First European Recovery Program shipments under the Marshall Plan reach Italy and are unloaded. Priests read out prayer from scriptures. Pope Pius XII along with American officials welcome the shipments.
Puerto Rican farmers till land and sow pineapple plant at a plantation site in Puerto Rico. They harvest a bumper crop and collect the fruits in cane baskets.
A newsreel film titled "Floods: thousands homeless in Pacific northwest" . People flee for safety as heavy flooding hits the region and city of Vanport in Oregon. Water from Columbia River spreads over the city as houses remains submerged. Some houses and buildings are seen floating in the river, including very large homes and businesses and warehouses. Some men are seen standing on top of the roof of building as it floats down the river. Men in rowboats scan the debris. An underwater scuba diver with large scuba helmet is seen rising to the surface from under water. Massive erosion of river banks opens the way to widening waters. U.S. soldiers arrive to rescue people. Cows seen in a large rowboat after their rescue from the rising waters. An ironic sign "Let us help plan your trip" is seen visible just above the flood waters. Water flows over a bridge as floods take heavy toll of life and property. Refugees receive food in a gathering area. Aerial views of the massively flooded region.
Workers stand outside the French National Railway Company in France.It is snowing. They sign petitions. French policeman stands guard . In the Soviet Union, Sir Bernard Montgomery is accompanied by Russian officers while stopping to view a monumental cannon in Moscow.
Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations, arrives at Idlewild Airport, in New York. He descends from British Overseas Airways Corporation passenger aircraft and is greeted by contingent of New York City police who stand guard as he walks to a waiting Cadillac limousine automobile. The limousine.drives away with police car escort.
Alger Hiss testifies before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) in Washington DC, United States. The committee asks him to recognize Whittaker Chambers, communist party member, by looking at some pictures of him. Large number of people listens to Alger Hiss as he testifies before the committee.
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