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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 and living in poverty amid post-war ruins. Hungry 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, around time of Greek Civil War, 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 unveiling Truman Doctrine 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 from bombing in World War 2. 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.
King Paul I of Greece lays a memorial wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece
Honor guards in formation and spectators assembled as King Paul I pays homage by laying a memorial wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Leof. Vasilisis Amalias 133, Athina 105 57, Greece) at Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece. Three Greek Generals are seen. The king then reviews a parade in his honor, standing close to the street, in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, flanked by sentries wearing Evzones uniforms. The parade includes children, wounded war veterans, accompanied by nurses, motorcycle troops, armored vehicles, tanks, and marching troops, some accompanied by dogs. A Navy military band plays in the parade followed by marching sailors and boys in sailors’ uniforms. An Army band followed by marching Army troops brings up the rear of the parade. The Royal Family then departs, as they arrived in an open car displaying the Royal crest on a flag. A civilian official place a wreath at the tomb of the unknown. Many civilian officials assemble at the tomb. A sentry in Evzone uniform stands guard and executes a military maneuver in front of the tomb.’
People mourn the death of King George II of Greece
The funeral procession of King George II in Athens, Greece. Soldiers escort a truck carrying the casket. The Greek Royal Standard flag is draped over the casket. The Greek Royal Crown sat on the king’s coffin. Greek sailors unload the casket and carry it inside the Metropolitan Cathedral. The Greek Royal Family enter the Metropolitan Cathedral. King Paul of Greece stands near Crown Prince Constantine (future Constantine II of Greece). King Paul and Queen Frederica of Greece are joined by Crown Prince Constantine, Princess Sofia, and Princess Irene as well as Queen Helen of Romania, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, Princess Katherine of Greece, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna, Princess Alice of Greece, and Princess Francoise of Greece as they enter the Cathedral. Civilians come out of the building as they mourn the death. The soldiers escort a trailer carrying the casket.
U.S. sailors visit and enjoy in various places of Europe.
A film on the life of sailors aboard United States Navy ships. An officer looks through a telescope. He sees land as the ship approaches Copenhagen, Denmark. He explores a land area. Sailors stand at attention aboard the ship. Officers inspect the sailors. They board a liberty boat to take them to shore. The ship underway at sea. The sailors visit various countries and places in Copenhagen. The sailors talk to Danish women. They eat local delicacies in Europe. United States Navy sailors buy from a street vendor in Copenhagen. View of London, United Kingdom. A sailor asks a British policeman for direction on the street. Greek Army Evzones marching in Athens, Greece. The sailors walk in the streets. Buildings along the sides of the street. The sailors return to the ship. The ship in the Panama Canal. The sailors aboard the ship.
A U.S. Air Force official descends from Air Transport Command aircraft at the Athens airport.
A C-54 Skymaster aircraft of the Air Transport Command lands at the Athens airport, Greece. An officer of the United States Air Force descends from the aircraft. He moves on towards his car. Locals carry his luggage to the car.
King Paul and Queen Fredericka arrive in parliament of Greece, in Athens to take oath as new monarch of Greece.
King Paul and Queen Fredericka arrive in parliament of Greece, in Athens to take oath as new monarch of Greece. Deputies stand on their seats and clap for the King and Queen. King Paul replaces his recently deceased brother King George. After the oath taking King and Queen went out of the parliament saluted and greeted by deputies.