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The representatives of the Marshall Plan meet at Paris Headquarters OEEC to discuss about the cooperation among them.
The representatives of the Marshall Plan nations meet at the Paris headquarters of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation or OEEC (now known as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development or OECD). View of the Château de la Muette, the headquarters of the OEEC (2, rue André Pascal 75016 Paris, France). OEEC dignitaries get off from staff car and enter a glass door. An OEEC representative of France speaks at the conference. OEEC delegates discuss the Marshall Plan and cooperation among the nations. An OEEC delegate flips a document while speaking. View of Strasbourg, France. Flags nations belonging to the Council of Europe. Leaders of the Council of Europe convene in Strasbourg. Prime Minister of United Kingdom Winston Churchill smokes cigars at the headquarters. Belgian Prime Minister Paul-Henri Spaak is also in the meeting. Children entering Volksschule school. Teacher points to a large map of Europe inside the classroom. A boy study a diagram of the flags of European countries. Children study about the nations of Europe in a school. Sign reads “H.M. Customs”, “Douane”, “Dogana Italiana” and “Douane Zoll”. Customs signage from different European countries. A tall man boards a barge. Officer inspects paper from man. A man inspects passport in a French customs border control. A border control police inspects a car and opens gate in Mauberge, near the Belgian border. A truck leaves the border control. People from different nations of Europe working together for its development.
Charles Lindbergh is greeted by Ambassador Herrick on his arrival in Paris.
Charles Lindbergh reaches Paris, France after his trans-Atlantic flight. A large crowd awaits his arrival at Paris Le Bourget Airport (Aéroport Paris-Le Bourget 93350 Le Bourget FRANCE). Men, women, and children throng the airport at night. The crowd tears through the barriers to get a glimpse of Lindbergh. Lindbergh and United States Ambassador to France Myron Herrick greet the crowd from a balcony at the Airport. The United States flag atop the United States Embassy. Lindbergh and Herrick on a balcony. Lindbergh waves to the cheering crowd below.
Marshal Joffre presides at a Paris celebration in honor of Mr Edward Shearson, the American philanthropist.
Marshal Joffre presides at a celebration in honor of Mr Edward Shearson, American philanthropist and Chairman of the American Committee of the Fatherless Children of France. Marshal Joffre is seen at a party held by the committee of Fraternite Franco-Americaine, where he was present to thank the children of America for aiding orphan children of France in World War I. Joffre stands with William Graves Sharp, American Ambassador to France, who holds a glass in hand. Joffre talks to the people in the party. Also present at the party: Captain Charles Carroll of Carrollton Maryland, from the American Red Cross; Admiral Fournier, Andre Tardieu, French High Commissioner to the United States; Louis LaFerre, French Minister of Public Instruction.
Huge crowd assembled at Concorde square as President Wilson and other American Officials pass through.
Aerials of Paris, France shortly after end of World War I. President Wilson and other American VIPs arrive at Place de la Concorde. Crowd cheering. Behind the crowd is the Rue Royale and the Church of the Madeleine (Pl. de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). On the left is the Hotel de Crillon (10 Pl. de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France). A large crowd at Concorde square. View of Obelisk and fountain. A procession of horse-drawn carriages, cars, and troops on horseback pass through road and crowd lined up on sidewalks.
German troops occupy Paris in 1940, during World War II, and scenes from Bastille Day Parade in 1939
A contingent of German army troops marches loosely along road at Champ de Mars, during World War 2, as music of a fife and drum corps plays in the background. The Eiffel Tower looms in the mist. Some soldiers on bicycles bring up the rear. View shifts to the Champs Elysees, with Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) dominating the empty street. German military cars move along one edge of the road. Camera moves closer to the Arch. Suddenly there is a flashback to the 1939 Bastille Day parade, in Paris, showing British Grenadier Guards in dress uniforms with bearskin hats, parading on the Champs Elysees, along with French colonial Tirailleurs Sénégalais (Senegalese Riflemen), French Sailors, and French infantry. Then, from a high point overlooking the parade, vehicles are seen pulling artillery along the Champs Elysees. Back at street level, French Renault UE Chenillette tankettes drive in the parade, followed by a formation of Panhard AMD armored cars. Film cuts back again to a year later (1940) with German occupation troops marching past the Arc de Triomphe. As the German troops pass, camera focuses briefly on German Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Fedor von Bock, Commander of Army Group B, reviewing the troops from the sidelines with another German general. View from Eiffel Tower of spectators and column of German troops below. Closeup of German officer on horseback, leading contingent of troops. Marshal von Bock, saluting. Closeups of parading troops. Aerial view looking down on the city of Paris, with Arc de Triomphe near center of the view. German artillerymen towing guns and caissons by means of horses. Ground views of the Arc de Triomphe, and Eiffel Tower. German troops riding on horse-drawn wagons, towing field artillery at the Place de la Concorde. The French Naval Ministry building (Hôtel de la Marine, 2 Pl. de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France) seen behind them. More horses with troops, and artillery. Grim-faced Parisians watching from sidewalks. German sentries standing guard at the Hôtel des Invalides (Hôtel de la Marine, 2 Pl. de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France), where the narrator notes, Napoleon is buried. French policemen talking with a German soldier, as they consult a map. German troops proceeding down the side of a commercial district street. Two French women smiling as they realize the camera is focused on them. Cheerful German soldiers marching informally, along a French countryside road, with a German marching chorus song heard singing in the background.
Events of 1947: Marshall plan aid; Communists demonstrating in Europe; meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers; the Freedom Train touring America
Industrial scenes in America with a factory with smoke from chimneys, a steel factory in operation, views of the tops of railroad train coal cars filled with coal. Secretary of State George Marshall speaks about providing European countries with material and money (Marshall Plan). He is seen speaking to legislators in Washington DC on November 10, 1947, asking for funds for Austria, Italy, and France "to provide the supplies necessary to permit the people of these countries to continue to eat, to work, and to survive the winter." Truman signs an interim aid bill, S 1774 on December 17, 1947. View of Eiffel Tower in Paris and communists marching and demonstrating in France. Communist demonstrations across Europe. French police monitor communist protestors in France and then disperse a crowd of communists. Narrator notes of similar communist demonstrations in Italy. Winston Churchill arrives for peace conference meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers in London in December 1947. Vyascheslav Molotov attends the conference. George Marshall talks with Molotov. View of the Friendship Train railroad train in the United States approaching on railway tracks during its tour. Also a view of the 1947 special exhibit Freedom Train traveling. Citizens board the Freedom Train at one of its train station stops, to view artifacts and exhibits about American democracy, including a 1823 facsimile of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Exterior view of U.S. Supreme Court building. Statues at the Supreme Court building. The base is inscribed 'The Heritage of the Past is the Seed that Brings Forth the Harvest of the Future'. A group of American boys and girls are seen reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. A larger group of children reciting the pledge of Allegiance (from before the 1950s when "under God" was added) and viewing an American flag fluttering in the wind. View of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, and then another view from the top of the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building looking outward.
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