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Career of U.S. Air Force General Henry, "Hap", Arnold. The final years.
U.S. Air Force General Hap Arnold meeting with other allied military chiefs at the Potsdam conference, following the end of World War II, in Europe. General Arnold gives a speech during the 38th Anniversary of air power in the United States. Military band plays during the ceremony. General Henry steps from airplane and shakes hands with some of his Air Force Commanders in the Pacific theater. B-29 Super fortresses bombing Japan.Bombardier seen inside B-29 Super fortress. View of General of the Army, Henry (Hap) Arnold. Aircraft of the Air Force demonstration team, The Thunderbirds, in flight. September 18, 1947, formation of the United States Air Force as a separate service. January, 1950, the funeral of General Arnold at Arlington Cemetery, Virginia. Arnold Engineering Development Center building in Tullahoma, Tennessee. President Harry Truman dedicates the Center. B-47 and B-52 bombers taking off. Various Air Force aircraft seen taking off. Views of the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
U.S. Army Military Police respond to an accident involving U.S. Army truck and civilian car in Europe
Activities of the U.S. Army Military Police in Europe. A U.S. Army truck collides with a civilian Volkswagen Beetle automobile on a street in Europe. A man and a woman seated in the car. The windshield of the car is damaged. Local Police are on the scene when two U.S. Army military Policemen arrive to assist.
Transportation progress in Europe during the nineteenth century and into middle of 20th century after World War 2.
A model Relief map of Western Europe, with country borders marked in red. Animals used in rural areas. Italian farmers transporting milk cans and other things by donkey. A farm wagon being pulled by a horse. Road through the Simplon Pass, in Switzerland (constructed by Napoleon to transport artillery between the Rhône valley and Italy). Views of the mountainous area. Sketch of early English steam railroad train and of others in other countries, embraced enthusiastically by the local citizenry . Illustrations recording construction of the Britannia bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. (It opened March 5, 1850.) Relief map of Europe focuses on Basle (Basel)in Northwest Switzerland. A modern-day signpost showing directions to France, Germany, and Switzerland. Freight trains arriving and cargoes being transferred by cranes of the Canal Barge operating company, Schweizerische Reederei. View of open storage yards, rail lines and a river. Freight trains carrying various loads to many different European destinations. Wrecked transport facilities left from World War II.
Road transport becomes the dominant mode of transport in post World War II Europe under reconstruction.
Road transportation system in post World War II Europe, supporting reconstruction efforts. European workers work at a bridge being bulit. Workers work on constructing a highway in Belgium. Diesel trailer trucks along with cars and Volkswagen bus or van vehicles move along a road in Germany. A truck stop at a gas station to refuel. Men load a truck with parts for construction of a power plant, and another truck with containers containing refrigerated fish. A truck pulls semi-trailers. A trailer truck loaded with Swedish furniture moves bringing new furnishings to homes in a town on the Polders of Holland. Boom in tourism begins. Signs at a Tourism office in Milan, Italy. European people at a Swiss railroad station. Swedish and Italian International tourism buses traveling in Europe providing a way to tour and sleep without needing to stay in hotels.
The Marshall Plan is implemented in different European nations so that they can recover from economic problems.
A documentary reviews the beginning of the Marshall Plan in response to the post war (World War II) needs of Europeans. It depicts its effect on the lives of people during the first year of its implementation. People on a street. A map of Europe. Animation depicts the production of textile, output of coal, requirement of manufacturing industries, and declined food production. U.S. Secretary of State George Catlett Marshall, Jr., tells the people of Europe that if they work together the U.S. will supply money for food and raw material. People read about Marshall's appeal in the newspapers. Traffic on the streets in Paris, France. Foreign Minsters of Great Britain, France and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov arrive for a meeting to discuss the Marshall Plan. The delegates and representatives at the meeting. Molotov comes out from the meeting. Animated map depicts 16 European nations which get together to work for economic development. The delegates seated in a hall in Paris. The Organization for Economic Co-operation is formed. Delegates of European nations signing a document. A view of Norway. A book on a table reads 'First Annual Requirements Program Submitted to O.E.E.C.'. The Marshall Aid provided to Italy. The Marshall Plan implemented in Ireland. Traffic and people on a road. The U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. A meeting of the Congress for the Marshall Plan. Paul G. Hoffman is appointed the administrator of the Marshall Plan. People listen to news about the European Recover Program (ERP) on radios. Men unload food supplies sent by the U.S. from ships at a dock. People listen to a dignitary. Men unload machines from the ship. Workers in Holland ride bicycles. A man unloads cotton from a freight car. A sign for ERP on the freight car. Men at work in a mill. A coal hoist is delivered in Britain. The miners dig out coal and use the hoist. The coal is loaded aboard a ship for trade. Building of automobiles at a plant in Italy.
People get work and production increases in different sectors after the implementation of the Marshall Plan in Europe.
A documentary depicts the effect of the Marshall Plan on the lives of people during the first year of its implementation in Europe. A ship at a dock. Men unload sulphur from the ship. A framers sprays sulpahte in a field. A boat underway. Norwegian fishermen aboard the boat are fishing. A fishing net in water. Fishes in the net. A fisherman empties a box containing fishes. People at work in fish canning industry. Women working in Norway put fish in tins. Women packing fishes in cans. The packed cans on display in a shop. A woman buys packed fish cans. The packed cans on a table of a shop in Britain. A man selling spaghetti at a store in Italy. Cattle at a dairy. Tractors in front of a house. A farmer man sits on a tractor. Animated map shows export of tractors from the U.S. to France. Animation depicts contribution of the people for the recovery program. A man ploughs a field with the help of a tractor. A power plant in France. Men at work in the plant. Men construct highways with the help of modern machinery in Greece. Men at work. Construction of new houses for homeless people. Men at work. A man makes shoes. People at work in a shoe factory. Shoes at display in a shop. A man looks at the displayed shoes in a store. Increase in production in different sectors after the implementation of the Marshall Plan. Food kept on a table. Coal production increased to 11%. Coal being shoveled by hand. Textile production increased to 18%. Steel production increased to 40%. A railroad train moves on tracks. Man in Italy plays bocci ball with his unemployed friends. A British family eating food in their kitchen. A French family eating food during a meal in France. Members of a union seated around a table. A coal miner works in a mine. A man plows a field.
