A French oil field is opened with U.S. aid in France. Cattle and cow carts on an oil field. Oil drilling equipment on the field. An oil drilling operation in southern France with the aid of Marshall Plan funds. The newest American drilling techniques are employed. Workers work to process the oil. The refined oil is transported via railroads.
A "communist menace" in Europe (early during Cold War). The Local Communist Party demonstrates in Paris. A banner of Frederic Joliot Curie. Joliot Curie participates in the protest. Scene changes to Berlin. In Soviet sector, east German crowd marches in May Day parade celebrating Soviet leaders in the invisible line divided east and west Berlin (before Berlin Wall erected). View of crowd on other side in west Berlin staging its own demonstration against the Soviets and against a divided Germany. Civilians throw stones across the "line" and the police control them. Men form human chains to protest. Scene changes to community in Wisconsin where the effect of a Communist fifth column takeover is dramatized and recorded on film for an anti-communist propaganda effort: The police put the protesters behind bars in Mosinee, Wisconsin. Group of Communists enter newspaper offices, stop the operation of the free press , and put the editor in jail. The Red Star newspaper headlines: 'Official Soviet Proclamation'. A sign: U.S. Post Office, Mosinee. Propaganda posters and banners of Soviet Union are posted. USSA price tag on a bicycle. The Soviet flag raised in the community. Soup line and blankets are distributed to the workers to the 24 hour Communism "experiment" in Mosinee Wisconsin.
A professional wrestling match between Cyclon Anaya and Don Eagle from Quebec Canada in Cleveland, Ohio. Cyclon Anaya, a wrestler from Mexico and Don Eagle, a North American Indian brave, enter the wrestling ring. They fight and wrestle in the ring. Don Eagle throws Anaya out of the ring. Spectators watch the wrestling match. A referee enforces the rules of the ring during the boxing match. Don Eagle wins the match.
Spectacular skating reviews in Paris, France. Ice skaters, ice dancers, and figure skaters perform. A skater gives a performance. The skaters perform novelties.
Indian culture, traditions, and early beliefs of India. Streets in an Indian city. Troops come out from a gate. Monuments and a statue in India. The Gateway of India in Mumbai. A satue of King Edward VII in India. Muslims pray at the Badshahi Mosque. A Hindu holy man sits cross-legged. Temples and religious rituals performed by the Indians. A priest offers sanctified offerings to the people. Pilgrims bathe in the Ganges. A Hindu religious procession. A funeral procession according to the Hindu religion. Untouchables sweep streets. The untouchables are excluded from the society. Market stalls and sacred cattle. Wealthy princes and their retinues. A sign on the entrance gate of castle: Long Live Our Maharaja.
Indian political leaders during the independence movement in India. Crowds gathering in the huge Maidan, urban park, in Calcutta. India proposes the Dominion status after the war, new constitution after the war, representatives in the war cabinet and representatives at the peace conference. A political rally. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a political and spiritual leader of India, during the independence movement. Jawaharlal Nehru, a political leader of the Congress Party, speaks to the Indian Congress Party. The Congress Party includes Hindu and Muslims political leaders. Another Indian leader addresses the party. Mohammed Ali Jinnah, a politician and leader of the All India Muslim League, speaks to the Moslems. Pakistani area is highlighted on an animated map of India. A sign:' Hindu Mahasabha'. The political leaders of Hindu Mahasabha talk. Rice cultivation on a farm. A farmer works on the farm. Two sets of cattle plow the farm.
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