PRIX GENERAL LECLERC SHOOTING CONTEST, SENNELAGER, GERMANY, 24 AUGUST 1956; RALPH CAMPNEY, CANADIAN MINISTER OF DEFENCE AND FRANK MILLER, DEPUTY MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE, VISIT SHAPE HEADQUARTERS, 24 AUGUST 1956 [Allocated Title]
Title:PRIX GENERAL LECLERC SHOOTING CONTEST, SENNELAGER, GERMANY, 24 AUGUST 1956; RALPH CAMPNEY, CANADIAN MINISTER OF DEFENCE AND FRANK MILLER, DEPUTY MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE, VISIT SHAPE HEADQUARTERS, 24 AUGUST 1956 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1534
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:Cover of the Prix LeClerc shooting competitition, featuring partcipants from the armies of Belgium, the United Kingdom, Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the United States, and a visit from Canadian officials to SHAPE Headquarters.
Description:VIPs at the 1956 Prix General Leclerc competition: Major General A T Macnamara (at the small arms tournament), General Richard N Gale (C-in-C Northern Army Group), General Storke, General Clark, Sir Eugen Millington-Drake and General Hodges (Commanding General, US Army Europe). The competition: French, Dutch and British Troops charge targets, as spectators (including men of the Royal Ulster Rifles) watch. Targets are patched (men of First Sherwood Foresters working the targets): Canadian soldiers charge targets and use machine gun. British and Dutch soldiers on the small arms target range. Presentation ceremony: Sir Eugen Millington-Drake (the competition's founder) addresses the teams and awards the Prix Leclerc trophy to the victorious French team. The US team (2nd place) and the British tram (3rd place) are also congratulated. Medals are awarded.
Canadian officials visit SHAPE Headquarters, and meet General Gruenther and General Norstad, August 1956.
Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
