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The Marshall Plan being launched to assist recovery of Europe after World War II

Rail cars on the November, 1947 "Friendship Train," at a sea port in the U.S.A. Behind it is seen the funnel of the SS Exiria, of the American Export Lines. The camera moves around to show the Exiria, displaying a large American flag and words,"Friendship Food Ship," on her hull. A steam locomotive on train in France, delivering relief supplies, displays crossed American and French flags on it. Trucks on road in France, displaying French and American flags and pictures of the Freedom Train on their sides, with words:"Ravitaillement, offert spontanment au peuple de France à partir de peuple Americain." (Refueling, spontaneously offered to the people of France from American people.) The SS Exiria docked in an Italian port. A catholic priest and several nuns with a group of boys, standing on the pier, wave American flags. Another group of American girls enthusiastically wave American flags. A large crowd waves several large Italian flags. President Harry S. Truman, at his desk on the White House, Washington, DC, signs the Economic Recovery Act of 1948 (AKA Marshall Plan). Secretary of State Marshall speaking in support of the legislation before Congress. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, of Michigan, speaking in support of the bill.

Date: 1947, November
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050562
American pioneers conquer the west in the 1800s, compared to 1940s workers

The U.S. Capitol dome at night. Montage of U.S. Declaration of Independence with view of U.S. founding fathers at time of American Revolution. Reenacted depiction: 17th century immigrants or pilgrims arriving in the U.S. on large sailing ships. Group of men marching while carrying a "Don't Tread on Me" Gadsden flag. Depiction of Betsy Ross with U.S.A. flag. A covered wagon at sunset. 18th century men cutting down trees. 18th century men building a log cabin. Settlers arrive to the remains of their burned out cabin. A stage coach on the U.S. prairie. A covered wagon in the midwest. A stage coach traveling through grass lands. 18th century depiction of a western town in the United States. A white man and a Native American Indian man driving the last spike to complete a railroad as the steam locomotive starts. An 18th century steam locomotive passes by. Actual footage of external view of 1940s factory or production plant. Inside 1940s factory men are building engines. Wide shot of workers entering factory. New York City street scene. Los Angeles street scene. A rancher mends a barbed wire fence. Cowboys-ranchers on their horses. Fisherman pulling in nets on shore. Tobacco farming. Leather worker. Shirtless worker wielding a pick axe. Plant worker turning a large valve. A woman painter with a maritime village scene...perhaps Provincetown. A woman scientist in a laboratory. A 1940s family at the dinner table. Farm laborers harvesting melons. Man drives a tractor with woman riding behind him.

Date: 1947
Duration: 2 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050570
Hollywood actor Dick Powell composes and sings "The Road is Open Again" for the National Recovery Administration

Framed photographs of Presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson on a wall. A song writer writes a song on behalf of the National Recovery Administration (NRA). He falls asleep while writing the song. As he "dreams" actors portraying Washington, Lincoln and Wilson appear in his room asking him why he wants to write such a song and they're reassuring him that Franklin D Roosevelt is the right way. When he starts singing his new song, he finds himself alone, but he knows that Franklin Delano Roosevelt will lead the USA back on the road to prosperity. He sings "The Road is Open Again". Film is a National Recovery Administration and New Deal propaganda piece during the Great Depression.

Date: 1933
Duration: 6 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051797
Cowboys drive herds of cattle in Western United States. Village life in New England, United States. Skyscrapers in U.S. cities.

Cattle ranching in Western United States. Man and woman on horseback, overlooking valley where cowboys work a large cattle herd. New England scene in Eastern U.S.A. waterwheel turning by an old mill. Boy lying on his back in wagon pulled by horse. He waves and jumps off as it arrives in village. Boys swimming in river. Neighbors conversing on front porches and sitting in porch swings. Horse drawn wagon moving down village street. High rise buildings and skyscrapers in crowded cities in America.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052587
Firemen hose down the burning Munitions Building of the War Department in Washington DC.

A fire sweeps through one wing of the Munitions Building of the War Department, Washington DC. Firemen hose down the building (Constitution Gardens Pond, Washington, DC 20004, USA). Damages to other sections of the structure. Men examine the damage.

Date: 1940, October 30
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053249
Old Executive Office Building in Washington DC, United States.

View of the Old Executive Office Building in Washington DC. Library of Congress building. Trolley tracks in the street. Court of Neptune sculptures and fountains at the Library of Congress (101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA).

Date: 1925
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054657