CELEBRATION OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF FONTAINEBLEAU ("COUR DES ADIEUX") BY GENERAL PATTON AND THE US 3RD ARMY, INCLUDING INSPECTION OF ALLIED PERSONNEL AT FONTAINEBLEAU AND LAYING OF THE PATTON BRIDGE FOUNDATION STONE AT VALINS, 22 AUGUST 1954; MEETING OF SENIOR PERSONNEL DURING OPERATION KEYSTONE, 7 SEPTEMBER 1954; SENATOR WILEY VISITS GENERAL GRUENTHER AT SHAPE HEADQUARTERS, 14 SEPTEMBER 1954 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: CELEBRATION OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF FONTAINEBLEAU ("COUR DES ADIEUX") BY GENERAL PATTON AND THE US 3RD ARMY, INCLUDING INSPECTION OF ALLIED PERSONNEL AT FONTAINEBLEAU AND LAYING OF THE PATTON BRIDGE FOUNDATION STONE AT VALINS, 22 AUGUST 1954; MEETING OF SENIOR PERSONNEL DURING OPERATION KEYSTONE, 7 SEPTEMBER 1954; SENATOR WILEY VISITS GENERAL GRUENTHER AT SHAPE HEADQUARTERS, 14 SEPTEMBER 1954 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: NAT 1459
  • Other titles: SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Inspection of Allied personnel attached to Central European Command at Fontainebleau Palace. Troops line the driveway to Fontainebleau, ready for inspection. Allied officers walk past Spahi honour guard on palace steps. VIPs include Marshal Juin (France), General Brigoo (France), General Montignay (Belgium), the French War Minister (believed to be René Pleven) and Mr Dillon (US Ambassador to France). VIPs take the salute as national anthems are played. At Valins, Mr Dillon unveils the foundation stone of the General Patton Bridge as dignitaries and US honour guard stand by: inscription states that the stone is in memory of General Patton by his 3rd Army. Major General Robert Eaton (USAF, Commanding General, 6th Allied Tactical Air Force) visits Eleusis Air Base, Greece, during Operation Keystone; he is pictured with the Base Commander, Group Captain Demosthenes Karakitsos, Greek Air Force. The two men drive off to the airfield in a jeep; Major General Eaton shakes hands with Group Captain Karakitsos prior to departing. Senator Wiley (Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee) visits General Gruenther at SHAPE headquarters; the two men talk to members of the press and shake hands outside the Supreme Commander's office wing.
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  • Alternative Title: SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
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  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: NAT 1459
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  • Access Conditions: IWM NATO © NATO (IWM, NAT 1459)
  • Featured Period: 1945-1989
  • Production Date: 1954-08-22-1954-08-22
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  • Production Details:North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Sponsor) Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details:Footage: 233ft; Running time: c. 2 mins 40 secs
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