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SOLDIER OF PEACE - GENERAL GEORGE MARSHALL

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Title: SOLDIER OF PEACE - GENERAL GEORGE MARSHALL
File Number: AFP-152-I 35mm VTM-152-I Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Documentary
Year: 1952
Subjects: Aerials
Description: B W 1910s - 1952 SOLDIER OF PEACE - GENERAL GEORGE MARSHALL Won the world's highest peace award - The Nobel Peace Prize.. authored the battle plan of the first American offensive in WWI... Chief of Staff in 1939. Secy. of State, proposed the Marshall Plan, Secy. of Defense in 1950. 00:00:33:00 B W 1952 ws WWII soldiers marching in formation in training camp and at "shoulder arms". Marshall observes the parade. 00:00:41:00 B W 1952 cu,ms Marshall in his office as Secy. of State. Marshall awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 00:01:02:00 B W 1952 ws West Point cadets on parade carrying rifles at "shoulder arms". West Point flag honor guard. Cadets at "rest arms". Cu of West Point Cadets. 00:01:31:00 B W 1952 cu George Catlett Marshall as a West Point cadet. 00:01:35:00 B W 1952 ms WWI front line howitzer artillery piece fires, soldier on horseback. Front line skirmishes line firing in open field. Soldiers charge across open fields, soldiers rise from trench position to charge on upgrade. Rear view of soldiers rising from trenches and charging. Marshall at the front. 00:01:55:00 B W 1952 ms China city street scene of heavy pedestrian traffic. 00:02:21:00 B W 1952 ms FDR in the oval office enacts legislation. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers chopping down trees in the woodland snows. Blasting a hillside. 00:02:38:00 B W 1952 ws Capitol Building dome in Washington DC. 00:02:41:00 B W 1939 ms,cu Marshall sworn in as Army Chief of Staff (1939). 00:02:51:00 B W 1952 ms Marshall steps out of tent. US Army maneuvers. Horse cavalry in action. Motorized tanks in convoy. 00:03:21:00 B W 1943 ls,ms Casablanca (1943). FDR and Churchill. Admiral King and General George Marshall. Averell Harriman, Harry Hopkins, General Hap Arnold, Marshall, Eisenhower and Churchill. 00:03:45:00 B W 1943 ls,ms Scene of the Quebec Conference (1943). FDR, Churchill, Marshall, King, and group of top military brass. 00:04:05:00 B W 1952 ms,cu Footage at Teheran Conference. FDR, Churchill, Stalin, Marshall, Molotov, Harriman, Cu of Marshall at the conference. 00:04:30:00 B W 1952 ms General "Ike" Eisenhower, General Montgomery, General Bradley, 00:04:38:00 B W 1952 ws Ships at sea engaged in the Invasion of Europe "Overlord", Normandy Landings. 00:04:42:00 B W 1952 ms Troops climbing from the troopships down the nets into the landing barges on way to landing on the Normandy beaches. 00:05:02:00 B W 1952 ms,ls View from the landing barge rear, as troops charge out toward the beaches. Soldiers advancing on the Normandy beach under fire. Captured German prisoners escorted with arms raised in surrender. Headline:"US Ninth crosses the Elbe"..."57 mi. from Berlin". 00:05:27:00 B W 1945 ms, News zipper on the New York Times Building in Times Square, reads,"Truman announces Japanese surrender". Times Square filled with cheering and celebrating servicemen and civilians as victory and peace are declared (1945). 00:05:35:00 B W 1952 ms,cu Marshall, Jimmy Byrnes, and President Harry S Truman, General Eisenhower as Chief of Staff. Cu of Marshall. 00:05:57:00 B W 1952 cu,ms Marshall deplanes in China, greeted at airport. General ws Chiang Kai-shek at his desk, reviews troops. Mao Zedong . Artillery piece blasts, (ls) vista view of falling shells. Firing of heavy artillery in the Chinese Civil War . Chinese soldiers on the march. 00:06:54:00 B W 1952 ws Capitol Building, Washington DC. 00:07:00:00 B W 1952 ms George Marshall sworn in as Secy. of State. Supreme Court Justice Vinson, Harry S Truman. 00:07:09:00 B W 1952 ms Airplane takes off for diplomatic mission, Marshall deplanes in Moscow. Soviet conference, Marshall and Dulles. Marshall leaves the conference. Steps back into the airplane. Airplane takes off on return from the mission. Marshall deplanes, greeted by President Harry S Truman, motorcade from the airfield. 00:07:50:00 B W 1952 cu Marshall delivers speech (Marshall Plan). 00:07:56:00 B W 1952 ls,ms AV of Berlin. Suffering Europeans, scavenging for cu coal and food, soup and bread lines,--cross cut to Marshall still delivering his talk...Marshall testifies before a Congressional Committee (soundtrack). Truman, Marshall and Paul Hoffman, Director of the Marshall Plan. 00:09:11:00 B W 1952 ls,ms A busy pier filled with packages and boxes. Hoisting ship cargo. pouring grains. Truck delivers freight to the cargo ship tied to the pier or dock. Large wooden freight containers hoisted . 00:09:32:00 B W 1948 ls,ms HA pedestrians walking in streets, rioting demonstrators (Bogota in 1948). Marshall attends the Bogota Conference (CU). 00:09:58:00 B W 1952 ms Walter Reed Hospital entrance. Sign-"Walter Reed Army-Medical Center". 00:10:11:00 B W 1952 cu,ms Banners of Mao Zedong. Mao reviews troops. 00:10:19:00 B W 1952 ms Korean War. Howitzer fires a round. Soldiers "dig in"on side of road. 00:10:27:00 B W 1952 cu Wall Map of Europe showing the "Iron Curtain". 00:10:36:00 B W 1950 ms North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) opening meeting (1950). 00:10:45:00 B W 1952 cu,ms Marshall as Secy. of Defense speaks at the conference. (Harriman, Bradley), (Soundtrack). 00:11:11:00 B W 1952 ms VS military footage. Tank rolls on roadway. Aircraft Carrier at sea. Battleship fires guns. Heavy Bomber flies overhead. Formation of Bombers flying overhead. 00:11:33:00 B W 1952 ms Marshall honored at dinner reception as he retires. Shakes hands with President Harry S Truman. 00:11:46:00 B W 1952 ms Marshall and wife stroll on their Virginia farm. Sit on lawn and fondle pet dogs. 00:11:57:00 B W 1952 cu George Marshall
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