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U.S. President Truman signs the historic Marshall Plan and makes a short statement about it in the United States.

U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the historic Marshall Plan in the United States. The signing of the foreign assistance bill and aid to China is witnessed by Senator Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg; American politician, Thomas Terry Connally; Representative Sol Bloom; the Speaker of the House, Joseph Martin and others. President Truman makes a short statement about the bill.

Date: 1948
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045164
Colonel Reginald Whitakar, Berlin Military Post Engineer, speaks with German engineers in Berlin, Germany.

A new airstrip constructed at Tempelhof Airbase in Berlin, Germany. Workers engaged in construction work. Colonel Reginald Whitakar, Berlin Military Post Engineer, spaeks with German engineers on the airstrip. Colonel inspects a piece of construction machinery. Colonel with German engineers from Tegel airport watches the new construction.

Date: 1948, September 14
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045574
Airplane takes off from the new airstrip constructed at Tempelhof Airbase in Berlin, Germany, during the Berlin Airlift.

A new airstrip constructed at Tempelhof Airbase in Berlin, Germany, during the Berlin Airlift. Workers engaged in construction work. Cars arrive at construction site. Engineers come out of cars to inspect the work. Colonel Reginald Whitakar, Berlin Military Post Engineer, speaks with German engineers at the airstrip. Colonel with the German engineers from Tegel airport watches the new construction. Buildings in the background. Airplane takes off from the new airstrip.

Date: 1948, September 14
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045575
Workmen shovel asphalt and spread it on the new strip under construction at Tempelhof Airbase in Berlin, Germany.

A new airstrip constructed at Tempelhof Airbase in Berlin, Germany. Workers engaged in construction work. German workers spread out stone on the new airstrip. Steam roller flattens a layer of stone. Huge roller goes over the crushed stone. Men work with pump on machine as another workman sprays tar on the stone bed. Men spread asphalt. Buildings in background. Truck dumps asphalt. The men shovel it up and spread it.

Date: 1948, August 26
Duration: 4 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045576
Workmen lay steel mats on the airstrip at Tempelhof Airbase in Berlin, Germany.

A new airstrip constructed at Tempelhof Airbase in Berlin, Germany. Workers engaged in construction work. Steam rollers in operation put finishing coating on the asphalt binder. Buildings and trees in background. Workmen lay steel mats. View of airstrip shortly before completion. Airplane takes off.

Date: 1948, August 26
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045577
High Line Method and Burtoning Method of replenishing cargo from one ship to another described in the United States.

A U.S. Navy training film about replenishing in sea. The film is titled 'Fueling and Replenishing at Sea'. Two ship in sea transfer ammunition, cargo, fuel and personnels from one to another. Provision ships and cargo ships in the sea. Boom head cranes and winches at ship. Two types of transfer methods are described using pointers High Line Method and Burtoning Method. To transfer high load wire winches are used. An operator at wire handing winch. Forward loading area at ship described. Type of hooks, their functioning on both the delivery ship and the receiving ship is explained. Work of winch-men on both ships discussed. Horizontal lift of provisions. Use of slings in transfer demonstrated. A cargo is unloaded on a ship and sailors move it on a conveyor belt. Ammunitions handled with extra care during transfer. The distance between two ships is maintained at 70 feet. Sailors talk on communication line between both ships. High Line Method of transfer described in detail. Arrangements of haul line described.

Date: 1948
Duration: 13 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046359