Anti-communist protestors riot in support of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956, and against Soviet efforts to stop the Hungarian revolution (during Cold War focus on communist threat). The crowds demonstrate holding torch light and banners in West Berlin. People set a structure on fire during the demonstration in Paris, France. People outside the Communist Party Headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands demonstrate. The angry crowd throws objects at the Felix Meritis building, located at 324 Keizersgracht, Centrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, site of the offices of the Communist Party of the Netherlands. Broken glass in a window outside the headquarters offices of the Communist Party of the Netherlands.. The protestors seen people outside the Felix Meritis building.
U.S. troops on the Nazi German liner Europa arriving in New York harbor after the end of World War II. Europa approaching the New York harbor. U.S. troops seen aboard, on the deck of the ocean liner. A Nazi flag on the ship. The troops stand on the deck. A banner reads 'Hiya Butch'. Captain of the liner is seen. U.S. Marshal James MacKay signs a document and takes possession of the vessel for the United States. The Naval officers stand in a group.
Attack sleds designed for U.S. soldiers in Italy. Troops in prone position inside the sleds. An officer looks at the soldiers inside the sleds. He helps one of the soldiers to put his gun inside the sled. A small tank pulls the sleds through mine fields. The tank crashes through a tree and a stone wall while pulling the attack sleds. (World War II period).
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.
German citizens collect winter clothes for German soldiers in Germany during World War II. A sculpture made up of metal. The scrap metal is donated to the soldiers for making weapons. A man pushes a trolley filled with scrap metal. He empties the trolley. A man puts the metal into fire to melt. The molten metal is being prepared for making weapons. A textile manufacturing plant. A woman arranges old clothes. She puts them in a machine. Machines in the factory. Textiles are prepared in the factory for making uniforms of soldiers. German citizens donate money. Newspaper headlines about giving winter clothes for the soldiers at front. A woman gives winter clothes for the soldiers. Another woman giving winter clothes to a man. An officer holding winter clothes walks up to a trolley full of clothes. He keeps the clothes in the trolley. The officer and a woman looking at the winter clothes. People walk on a street. German citizens donate old clothes. A woman collects clothes. The winter clothes collected for soldiers.
German aggression during World War II. Animated map shows troop movement and German occupied territories before the attack on Russia. Animation depicts German invasion of Norway and Denmark.
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