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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.

Date: 1947
Duration: 4 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053101
United States Army Air Force 86th Fighter Bomber Group A-36 Invaders over Sicily, Italy during World War II.

USAAF (United States Army Air Force) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes bomb Sicily, Italy during World War II. Formations of USAAF A-36 Invader dive bombers over Sicily. Aerial views of Sicily.

Date: 1943, July
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061145
U.S. Army Air Forces 86th Fighter Bomber Group A-36 Invader dive bomber airplanes over Sicily, Italy during World War II.

USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group A-36 Invaders in Sicily, Italy during World War II. A-36 Invader dive bomber aircraft in flight over Sicily. Aerial view of Sicily. The A-36 taxi along an airfield.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061162
Invasion of Italy and Operation Husky by the United States during World War II.

Invasion of Italy by the United States during World War II. U.S. Army Private Patrick MacDonald at home in the United States speaks about his experience of being in Italy during the war. Italian houses and buildings on a hillside. Men work in a spaghetti factory. U.S. soldiers relaxing in Italy. U.S. ships off the coast of Italy. U.S. LSTs (Landing Ships, Tank) at a Sicilian beach. A large number of U.S. ships off the coast of Sicily. U.S. Naval ships attacking targets on a beach during Operation Husky (Invasion of Sicily). U.S. antiaircraft guns open fire against German aircraft. U.S. troops aboard ships. Wounded men are treated aboard USS Savannah (CL-42). U.S. troops aboard landing crafts underway heading for a beach. The troops disembark from the landing crafts and advance inland.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070113
"Operation Husky" - the invasion of Sicily in World War II.

July 10, 1943, U.S. invades Sicily in Italy. Fleet of warships underway. Navy bombardment of Sicily. Coast Guardsman observes through binoculars. Coast Guardsmen carry troops and supplies in LCVPs (Higgins Boats). LST-356 approaching Blue Beach 2, in the "Cent" area on July 10, 1943, loaded with tanks and other vehicles. A beach master signals with semaphore flags. Troops landing from assault boats. Concentrated enemy air attacks destroy U.S. boats and ships. Enemy aircraft in flight. U.S. troops firing. A map shows Italy. September 9, 1943, amphibious assault on Anzio, Italy. Naval bombardment, followed by troop assault on the beaches.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041745
A German convoy docks in Sicily, Italy.

A map of Italy. A German convoy docks in Sicily, Italy. Troops debark and artillery is unloaded. Anti-aircraft down United States planes. German planes land in Sicily and parachute troops deplane. United States positions are bombed and strafed. German planes attack a United States convoy. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: German
Clip: 65675034445