Us Chiefs Of Staff In London (1949)

Unused / unissued footage - dates and / or locations may be unclear or unknown. Cuts from newsreel 49/63 - US Chiefs of Staff arrive at Northolt aerodrome. M/S of Admiral Denfield (Chief of Staff American Navy) walking towards microphone. Generals Hoyt Vandenberg (Chief of Staff US Air Force) and Omar Bradley (Chief of Staff American Army) follow. English officers grouped around. Elevated M/S of Admiral Denfield being greeted by Lord Tedder. M/S of Denfield, Vandenberg and Bradley in front of mike. Bradley gets into car. Tedder shakes hands with Vandenberg with others grouped around. Pan across windscreen of US Generals’ car. C/U of American flag - Stars and Stripes - flying with Union Jack flag. Tedder and Denfield walking past line of RAF men. RAF Guard of Honour. C/U of name ’The Independence’ on aeroplane. Seal of President of United States on side of plane. Back view of the three chiefs being greeted by British officers. Tedder, Admiral Lord Bruce Fraser (of North Cape Royal Navy)