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The Marshall Plan at work in Great Britain /

On Marshall Plan aid to Great Britain. Shows London street scenes and a panorama of the English countryside. Flashbacks show German night incendiary raids on London during World War II. Scenes of workers constructing houses, housewives waiting in line at a grocery for rationed food, activities in sh...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Washington, D.C. : United States. Department of State, 1951.
Subjects:
Marshall Plan.
Economic assistance, American > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 1945-1964.
Aide économique américaine > Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions économiques > 1945-1964.
Economic assistance, American.
Economic history.
Great Britain.
1945-1964
Streaming videos.
Nonfiction films
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:On Marshall Plan aid to Great Britain. Shows London street scenes and a panorama of the English countryside. Flashbacks show German night incendiary raids on London during World War II. Scenes of workers constructing houses, housewives waiting in line at a grocery for rationed food, activities in shipyards and textile mills, barrels of whiskey being readied for export, U.S. tourists in British clothing stores, the manufacture of tires in a factory, grain flowing down a chute from ship to shore, and Britishers at work and at play indicate the progress of British reconstruction and economic development with U.S. aid.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed April 08, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (16 min.)
Playing Time:00:15:16