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Report From Britain Pt. 2 of 2

Reel Number: 221532-05

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1951

Country: England,United Kingdom

Location: London,Scotland

TC Begins: 12:51:58

TC Ends: 12:56:48

Duration: 00:04:50

Report From Britain Pt. 2 of 2 Continued... Dock, unloading freighter into barge. Steel mill & workers shoveling, textile mill. Export crates in CU & on dock. Truck chassis unloaded. Parliament. 12:52:36 MS of Stafford Cripps walking past on sidewalk. BBC Broadcasting House, antenna on roof. Cripps VO on exports. Workers at machinery, men & women, welders, packaging, punch presses, filling & packing crates. Moving cases of Johnnie Walker. 12:53:18 Int. Lamarr King SOF: “And as one phase of the Marshall Plan comes to a successful close, another moves to the center of the stage...we have a new chief of ECA in Britain, Willliam L. Batt... pan to... 12:53:54 Batt (SOF): “It was a heartening thing to me...to find our great friend & neighbor had recovered her economic health to the point where she can now stand on her own feet...” 12:54:23 VO Batt. Heavy machinery, welding, int. factory. Tanks down road between factory buildings. Freight loaded on ship. Machinists at drill presses, lathes, etc. 12:54:58 “We are getting on w/ the task of strengthening the British economy... 12:55:13 VO w/ British military at maps on wall. Ext. British airfield w/ both older British bomber & larger American bomber parked. Raising of US & RAF flags, saluting. Aircrews. B-50 taking off, Lincoln Bomber taking off. Both in flight. CU pilots in cockpits. 12:56:02 Aerial of London. Grosvenor Square & FDR statue w/ Jackie Cooper looking at it & wreath at base. Dusk over Parliament. The End. 1940s; 1950s; Post-WWII Rebuilding; Post-WW2 Reconstruction; Aid; Economic Support; Marshall Plan; NOTE: both parts (entire film) sold at rate of one reel.

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