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Recovery and improved economic conditions during the beginning of the Marshall Plan in Europe.
A documentary 'The Years of Decision' reviews the beginning of the Marshall Plan in response to recovery needs of the European people following World War 2. Busy streets and sidewalks filled with pedestrians in London as people walk in the city. Double decker buses and other vehicles driving past on a road in the background. People in France walking on streets of city, sitting in cafes, and buying food, produce, textiles and other items from market vendors with stalls and carts. Men and women buy things from shops. Scene changes to the Netherlands, with many men riding bicycles arriving or departing work at Heineken Brewery in Amsterdam (Heineken Brouwerij on Stadhouderskade). The Dutch words “Stoom Bierbrouwerij” (Steam Brewery) are seen on the building. A Dutch man in a textile factory works at a weaving machine. Scene changes to a coal mine area in the United Kingdom. British coal miners sitting in a train headed into a mine. A worker at the Fiat factory in Turin, Italy measures a small steel part used in manufacturing cars. Cattle on a farm walk near barns. A French farmer in France driving a tractor.
Russia agrees to lift blockade from Berlin during a conference in New York, United States.
Berlin blockade to be lifted. Public and press gathered outside United States Mission building to the United Nations in Lake Success New York, USA. Inside the building, Russian and American dignitaries and UN representatives negotiate an end to the blockade. Closeups of the negotiators, including American diplomat Philip Jessup, Soviet diplomat Yakov Malik, and Sir Alexander Cadogan and Jean Chauvel, the United Nations permanent representatives from England and France, respectively. During the talks, Russia agrees to lift blockade from Berlin, Germany, via the Jessup-Malik Agreement. Dignitaries leave after the conference concludes. A railroad yard in Germany with rail cars filled with coal and other supplies, but idle due to the blockade. View of a busy city street in Berlin and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the distance. German pedestrian and vehicular traffic in Berlin.
NATO treaty signed in Washington D.C., United States
Representatives of various states sign North Atlantic Treaty Organization treaty (NATO) in Washington DC, United States. Belgian Premier Paul-Henri Spaak, Lester B Person of Canada, Rasmussen of Denmark, Robert Schuman of France, Bjarni Benidiktsson of Italy, Joseph Bech of Luxembourg, Stikker of Netherlands, Halvard M Lange of Norway, Jose Caeiro De Mata of Portugal, Ernest Bevin of England sign the NATO treaty. President Truman shakes hands with Allen W Brakley. Brakley shakes hands with Dean Acheson. Acheson signs the treaty and delivers a concluding speech.