Industrial scenes in America with a factory with smoke from chimneys, a steel factory in operation, views of the tops of railroad train coal cars filled with coal. Secretary of State George Marshall speaks about providing European countries with material and money (Marshall Plan). He is seen speaking to legislators in Washington DC on November 10, 1947, asking for funds for Austria, Italy, and France "to provide the supplies necessary to permit the people of these countries to continue to eat, to work, and to survive the winter." Truman signs an interim aid bill, S 1774 on December 17, 1947. View of Eiffel Tower in Paris and communists marching and demonstrating in France. Communist demonstrations across Europe. Police monitor communist protestors in Italy, and then disperse a crowd of communists. Winston Churchill arrives for peace conference meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers in London in December 1947. Vyascheslav Molotov attends the conference. George Marshall talks with Molotov. View of the Friendship Train railroad train in the United States approaching on railway tracks during its tour. Also a view of the 1947 special exhibit Freedom Train traveling. Citizens board the Freedom Train at one of its train station stops, to view artifacts and exhibits about American democracy, including a 1823 facsimile of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Exterior view of U.S. Supreme Court building. Statues at the Supreme Court building. The base is inscribed 'The Heritage of the Past is the Seed that Brings Forth the Harvest of the Future'. A group of American boys and girls are seen reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. A larger group of children reciting the pledge and viewing an American flag fluttering in the wind. View of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, and then another view from the top of the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building looking outward.
Newsreel 'News in Brief'. Long queues seen in Germany. People wait in lines in vegetable market, meat market and for other facilities also. Old people left behind.
V-1 rocket launcher mechanism with rollers moving slowly along launching rails. Test launchings of Fi103 flying bomb (V-1) in Germany. Fi103 flying bomb on the snow covered field for test launching. Other buildings visible in the background.
Test launchings of Fi103 flying bomb in Germany. Close views of the launch stand partially covered under snow. Fi103 flying bomb mounted on the launch stand under shelter. Launch and twin lights of exhaust seen moving in the sky above the frozen lake..
In Germany, an aircraft used by the Nazis during World War II. Animated drawing of a German Dornier Do 335 fighter-bomber aircraft. Men move a DO 335 aircraft from a hangar with panels open to reveal engine details. Propellers on nose and tail of the aircraft. The aircraft is started and taxis past a group of men watching. The Do 335 taxis across a grassy field and then takes off. Mountains and trees in the background. Aerial views, from chase plane, of the DO-335 in flight The aircraft lands on an airfield.
1947 Morris Eight Series E saloon automobile on lift platform dockside is repositioned. More 1947 Morris Eight Series E saloon cars are moved into place to prepare for crane lift. Sign seen on car windshield reads, "Nuffield Exports." Aerial view of dock workers pushing car into place. Workers roll 1947 Wolseley 14-60 Series III automobile onto lift platform and car is lifted into air next to a ship docked in a British harbor.
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