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"NATO - PARTNERS IN PEACE"
US PARTICIPATION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION |
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NARRATOR TELLS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO)
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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.
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MS- A LITTLE BABY SOUND ASLEEP IN HER STROLLER
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MS- SOVIET DIPLOMAT ANDRE GROMYKO SPEAKS AT UN, THEN WALKS OUT.
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| 01:00:36 114.77 |
LS- A FARMER BEHIND HIS 2 HORSES PLOWING HIS FIELD. MONTAGE; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BUILDING CITIES.
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| 01:00:54 132.77 |
MONTAGE- SOVIET SOLDIERS MARCHING IN RED SQUARE.
MS- ANIMATED MAP SHOW SOVIET DOMINATION OVER EASTERN EUROPE. MONTAGE- RIOTS IN WEST EUROPEAN STREETS. |
| 01:02:12 210.77 |
MS- FOREIGN MINISTERS OF WESTERN COUNTRIES MEET IN BRUSSELS IN 1948 TO FORM THE 'WESTERN UNION', A REGIONAL DEFENSE PACT.
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| 01:02:26 224.77 |
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.
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| 01:02:49 247.77 |
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.
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| 01:03:16 274.77 |
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.
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| 01:04:02 320.77 |
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. |
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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. |
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MS- EUROPEAN RECRUITS MARCH TO THEIR INDUCTION STATION WHERE THE RECEIVE UNIFORMS. MONTAGE- THEY GO THROUGH TRAINING AND MANEUVERS
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| 01:07:14 512.77 |
MS- IKE INSPECTS CANADIAN AND AMERICAN SOLDIERS THAT RETURNED TO THE CONTINENT THEY JUST LIBERATED.
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| 01:08:06 564.77 |
MS- MILITARY OF ALL NATIONS SIT IN CLASSROOM OF NEWLY ESTABLISHED NATO DEFENSE COLLEGE.
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MS- STUDENTS WEARING UNIFORMS OF DIFFERENT NATIONS LISTEN TO AMERICAN INSTRUCTOR AT A TANK SCHOOL.
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MS- OFFICERS FROM NETHERLANDS, LUXEMBORG AND BELGIUM PERUSE A MAP AT A NATO COMMAND POST
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LS- GENERAL IKE SALUTES AS FLAGS OF TURKEY AND GREESE ARE RAISED
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| 01:11:13 751.77 |
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.
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| 01:11:39 777.77 |
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 |
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LS- IKE AND HIS SUCCESSOR GENERAL RIDGEWAY SHAKE WITH DIPLOMATS OF NATO AS IKE STEPS DOWN
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| 01:12:45 843.77 |
MS- NATO TROOPS RECEIVE A NEW TELETYPE MACHINE AND TEST A PORTABLE FLAME THROWER AND SMOKE BOMBS
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| 01:13:08 866.77 |
LS- TOP NATO MILITARY INCLUDING GENERAL RIDGEWAY AND GENERAL NORSTADT, ARE ON HAND FOR AN AIR SHOW
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| 01:13:32 890.77 |
MS- GENERALS RIDGEWAY, BRADLEY AND GENERALS FROM OTHER NATO COUNTRIES GET TOGETHER FOR OPERATION 'EQUINOX', A MOCK AIRBORNE INVASION PROBLEM.
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| 01:13:59 917.77 |
THE FRENCH 25TH AIRBORNE DIVISION PLAYS THE PART OF THE INVADER. LS- PARATROOPS DROP FROM THE SKY.
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AERIAL- TROOPS LAND ON EUROPEAN COAST LINES IN LANDING CRAFTS, RUNNING INLAND OFF THE BOATS.
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| 01:15:34 1012.77 |
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. |
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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.
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| 01:17:44 1142.77 |
MS- GENERAL RIDGEWAY MAKES A FINAL REVIEW OF THE HONOR GUARD BEFORE BOARDING A PLANE TO WASHINGTON WHERE HE WILL BE CHIEF OF STAFF.
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CU- A GI TAKES RIFLE CARTRIDGES OUT OF SMALL BOX AND LOADS THEM IN A CLIP. EACH NATION HAS A DIFFERENT CARTRIDGE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE.
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| 01:18:56 1214.77 |
MS- GENERAL L.E. SIMON OF THE ORDINANCE CORP TELLS ABOUT STANDARDIZING THE CARTRIDGES.
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| 01:19:59 1277.77 |
MS- MADAME AURIOL, WIFE OF FRENCH PRESIDENT ATTENDS GRADUATION OF FRENCH AND OTHER NATO
PILOTS, AT AN AMERICAN SCHOOL IN THE DESERT. |
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MONTAGE- FACES OF FRENCH AND OTHER COUNTRY'S GRADS. THEIR ARM PATCHES TELL THE COUNTRY.
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| 01:21:07 1345.77 |
LS- THE 'MATADOR' A REMOTE CONTROLLED PILOTLESS AIRCRAFT IS TEST FIRED AND IT CRASHES IN THE OCEAN. IT IS A NEW NATO WEAPON.
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| 01:23:19 1477.77 |
MONTAGE- HIGH RANKING NATO OFFICERS MEET IN THE FIELD FOR MANEUVERS. OPERATION 'MONTE CARLO' WHICH INCLUDE THE USE OF THE ATOMIC CANNON.
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LS- FRENCH TROOPS UNCOVER A CANNON FROM UNDER A CAMOUFLAGED NETTING. CU- THE CANNON BARREL FACES THE CAMERA.
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