British workers crowd into a dining hall and have lunch. A radio broadcast credits improvements in the British standard of living to the Marshall Plan. Examples of increase attention to developing European self-sufficiency, with advent of Marshall Plan ending in 1952. A train runs on the railway track. Men ascend on the wires above the railway track and work on them. Construction workers seek improved methods and efficiencies. They pack Camel Cigarettes in a box for the purpose of export. Cars in a showroom on which a slip indicates, 'Austin Motor Company Ltd'. The work of expansion of industries going on, with emphasis on increasing exports to the United States. Modern machines and equipment used in the work. Discussion of post Marshall Plan times in Europe.
Aerial view of Capitol building in Washington, DC. The Mall and Washington monument viewed from the Capitol. Hundreds of 4H members, gather on lawn in front of the Washington Monument at start of 4-H club camp in Washington, DC. Included are more than a hundred European farm leaders who's trip was financed through the Marshall Plan. Farm youths from 13 European nations have arrived in America. Scenes of 4H activities: Young boy takes 4-h club oath. The symbol of the 4-H club on the wall. Boys and girls gather around a bull and watch it. A boy washing and brushing a bull. They apply their agricultural knowledge to the animals for livestock improvement. Woman looks at preserved food items. An outdoor meeting of the 4-H club members. Young American farmers at airport leaving for Europe. They bid good bye. The plane takes off.
The members of 4-H club group arrive in Denmark in an agriculture fair in Marshall Plan exhibit. People learn about the modern farming techniques. They learn about the method of increased food production. Men in a farm. Poultry farming in the place. Cow milked by machine. Weeding of sugar beet field by the farmers.
Young American farmer visits pig and potato farm in Western Germany. Tractor lifts potato from the farm. Women pick potatoes and place them in baskets. Pigs on the farm. Farmers feed pigs. Young farmers swim.
4-H club members return to United States from Europe, arriving in New York aboard an ocean liner. American farm which is being visited by an English girl Alison Reeve. Girl shown printed information pamphlet by a county extension agent, beside his parked car by the house. Man outside a farm building tells young boys and the girl about a bull. Young farmers learn modern agricultural techniques at the 4-H club camp. They drive tractors on the farm. The girl watches them. Farmers eating food at a large outdoor table picnic. Exterior view of a rural church. Farmers sitting in a church during a church service. Farming community sings and dances a square dance as a band plays and a man calls the dance steps. Farmers stand in the farm and look at the machines.
Women and girls sit and work at numerous tables where they crack nuts and shell almonds for meager wages. They sing sad songs as they work. A group of men with farm tools pass by a hill side. An accordion player leads the group. They are itinerant farm laborers of the region.
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