British, French and Israeli forces hold positions at the time of cease fire as the discussions in the United Nations goes on the Suez Crisis in Egypt. Smoke rises from a bombed oil dump in Port Said. The sunken vessels at a harbor. People at the harbor. A wrecked vessel. A sign on a board reads 'Port Said Aerodrome'. A damaged building. Two men look out from a window of a building. The rubble scattered on a street. A man and a woman on the street. The bomb damaged buildings. Anglo French troops block a canal. The Anglo French troops unload weapons from a truck. The troops stand in a group holding guns talk. The Egyptian policemen on a street. The men speak to a policeman. A littered street. The people walk on the street. The people walk past a damaged building.
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.
A documentary depicts the effect of the Marshall Plan on the lives of people during the first year of its implementation in Europe. A ship at a dock. Men unload sulphur from the ship. A framers sprays sulpahte in a field. A boat underway. Norwegian fishermen aboard the boat are fishing. A fishing net in water. Fishes in the net. A fisherman empties a box containing fishes. People at work in fish canning industry. Women working in Norway put fish in tins. Women packing fishes in cans. The packed cans on display in a shop. A woman buys packed fish cans. The packed cans on a table of a shop in Britain. A man selling spaghetti at a store in Italy. Cattle at a dairy. Tractors in front of a house. A farmer man sits on a tractor. Animated map shows export of tractors from the U.S. to France. Animation depicts contribution of the people for the recovery program. A man ploughs a field with the help of a tractor. A power plant in France being built (appears to be the Roselend Dam hydroelectric complex in the French Alps at Savoie. View includes what may be the penstock gallery leading down to the La Bâthie power station. French Men at work building the power plant. Men construct highways with the help of modern machinery in Greece. Men at work. Construction of new houses for homeless people. Men at work. A man makes shoes. People at work in a shoe factory. Shoes at display in a shop. A man looks at the displayed shoes in a store. Increase in production in different sectors after the implementation of the Marshall Plan. Food kept on a table. Coal production increased to 11%. Coal being shoveled by hand. Textile production increased to 18%. Steel production increased to 40%. A railroad train moves on tracks. Man in Italy plays bocci ball with his unemployed friends. A British family eating food in their kitchen. A French family gathered for a meal. Woman taking a roasted meat from oven and putting it on table for large family in France to eat. Members of a union seated around a table. A coal miner works in a mine. A man plows a field.
Italian refugees from Anzio in Naples, Italy during World War II. A man holds a young girl. Italian refugees seated on a road side. One of them holds a small child. They talk to each other. Evacuees load their personnel belongings on a truck under the direction of U.S. and British Military Policemen. The refugees loading their belongings. They board the truck. Italian refugees with their belongings in the truck. The truck loaded with Italian refugees departs.
Italian refugees from Anzio in Naples, Italy during World War II. Evacuees load their personnel belongings on a truck under the direction of U.S. and British Military Policemen. A man with a cigarette in his mouth boards the truck. The refugees board the truck with their belongings. The truck loaded with refugees departs. A Military Policeman (MP) stands near a truck. Another MP walks up to the truck and lowers a ramp. Italian refugees load their personnel belongings on the truck. The truck departs. The truck drives on a road. Buildings in the background.
Generals being decorated by French General Philippe Petain in Tours, France during World War I. General Harbord, General Harts, U.S. General Edgar Jadwin, Langfitt, British Army Richard Nugent O'Connor lined up in center. Soldiers stand in the background. The Generals talk to each other. The Generals who are being awarded stand in a line. People and the soldiers stand in the background. A view of the soldiers standing in formation. Philippe Petain decorates Harbord, General Harts, U.S. General Edgar Jadwin, Langfitt, Connor, Roackenbach one after the other. General Philippe Petain awards medals. General Philippe Petain decorates General U.S. Army Brigadier General James Guthrie Harbord and shakes hands with him.
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