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[Music] the land with its famous Cathedral one of the Italian cities which has suffered greatly from the war is the leaf Center for tourists which take GIS on an 8-day vacation to Switzerland selection for these special matusa tours is based on Merit A Douglas b74 brings the men from the garrisons of southern Italy to the airport of [Music] Milan good news which will allow them to enjoy their vacation to the full is awaiting this particular group of GIS on their arrival at the Milan airport it now looks as if they would soon be home Peace at Last a friendly sign among the ruins points the way to [Music] Switzerland GIS arrive from every direction even German buses driven Now by prisoners of War conduct them to their meeting place the Swiss Express from Pisa reaches leave headquarters after a 24-hour Journey these GIS choose which of the carefully planned routes they wish to follow Patrick mauers of yand Michigan receives his control papers while Jerry s plot of Chicago gets the regular 175 Franks pocket money that won't last you long Jerry there is someone who has heard about the snow and ice in the Swiss outs but still the trip seems to be beginning very comfortably [Music] hey he wants to go to Switzerland [Music] too the town band of casso celebrates the arrival of the American guests welcome to Switzerland boys major cook the American liazon officer we hope you will have a good vacation Here and Now on to Lugano with its beautiful Lake and Mont San [Music] salvator [Music] while the gis from the Mediterranean theater are enjoying the warmth and Sun of the toino those from the European theater visit the Cathedral of Bal a city rich in the humanistic Traditions as personified by arasmus and Jacob burot GIS travel from Lugano over the electrified gotard railroad Into the Heart of Switzerland a colonel of the Fifth Army rides in the engineers cabin the rude spirals three times within the mountain the Gard Tunnel built in 1882 runs for 15 km through the Alps at an altitude of 1100 M high up above the tunnel on the Devil's Bridge an itusa group of GIS has assembled after the fall of France Switzerland's military strategy was once more based on the natural Fortress of the Alves since Napoleon's days when the Russian general Soro crossed these mountains no foreign army has passed through Switzerland while the gotard is the key of Switzerland's military defense burn is the capital of the country since its founding in 1191 burn has used the bear on its Cod of arms the Bears of burn are [Music] famous although bernes bears eat only carrots apparently in the old days the citizens of burn had other habits one of the many Fountains of burn the Kindle freser at terrible warning for disobedient children but G seem to have their own preference for nearly 600 years burn was one of the leading City republics of [Music] Europe this piece of sculpture over the entrance to the burn Cathedral portrays the last [Music] judgment the aspect of burn has not changed for [Music] centuries the federal building which houses the Swiss government can be seen in the distance the city is rich in Old buildings arcades and Towers the ti Glock and torm Records the hours [Applause] [Applause] the ancient clock reminds the gis they are in the home of the watch from this modern Workshop in gen Geneva Swiss Watchers find their way into every part of the world the first watches were made in Geneva in 1587 and the Swiss Watch industry employs today more than 60,000 highly specialized [Music] workers a watch as souvenir that is their greatest wish but there are not only pretty watches in Switzerland look at that baby oh boy she sure runs like a Swiss watch come on let's go the Army is not enough for this operation better take the Navy [Music] too since the days when Mark Twain visited and wrote about luzern the city has been a favorite Resort for Americans during the war it was forbidden to display any foreign flag that now the Stars and Stripes floats over the lake where William Tell lived the innate discipline and natural behavior of the gis has made an excellent impression not that way this [Music] way from Luder the gis travel over the brunic pass in the most modern Railway carriages after War ravaged countries it is good to see peaceful Villages and Farms the root winds in and out between the Swiss Lakes at St Moritz the famous resort in the inadine horse races are held on the ice of this Lake in the winter but now GIS decide to try their hand at a little trout [Music] fishing and they even catch a few Zur with a population of 350,000 is the largest city in Switzerland and an important Banking and Commercial Center here is a group of Swiss peasants from ARA in their costumes who also happen to be visiting [Music] Zurich swingly the Swiss former preached in zurich's Gross Minster in the 16th century and today a statue of charl M looks out over the city which was once his here on this door are portrayed many of the famous episodes in the history of the city during one of the religious wars the opposing armies came together to eat bread and milk instead of fighting they settled their differences over their meal and went quietly home the Cathedral of the monastery of s founded More Than A Thousand Years Ago by the Irish monk Gallas is one of the centers of the Catholic tradition 41% of the Swiss population is Catholic here we are in the Canon of appenzell the appen zelers are the wittiest and most musical Swiss what's going on in the summer the Farmers pure their Livestock in the mountains and their return in the Autumn is always a [Music] festival [Music] and now up to the high Alps the land of the Eternal snow the AL Glacier with its 22 kilm and the peaks of the bernes Alps and the valley arouse the interest of the gis the hotel and station on the Yung y located at over 10,000 ft is the highest in Europe a soldier of the Swiss Mountain troops explains to American officer the route up to the Yun FR this GI seems to know his business summer and winter these polar dogs go about their [Music] task on the peak on the left one of the Alpine weather observatories known as the Sphinx here the sun is even warmer than the Summer sun of Italy but the snow underfoot makes all the [Music] difference [Music] they'd like to try it too it looks so [Music] easy the Alpine meteorological station is the highest experimental station in Europe science and natural forces are combined in Switzerland the country has no Coal inexhaustable Mountain Streams are its most most valuable raw [Music] material experiments in the use of electricity are a speciality of Swiss scientific work the Practical quality of isolators is tested in high voltage [Music] Laboratories [Music] this indicator shows the voltage Rising 1 and A2 million [Music] volts [Music] even the steepest and most difficult stretches of the Swiss railroads are electrified from zermat the gner grat railroad runs past the glaciers of the valley to the icy Heights of the highest mountains of [Music] Switzerland a storm gathers over the mat horn Switzerland is full of contrasts mon Roa 14,000 ft is the highest peak in the country the shadow of Shion where bivar immortalized by Lord Byron was in prison Geneva the largest French speaking city in Switzerland combines natural beauty and an ancient culture it was from Geneva the home of Calvin that the Puritan tradition was carried to England and the United States duur one of Switzerland's four generals participated in the founding of the Red Cross which since his day has rendered such services to humanity GIS visit the League of Nations building symbol of the dream of a great American president this huge Globe is a watch showing the time in all corners of the world other International organizations such as the international labor office have their headquarters in [Music] Geneva lack of gasoline during the war has made bicycling a favorite Swiss sport GIS like it too but best of all is Alpine gliding a group of American Air Forces visit an Airfield in the inadine one of the boys decides to try it himself when the war ended approximately 150 American planes which had been unable to reach their home bases after raids over enemy territory were intered on Swiss airfields during the war over 1700 members of the American Air Force Crews of these planes as well as men who had been shot down over enemy territory and had made their way to the Swiss Frontiers were intered in Switzerland today however the war is over once again people can travel normally and the Swiss are glad to be able to receive within their peaceful borders hundreds of thousands of GIS men who fought for the ideals shared by the two countries the smallest and the largest democracy of the world Switzerland and the United States of America the