Title:GENERAL RIDGWAY ARRIVES IN FRANCE TO TAKE OVER AS SACEUR (SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER EUROPE), 27 MAY 1952 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1185
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:General Ridgway's arrival in Paris, subsequent wreath-laying at the Arc de Triomphe and arrival at SHAPE headquarters, 1952.
Description:General Ridgway arrives at Orly Field, Paris, with his wife and son Matthew Junior. The general is greeted by Lord Ismay and General Eisenhower, accompanied by General Montgomery, General Gruenther, General Bradley, Admiral Lemonnier, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Saunders and French Defence Minister René Pleven. Six cameras film the proceedings - one of the cameraman is Lieutenant Sam Goldwyn Junior, son of the Hollywood producer. In Paris, General Ridgway lays a wreath at the Arc de Triomphe, accompanied by Colonel Jones (the General's interpreter), General Eisenhower, General Koenig and René Pleven. Finally, General Ridgway arrives at SHAPE Headquarters with General Gruenther and Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Saunders.
Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
