Title:GENERAL LAURIS NORSTAD, THE NEW SACEUR (SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER EUROPE), CIRCA 20 NOVEMBER 1956 - REEL 1 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1555
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:Overview of General Norstad's background and family life in view of his contemporaneous appointment as Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
Description:Title "People in the News". Shots of SHAPE headquarters and General Norstad (with General Gruenther) are followed by shots of Redwing, Minnesota, the General's birthplace: railway station, school, golf course. General Norstad at work: meeting with General Eisenhower, attending briefing and conference. General Norstad's home life: his house in Paris, his dog, some of his possessions (Meissen figurine, records, hunting and fishing equipment). Family: his wife and 18-year-old daughter Kristin.
Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
