Title:COMMISSARY AT BEL MANOIR, FRANCE, PRIOR TO OPENING ON 13 JANUARY 1958 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1600
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:Interior of commissary at Bel Manoir, near Paris, on its opening day. Shots of empty freezers, ready to be stocked. Foodstuffs are unpacked and stocked; M H Baransky and Mess Sergeant J D Vaught (latter from Evansville, Indiana, stationed at Gießen/Giessen in Germany) unpack goods. Lieutenant Colonel James W Gerard (CO, QM Seine Area Command) and John D McEnaney (76th Medical Detachment, Vet Seine Area Command) oversee operations. More unpacking and stocking: among those helping out are Marie Le Neon, SP3 H E Summers (from Terre Haute, Indiana, HQ Detachment, SACCZ Paris), M Z Stauver and others.
The official opening ceremony: Colonel Barton (CO, Seine Area Command) cuts the ribbon. Other officers present include CWO Hills and SFC B Inglom (both HQ Detachment, SACCZ, Paris); Mrs Barton and French employee G Pilatis also stand by. Mrs Barton is the first shopper. Line of customers wait to enter: they are greeted by Colonel Barton. Check-out and bag packing. Sergeant Smith (7th Signal Battalion SVC, SHAPE) and his wife are seen shopping with trolley and checking out their goods. Porters pack boxes and carry bags.
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Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
