EUROPEAN COAST LINES IN LANDING CRAFTS, RUNNING INLAND OFF THE BOATS. 01:15:34 - LS- NATO COUNCIL CONVENES AT LISBON, PORTUGAL FOR IT'S 9TH MEETING. BRITAIN'S ANTHONY EDEN, U.S. DEAN ACHESON, GENERAL ALFRED GRUNTHER, AVERELL HARRIMAN AND GENERAL LORD ISTMAY ARE ALL THERE. 01:16:21 - MS- GENERAL RIDGEWAY WITH GENERAL GRUNTHER SEATED NEXT TO HIM BIDS FAREWELL AND INTRODUCING HIS SUCCESSOR TO LEAD NATO, GENERAL GRUNTHER, WHO MAKES A SPEECH. 01:17:44 - MS- GENERAL RIDGEWAY MAKES A FINAL REVIEW OF THE HONOR GUARD BEFORE BOARDING A PLANE TO WASHINGTON WHERE HE WILL BE CHIEF OF STAFF. 01:17:59 - CU- A GI TAKES RIFLE CARTRIDGES OUT OF SMALL BOX AND LOADS THEM IN A CLIP. EACH NATION HAS A DIFFERENT CARTRIDGE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE. 01:18:56 - MS- GENERAL L.E. SIMON OF THE ORDINANCE CORP TELLS ABOUT STANDARDIZING THE CARTRIDGES. 01:19:59 - MS- MADAME AURIOL, WIFE OF FRENCH PRESIDENT ATTENDS GRADUATION OF FRENCH AND OTHER NATO PILOTS, AT AN AMERICAN SCHOOL IN THE DESERT. 01:20:17 - MONTAGE- FACES OF FRENCH AND OTHER COUNTRY'S GRADS. THEIR ARM PATCHES TELL THE COUNTRY. 01:21:07 - LS- THE 'MATADOR' A REMOTE CONTROLLED PILOTLESS AIRCRAFT IS TEST FIRED AND IT CRASHES IN THE OCEAN. IT IS A NEW NATO WEAPON. 01:23:19 - MONTAGE- HIGH RANKING NATO OFFICERS MEET IN THE FIELD FOR MANEUVERS. OPERATION 'MONTE CARLO' WHICH INCLUDE THE USE OF THE ATOMIC CANNON. 01:23:29 - LS- FRENCH TROOPS UNCOVER A CANNON FROM UNDER A CAMOUFLAGED NETTING. CU- THE CANNON BARREL FACES THE CAMERA. 01:25:08 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1948
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1036C