American military presence in Europe (1949)

American soldiers walk down the street of a European city during their discharge from their unit.

Police officers on a city street.

A jeep with American soldiers drives along the sidewalk, people run in front of the car.

View of the top of the Capitol building in Washington.

US President Truman H. signs the North Atlantic Pact on April 4, 1949. Truman's face.

A motorcycle escort of American military police accompanies the car of one of the generals.

An American general gets out of the car.

The general's face.

American military personnel who arrived for a meeting of the NATO chiefs of staff descend the steps of an airplane, greeting their French and British colleagues.

Reinforced police patrols on the streets of Paris.

British Marshal Montgomery salutes.

French and British military personnel and journalists walk to the location of the command post during NATO troop maneuvers.

Montgomery talks with French generals.

NATO troop commanders at the command post (panorama).

View of part of the training ground during maneuvers.

General De Gaulle S. delivers a speech into a microphone.

View of one of the old streets of Strasbourg.

Palace in Strasbourg.

NATO ministers gather for a meeting on May 5, 1949, get out of their cars.

Views of the conference hall (from above), speeches by conference participants.

Churchill W. stands leaning on the railing during a break in the meeting.

US President Truman H. presents an order to the head of the American military administration in Germany, General Clay L., for organizing the American airlift in 1949. Residents of a city in West Germany during street protests (panorama).

Road sign in West Germany.

An airborne unit of the Bundeswehr during boarding an airplane.

The face of the release officer.

German paratroopers leave the plane during another NATO maneuver.

A map with marked NATO military bases surrounding the territory of the USSR (animation).