A film on the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. The (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) UNRRA coming up for the help of the disabled people. Wooden crates consisting of supplies stacked on the ground. Rice bags, blankets and other supplies. The supplies are loaded onto the ships. They are distributed to the needy people. People eat food. Medical units of many countries arrive to help the people. Doctors examine children. A crippled man lying on the bed. Nurse affixes artificial prosthesis, placing prosthetic leg on a man. A man stitches clothes with the help of a sewing machine.
A film on the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. Rubbled buildings in the area. People walk on the street. Debris on the street. Rubbled houses and buildings. People work to clear out the rubble. A child seated on the ground. Supplies stacked on the ground. Children lined up for food. A man distributes equal amount of food to the people. Reconstruction of houses and the buildings. A man works on a farm. He digs out mud from shovel. A crippled man walks with the help of crutches.
A film on the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. A sign board reads: 'UNRRA dispensary'. Men distribute food, blankets and other supplies to people. People eat food. Men work for the reconstruction of houses and other buildings. Trucks of supplies pass on the street. Dead bodies in the rubble. Arm and leg of a corpse. Men bury the dead bodies into graves. Disabled and crippled children are seen, having lost limbs. A boy who suffered a double leg amputation from war injury is pushed in a wheel chair by another child. Amputee children in a group walk with the help of crutches. Children in a group, all suffering various disabilities from war wounds including vision impairment, disfigurement, and blindness.
A film on the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. A man holds a crippled child. Children crying outside a building. Newspapers headlines read: 'Truman for 2-day starvation diet' and 'Self Rations Asked in Food Crisis'. People walk on the street. Soldiers march in formation. Infants lying in hospital beds. They cry due to starvation.
Prime Minister of United Kingdom Winston Churchill delivers a speech at the Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri (501 Westminster Ave, Fulton, MO 65251, United States). US President Harry S. Truman and other officials sit behind him on the stage. Churchill talks about the need to develop understanding with Russia and the situation in Europe. This is an excerpt from his speech entitled “The Sinews of Peace” (popularly known as the ‘Iron Curtain Speech’) and contains that reference. Churchill said “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia, all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and, in many cases, increasing measure of control from Moscow.”
Film about the conditions at German concentration camps in Europe during World War II. Affidavits by George C. Stevens and E.R. Kellog that attest to authenticity of scenes in the film. A map of Europe depicts the location of Nazi concentration camps.