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Shot by an unknown American in the early 1960s -- possibly 1961 -- this color home movie prominently features footage of Civil Air Patrol and Military Air Transport (MATS) activities. The film shows various trips to military bases and civilian hotels, as well as official government meetings across the Caribbean and Western Europe. The film begins in Puerto Rico and goes on to show short clips from the Caribbean Sea, Miami, as well as Washington, D.C. the nation’s capital and sites from in and around Denmark.

Navy cadets lineup for inspection in Puerto Rico, possibly NS Roosevelt Roads or Ramey Air Force Base in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (0:15). Naval officers march in coordination (0:27). Cadets march in coordination (1:58). Drum-line of the New York Wing Civil Air Patrol USAF Auxiliary (3:13). Navy marching band (3:40). Awards ceremony (4:04). Patch for Puerto Rico (4:17). Caribe Hilton hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico (4:30). Fortín de San Gerónimo (5:13). The Virgin Isle Hotel in St. Thomas (5:45). Men, women, and children congregate on a street corner (5:56). 1960s VW van (6:09). Grounds of The Virgin Isle hotel (6:26). View of the Caribbean Sea (6:40). Miami Beach (6:51). The Broadmoor Miami Beach (7:19). Side of military plane that reads Civil Air Patrol USAF Auxiliary (7:38). Air Force pilots speak next to the plane (7:49). Dulles International Airport Washington, D.C. (8:05). Military Air Transport Service (MATS) plane (8:12). Servicemen board the plane (8:29). Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France (8:35). Arrival in Copenhagen, Denmark (8:41). Reisebureauet Danmark Travel Bureau office (8:44). Awning with Beefeater Gin advertisement (8:48). United States of America Embassy in Denmark (8:52). A man who we speculate is US Ambassador William McCormick Blair Jr. (9:15), who served from 1961-64 in that position. Street scenes from Copenhagen: Bikes and cable cars (9:34). Amalienborg Palace (10:23). The Danish Royal Guard march from Rosenborg Castle to Amalienborg Palace for the Changing of the Guard ceremony (10:23). Conference of military officials and ambassadors from various countries i.e. France, Portugal. Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Switzerland, U.S.A. (11:12). Officials go on a tour of Tuborg Brewery (12:15). Scandinavian Airlines airline hangar (12:55). Headquarters of Wiesbadener Kurier German newspaper (13:03). Schwarzer Bock Hotel (13:05). WWII buildings in ruins in the city of Wiesbaden, Germany (13:10). MATS branch at the Lajes Field Military Base in Azores, Portugal (13:31). Terra Nostra Restaurant Azores (13:38). U.S. Naval Station, Argentia, Newfoundland (14:07).

Military Air Transport Service (MATS) was a Department of Defense Unified Command that was active from 1948 until 1966. MATS was a consolidation of the United States Navy's Naval Air transport Service (NATS) and the United States Air Force’s Air Transport Command (ATC) into a single joint command. It was inactivated and discontinued on 8 January 1966, superseded by the Air Force's Military Airlift Command (MAC) as a separate strategic airlift command, and it returned shore-based Navy cargo aircraft to Navy control as operational support airlift (OSA) aircraft.

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