NATO Chiefs At Shape (1953)

Unissued / unused material. Marly Le Roi, SHAPE HQ, nr Paris, France. Nato representatives visit Supreme Headquarters Atlantic Powers in Europe. C/U General Le Clerc of French Army arriving. C/U sign “No Cameras Please“. M/S General Matthew Ridgway, commander-in-chief Atlantic Pact Forces and General Omar Bradley, chief of US army. L/S large number of delegates and officers walking into building. M/S two American officers. M/S General Hoyt Vandenburg Chief of Staff US Air Force, General Lauris Norstadt, Supreme Allied Commander and General Curtis Le May arriving. M/S General Lechere, French Delegate to the Western Defence Council, with Admiral Duvuistgaurd. M/S General Sheaphard of US Marines. M/S Bradley and Ridgway arriving. M/S Marshal Juin arriving. M/S Marshal Juin, commander-in-chief Atlantic Pact Armed Forces in Central Europe, arriving. M/S Viscount Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (Monty), commander-in-chief of Western Union Land Forces, with peaked hat. C/U Montgomery. M/S unknown
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