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Greek soldiers practice and ride their horses on a field in Athens, Greece during World War I.
Greek cavalry in Athens, Greece during World War I. Soldiers mounted on horseback move across a field. They demonstrate various maneuvers on the horses. Soldiers standing on the horses. Mountains in the background. The soldiers practice and ride their horses on the field.
British Prime Minister Churchill greets people at constitution square in Athens, Greece during World War II.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Athens, Greece during World War II. Winston Churchill along with Field Marshal Harold Alexander and British ambassador. Churchill and Archbishop Damaskinos arrive at the constitution square. A large crowd gather at the square as they greet the British Prime Minister.
Allied troops arrive at Port of Athens (Piraeus) Greece, during World War I
Large transport ship seen in port of Athens, Greece, during World War 1. Her cargo of Allied troops and materiel, including horses are gathered on the pier. Allied troops work offloading more supplies from another ship, by way of a gangplank. Troops are seen clearing vegetation to set up a temporary camp nearby. (WWI; WW1)
Refugees, mostly Greek and Armenian, embarking on U.S. ships in Turkey, bound for refugee camps in Athens Greece.
U.S. destroyers carry Greek and Armenian refugees from Turkey to temporary refuge camp at Athens orphanage in Greece, during the period of the Greco-Turkish War and the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. Sailors carry a sick refugee on a stretcher. More refugees arrive on the ship. Refugees with belongings embark the ship.
King Paul I and Queen Frederica of Greece, and their children, receive formal welcome in Athens
U.S. Generals greet Greek counterparts.Officials gather outside Athens Cathedral, including Prime Minister Themistoklis Sophoulis. King Paul I of the Hellenes and Queen Consort Frederica of Hanover arrive by open motorcar, accompanied by their children, Prince Constantine, Princess Sophia, and Princess Irene. Greek troops are assembled in formation across the street, in front of the Legislature building. King Paul and Queen Frederica are greeted by the Prime Minister and the Archbishop, and other officials, as they enter the Cathedral.
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 amid post-war ruins. 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, 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 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. 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.
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