U.S. 137th Infantry troops in France. A line of soldiers extends in distance to the horizon. They carry shoulder packs and weapons and walk in loose formations, with a mounted officer between groups. An overturned truck is seen beside the road.
Soccer match in Barcelona, Spain during World War II. Nazi German flag with Swastika symbol waving in the breeze. Crowd gathers in stadium to watch the match. People at balcony watch match. Nazi flag hung from balcony. Players emerge onto the field and play the soccer match. Crowd cheers them. Soldiers stand just outside the playing field. Players stand aligned and give Nazi salute.
German troops in a flooded area of Russia. Infantry units arrive through train. They sit in motor barge to travel through water. Supplies transported on boat, wrapped in hay. Troops unload supplies and provisions on shore. They unwrap supplies and bring out bottles. Drink ladeled from barrel and given to other troops. Horses pull rubber rafts in water. Fodder for horses is carried on rubber rafts. Field officer travel in a motor launch. Troops bail water from their barracks. Troops climb up on tree platform and sit in observation post.
Italian military official (minister or general) enters room filled with high ranking Italian military officers in dress uniforms during World War II.They exchange fascist Roman salutes. An Italian officer reads a citation as they all stand at attention. The honoree poses flanked by Italian officers. He leaves the building, passing an honor guard on his way, and rendering Roman salute.
Zenbei Horikiri, the new Ambassador of Japan to the Kingdom of Italy, presents his credentials to King Victor Emmanuel III in Rome, Italy during World War II. Hokiri stands with an Italian officer during the ceremony at the Quirinal Palace. To his right, behind him, similarly dressed, is Shun'ichi Kase,secretary to Japanese Foreign Minister Yōsuke Matsuoka. (Shun'ichi later served as chargé d’affaires in Italy commencing in 1943.) Japanese and Italian officers are part of the two-nation entourage that emerges from the palace following the event. They proceed down the steps of the Quirinal Palace (Palazzo del Quirinale, Piazza del Quirinale, 00187 Roma RM, Italy) and across the Piazza del Quirinale, where camera shows a glimpse of one of the statues at the Obelisk and Fountain of Castor and Pollux (containing sculptures of Castor and Pollux as horse tamers). Next, a motorcade of the officials' cars drives out of the palace complex, past two guard posts.
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.
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