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1951, USA Marshall Plan Film: Story of Koula, The R2 of 2

Reel Number: 221728-07

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1951,1950s

Country: Greece,USA

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TC Begins: 16:17:39

TC Ends: 16:28:39

Duration: 00:11:00

Villagers running up hill past Greek village minaret (?). Village square & horses & men drinking at well in center w/ activity around; men working in small shops. Boy & grandfather to wagon where boy waits as grandfather goes to fill out paperwork. 16:18:45 MCU line of tethered mules; boy looking, goes to mules & pets favorite. Men talking about mules, gesturing; mules biting. 16:19:49 Men preparing to draw lots from straw hat for mules. CU papers w/ numbers. Mules led off; men pointing. MCU Farmers talking, sharing numbers & trading. 16:21:42 Boy & grandfather w/ mule walk away. 16:21:52 LS of Greek mountains & village. 16:21:57 Man chasing after mule running downhill along stone fence w/ village houses behind. Men try to hold mules by ropes; boy standing outside stone wall of house watching. CU boy & grandfather talking (SOF). Boy talks / sings to mule as grandfather & mother watch. 16:23:23 Boy riding mule past small straw / hay stacks, thru village. Father comes & gets boy to help break mule as men watch. 16:24:47 Boy plowing behind mule. CU wooden plow. Talking to mule. Woman hoeing field, watches as boy hooks burro alongside mule, tries to get them to plow together; puts flowers on burro & mule harnesses. 16:27:39 Plowing together, others hoeing & breaking clods in sun. Hoeing field, dust raised. The End. Post-WWII; Post-WW2; Economics; ERP; Marshall Plan; Foreign Aid; Greece; Stubbornness; Teamwork; 1951; 1950s; Farm Animals;

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