Second Italo-Ethiopian (Abyssinian) war . View, from an airplane, of mustard gas being spread over wide area from generators operated by Italian Forces on a river bank in Ethiopia. View from ground of the generators spewing the mustard gas. Numerous steel drums on ground near the generators. One is prominently marked with letter "M." An Italian soldier looks at the gas clouds from an upwind hide out.
Smoke rises from U.S. Army artillery shells striking on a hill in the Italian Campaign of World War 2. . Several knocked out American Sherman tanks from C Company, 760th Tank Battalion Santa Maria are shown. One leans off the dirt road partway into a ditch. Closeup of tread on a damaged Sherman tank. U.S. soldiers seen in a Sherman tank parked behind a damaged one that has a large hole in it from gunfire. An American soldier places his hand in the hole. Brief view of an Italian Semovente da 75/18 self-propelled gun. Glimpse of what appears to be a damaged Italian 37mm antitank gun.
Completely destroyed buildings line a dirt road in Italy during World War 2. The general landscape is devastated. American troops and military vehicles are parked beside one section of the narrow road and infantrymen walk in a line along the road past the camera. Closeup of damaged building and steps. A young Italian boy walks past the camera, carrying a sack over his shoulder. Glimpse of a dead soldier next to a wall. A tracked construction vehicle with protected top and carrying a tow cable, moves along rubble strewn road towards area where soldiers are gathered near destroyed buildings. View of totally destroyed buildings.
A U.S. Army Sherman tank moves along a narrow dirt road in Italy during World War 2. It raises lots of dust as it proceeds. Next, U.S. Infantry are seen moving along a dirt road toward some abandoned fortified positions. View of some U.S. soldiers walking past heavily sandbagged fortifications. Infantry pass a sign on a prominent building in main part of town that reads: "Scauri." They inspect other buildings in the area. Two U.S. Army photographers are seen walking along the town road.
Shows the recovery of Europe after the war. Animals in the field. European villages and towns resuming normalcy. A woman arrives at a shop to buy a stamp to post a letter. The shopkeeper pastes a stamp, bearing "ERP" for European Recovery Plan, on the envelope. People stand in front of a ship in a harbor. Teacher teaching children in a school. They read various books. Eighteen European nations are assisted by the Marshall Plan.
The Marshall Plan implemented in Europe after World War 2. Opening scenes are in Turkey: A man marks on a wall drawings for farm fields. A farmer tests a farm vehicle received from an American farm equipment company. Modern farm equipment including tractor, plow, harrow, and a combine are used in the field by Turkish farmers. A sack of grain is loaded into a horse driven cart in Turkey. Discussion of food production in Denmark and Northern Europe. A chicken farm in Denmark. A Danish farmer woman collects eggs in a hen house. She loads eggs in a basket. Farmer feeds pigs. A farmer distributes feed to cows in a shed. Men in white coats examine large blocks of cheese. Food crates and barrels arriving dock side at a port for export through countries of Europe. Scenes of shipping a dock operations in Antwerp Belgium, as ships are loaded with goods. Wide views of Antwerp harbor.
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