Title:GENERAL GRUENTHER VISITS NORWAY AND DENMARK, 23 AUGUST 1953 - REEL 1 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1369
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:General Gruenther talks to the press and others on his arrival at Sola Airport, Stavanger, Norway. He inspects King's Honour Guard and meets General O Berg (Commander-in-Chief of the NATO Joint Defence Staff) and Lieutenant General F Lambrechts (Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force); General Gruenther attends conference in Oslo, "Luftkommando Vestlandt". He meets Norwegian officials including Halvard Manthey Lange (Minister of Foreign Affairs), Oscar Torp (Prime Minister) and Nils Langhelle (Minister of Defence). At the conference table, he sits with General Sir Robert Mansergh; General Gruenther arrives at the Headquarters Allied Forces Northern Command where he is greeted by General N R Moore (Chief of Staff) and General Robert Mansergh (CINCNORTH). Inside, he meets officers. Outside, he speaks and shakes hands with female personnel; General Gruenther gives press conference at the Grand Hotel, Oslo; General Gruenther and Mrs Gruenther attend dinner as guests of honour at the Bristol Hotel, Oslo; General Gruenther arrives at Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, where inspects Guard of Honour of the Royal Danish Air Force and meets Admiral E C Quistgaard (Chief of Defence) and Ole Bjørn Kraft. Also present is General Robert Mansergh; General Gruenther, Ole Bjørn Kraft, General Mansergh and Admiral Quistgaard at conference table; General Gruenther and his wife attend formal dinner with Mr and Mrs Kraft in Copenhagen; General Gruenther lays wreath on a tomb at Rynanger, Denmark, in honour of men and women of the Danish underground who died fighting the Nazis. Afterwards, he talks with Admiral Quistgaard and other officers.
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Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
