Title:GENERAL RIDGWAY VISITS PORTUGAL; GENERAL RIDGWAY VISITS BORDEAUX, FRANCE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1257
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:Footage relating to General Ridgway and Mrs Ridgway on visit to Portugal (date unknown). Footage relating to General Ridgway on visit to France (date unknown).
Description:General Ridgway and Mrs Ridgway arrive at Lisbon Airport where they are greeted by welcoming committee and inspect honour guard. In Lisbon, General Ridgway visits the Portuguese Defence Ministry where he meets fellow officers and the Portuguese Defence Minister (thought to be Lieutenant Colonel Fernando dos Santos Costa). He also visits the Portuguese President General Francisco H C Lopes (with the Defence Minister) at the Presidential Palace, Lisbon. On from there, General Ridgway visits the Portuguese Prime Ministry, where he meets Colonel Walters and Premier Dr Antonio de Oliveira Salazar. At Sao Juliao da Barra, General Ridgway poses with Joint Chiefs of Staff; he salutes them before leaving. In the evening, the General attends a cocktail party in his honour at the Palace Hotel, Estoril. Their visit to Portugal at an end, General Ridgway and Mrs Ridgway bid farewell to their hosts at Lisbon Airport; a Portuguese general kisses Mrs Ridgway's hand. General Ridgway arrives at Bordeaux Airport, where he is greeted by dignitaries including General Blanchard (Base CG); the General poses for GI "hobby" photographers. General Ridgway visits the US Bordeaux Detachment; afterwards, he speaks informally with General Blanchard and Colonel Lichirue (the Bordeaux Detachment CO) at Bordeaux Airport prior to his departure; he shakes hands with a line of airforce personnel (including a black warrant officer).
Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
