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The International Refugee Organization replaced by UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Refugees support and protection activities in Europe after World War II . A locomotive moves on track at a seaport. Ships seen in the background. A banner on a ship reads 'International Refugee Organization'. The refugees move with their luggage and belongings. A man with a prosthesis lower right leg walks on a balance beam. Young men with missing limbs are seated on benches, and throw large exercise balls back and forth. A man reads an announcement that the International Refugee Organization (IRO) is closing. A meeting chaired by Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (the organization that replaced the IRO).

Location: Europe
Date: 1951
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056045
Refugees live work and train under auspices of UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

Activities at a vocational training center in Europe. A woman hands certificates of completion to a man and a woman at a Refugee vocational training school. Sign on building wall reads 'vocational training center'. Men and boys enter the building. Men and boys work with machinery and equipment. Older women work separating extruded plastic parts. An older man smooths metal objects with a file and grinding wheel. An old woman consults with a counselor. Exterior of refugee apartment building, with laundry drying on fire escapes. Children play and swing in playground, while old people watch.

Location: Europe
Date: 1951
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056046
American sends supplies to European countries under Marshall Plan; blockade of Berlin by Soviet Union

American food, machine, tools and other supplies loaded in ships for Europe under Marshall Plan. German citizens in West Berlin German busy rebuilding after World War 2 destruction. Men at construction sites and boys and men moving equipment, bricks, steel, lumber, cement, and wheel barrows. Communists demonstrate in Soviet east Berlin. Men and women climbing fences at a building while a crowd pushes forward. Communists blockade Berlin. East German police officers in a human chain move a crowd. A blockaded area dividing the city. Industrial production stopping due to power failures. Closeup of analog power dial moving to zero from a power cut. A light in a factory turning off. Goods piled up idle in train stations, unable to be moved. A blocked border crossing at Helmstedt, and a line of trucks with food supplies at the crossing, stopped and unable to pass. Truck drivers discuss the impasse with a Russian guard.

Location: Europe
Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058355
United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower meets European leaders.

Flags of countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, France and others. General Eisenhower at conference table with officers and civilian leaders. General Eisenhower inspecting troops, possibly members of SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe.) Eisenhower saluting as he walks past soldiers. General Eisenhower meeting with German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. French Prime Minister Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman possibly at the same event. General Eisenhower speaks from his desk, "We here at SHAPE, representatives of many nations, work day by day, constantly, with these intricate and difficult problems. We require faith, self-confidence, devotion, tenacity - always tenacity." Eisenhower said.

Location: Europe
Date: 1951
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079800
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) air exercises

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) air exercises in Western Europe. Air power of the Atlantic Pact Nations exhibited. Americans, French and British join in a mass transport and parachute exhibition at strategic points. Thunder jet fighter-bomber aircraft stand at the airbase. General Eisenhower confers with officers. Tent in the background. Pilots seated in the cockpit. Planes in flight. Troops trained with U.S. equipment.

Location: Western Europe
Date: 1951, October 29
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041639
Spring offensive launched by the Chinese forces on UN troops during the Korean War.

Spring offensive during the Korean War. An animated map of Korea shows the position of United Nation forces behind the 38th Parallel. Events and attack from 20th April, 1951 to May 20th 1951. Chinese forces launch a Spring offensive on 23rd April, 1951. Another Red offensive is launched around the Hwachon Reservoir area. United Nation forces are forced back and move towards south. Later they recover some ground around Seoul. Second phase of Spring offensive being launched around Chunchon in the Central sector of Korea. Later the UN forces strengthen their position in Central part of Korea.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058707
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