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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220540-06
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1954,1950s
Country: Greece,Iran,Japan,Malaya,United Kingdom,USA ThailandGermanyEngland,Vietnam
Location: Boston, Massachusetts,Latin America,London,Saigon Tokyo,Salonika,Washington, DC
TC Begins: 16:03:07
TC Ends: 16:14:55
Duration: 00:11:48
1954 - Colour, Cold War, USA: Government Film on USIA Card 2 of 2 Map showing USIS offices around the World 16:03:25 Germany - building Amerika-Haus. Interior library, people reading. Mobile library / bookmobile in German town. 16:04:25 USIS discussion group. Concert. Exterior RIAS - VOA broadcasting in US zone in Berlin. Announcer broadcasting in German. 16:05:06 USIS exhibit of Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Family of Man exhibit. Visitors looking at photographs. 16:05:28 Latin America (?) Communist agitator at outdoor meeting. Mobile unit of USIA takes film show on road to counter the work of the Communists. People at screening, MS projector & film on screen. 16:06:10 Thailand - USIS man riding elephant. Planning meetings of USIS officers & Thais. USIA officer addressing locals. 16:06:50 Germany. USIA secretary with German couple. In Saigon, USIS English classes. In London - man carries film from taxi into BBC Broadcasting House. In Iran - plane takes off, aerial views of American technical assistance project. In Tokyo, private publishing company translating American book. Other USIA activities - theater - Porgy and Bess on tour, cast taking bow to audience applause. NBC Orchestra - Symphony of the Air performs in Tokyo. William Faulkner, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, talking w/ Japanese men on cultural / educational visit. Jesse Owens in Malaya 16:09:02 Exhibit in Washington, DC re Peoples Capitalism. Overseas trade fairs - motor show. products shown at International Trade Fair in Salonika in Greece. Greek man using electric razor. People looking at displays. King Paul & Queen Frederica of Greece visit fair. Visitors looking at themselves on television. 16:10:17 Campaign re disarmament - Mutual Inspection for peace - The Open Skies Proposal. 16:10:44 Map showing Iron Curtain & VOA transmitters. USIA Coast Guard Cutter Courier (WAGR-410),floating radio relay station - transmitters - aerials - floating turntables. 16:11:36 Radios w/ people listening - radio jamming by Russians. CUs. 16:12:30 Cover of America Illustrated magazine published by USIA - pages turned. American magazines on racks. Two Japanese (?) women looking at small library of American books - Care shelf. 16:13:30 Cultural City Salutes aka Sister City program signs - City of Boston salutes Rome. Boston shops. Montage: Statue of Liberty, Atomic explosion, US troops marching, State Department & signing documents, Voice of America announcers broadcasting in various languages. 16:14:42 The End & end credit. Cold War; Propaganda; VIPS; Royalty; Anti-Communism; 1950s; NOTE: Card sold at per reel rate or any continuous 14 minutes on 2 cards at per reel rate.