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Communism growing over Central and Eastern Europe after World War 2, and development of Marshall Plan.
Events after World War II. Harvesting in U.S. farms. Closeup view as a tractor plows fields. Men on horseback driving sheep. Woman serves a Thanksgiving turkey dinner to her family gathered at a nice dining room table in the United States. Her children look at the food with smiles. Contrasting scenes show Europeans starving amid post-war ruins. Women and children looking for food. A child in a soup line. Women wait in a line to receive grain that is weighed on a scale (possibly Soviet area). Globe spins. Joseph Stalin and other Soviet officials watch a military parade in Red Square in Russia. Retrospective scenes of the meeting of Russian and U.S. troops at the Elbe River late in World War 2. Communist rally in Paris. A protester holds up a hammer and sickle symbol. A demonstration of protestors in Athens, Greece, and another Communist demonstration in Rome, Italy. Map depicts communist control growing over Central and Eastern Europe early in Cold War. High aerial view of Washington DC with a lower altitude airplane flying over the U.S. Capitol. Exterior view of State Department (Old Executive Office Building) in Washington DC. View of Secretary of State James F Byrnes working at his desk. Byrnes speaks of U.S. role in world affairs while at a conference in Stuttgart, Germany. Scenes from a meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers in 1947. Scenes changes to North Portico of White House. Swearing in ceremony of George C. Marshall as Secretary of State. President Harry S Truman shakes hands with Secretary George Marshall. Night view of London landmark buildings. View of door at No. 10 Downing Street in London. View of brutal winter conditions in Europe in February 1947. Citizens try to dig out a train stuck in snow. Women in line in Britain for a rationed good, still saddled with its own postwar reconstruction. Narrator relates that Britain was unable to continue to provide massive military and economic aid to the Greek regime and appealed to the U.S. to handle the situation. Secretary of State Marshall and President Truman seen talking together in front of a fireplace mantle. Marshall boards aircraft for a visit to Moscow. Truman in a White House meeting, seated at oval table with his advisors and cabinet. Truman addressing joint session of congress on March 12, 1947. He asks for funds for Greece and Turkey. Globe highlights USSR. Door sign reads 'Policy Planning Staff - George F Kennan - Director'. Director Kennan seen at his desk. He advocates a long term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies. Reconstruction in Europe. Ground level and aerial views of bomb destroyed European cities, and workers cleaning up rubble. Brief scene from the meeting of 16 nations in Paris on July 3, 1947. Scenes from United Nations meeting held in Lake Success New York in September 1947. George Marshall at podium addressing delegates of UN. Russian delegate Andrey Vyshinsky commenting on Marshall Plan. Signing of Marshall Plan agreement by international delegates meeting in Paris in September 1947.
Events of 1947: Marshall plan aid; Communists demonstrating in Europe; meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers; the Freedom Train touring America
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.
Vincent Auriol is elected as a new president of France with all political groups and ceremony held in Paris, France.
Vincent Auriol is elected as the new President in Paris, France. All political leaders arrive in Paris to join the new cabinet under Vincent Auriol, the newly elected President of the Republic. A statue of a man riding a horse in the background. The names of the Presidential candidates are in envelopes. Views of Auriol. A ceremony held when Auriol is informed of his majority. Paul Ramadier is named the Premier of the new coalition government.
Parisians, monuments, and public places in Paris prior to its occupation by the Germans during World War II.
The city of Paris prior to German occupation during World War II. A large crowd of Parisians during a celebration near the Madeleine Church (Place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). The Notre Dame de Paris gargoyles. The Eiffel Tower (Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France). A gargoyle is perched from the Notre Dame Cathedral (6 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France), overlooking Paris. People dine in a restaurant. Neon signs and lit up shops at night. Parisians seated at sidewalk cafes. Shops on a street. People drink at bars and in night clubs. Fireworks at night. The lit Obelisk and Place de la Concorde (75008 Paris, France). Sellers with their goods in a vegetable market. People shopping for fruits and vegetables. A man sells bread on a cart. Pedestrians and cars at the Paris Metropolitan. A Metropolitain subway sign atop the steps of a metro entrance. Monuments, buildings, and the Seine River. A ferry in the Seine. Pedestrians and vehicular traffic on the streets. Workers use a delivery van to distribute newspapers. The Eternal Light, Tomb of the Unknown soldier, and sculptures at the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France).
Bomb damaged Place de la Concorde and unscathed Champs Elysees, Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame in Paris after WWII.
Results of selective strategic bombing by the British Royal and United States Eighth Air Forces in German-occupied Paris and surrounding areas during World War II. September 1944: Pont de Grenelle bridge over the Seine river. Eiffel Tower (Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France) in the background. The Statue of Liberty replica on the Ile aux Cygnes Island (Pont de Grenelle, 75015 Paris, France). Shell blast damaged buildings and the Obelisk at Place de la Concorde (75008 Paris, France). Cyclists and motorists at the Place. Military cars pass the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) at Champs Elysees. Civilians around the Eiffel Tower. The French flag atop the undamaged tower. Unscathed Notre Dame de Paris (6 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France). United States military vehicles in the square before the cathedral. GIs and Parisians crowding in front of the Cathedral. An FFI (French Forces of the Interior) flag at Notre Dame.
Civilians greet the victorious Allied soldiers in Paris, France.
Allied troops in Paris during World War 2. Map of Paris. View of the Eiffel Tower (Champ de Mars, 5 Av. Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France) in Paris, France. A United States Army M4 Sherman tank passes on a road at the foot of the tower. Thousands of people gathered on streets. People hold newspapers containing news about the liberation of Paris. Troops atop an M3 halftrack are greeted by civilians. A young French man expresses joy. People celebrate on streets. People hold various banners relating to the freedom of Paris from German Occupation. American troops in jeeps are welcomed by the French citizens. French girls clapping. A soldier drinks wine. French girls kiss their victorious heroes of war and liberators. A soldier distributes candies to crowds. People celebrate on the streets. Airplane passes in the skies. Civilians celebrate their freedom. Montage showing street scenes in Paris pre-war, including Eiffel Tower, glowing neon signs over night clubs, people at sidewalk cafes, night clubs, fireworks at night and night views of the fountains (Fontaines de la Concorde) at the Place de la Concorde (75008 Paris, France), with the Luxor Obelisk nearby.
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