| U.S. Info Program Backed - Discussing The Marshall Plan | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1533 |
| Catalog #: | 498963 | |
| Clip Number: | 498963-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 021-112-04 | |
| Timecode: | 00:12:10 - 00:13:08 | |
| Location: | Washington, DC | |
| Year Shot: | 1948 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | COMMUNICATIONS: Misc. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Marshall Plan LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. OCCUPATIONS: Politicians / Statesmen | |
| Description: | Blurry, shaky, dull and dark in contrast and imagery Congressmen Smith and Mundt explain their joint bill strengthening the 'Voice of America' information program. They say newsreels, too, will help tell our story to the world. Two gentlemen sitting on a sofa discussing The Marshall Plan Envoy on the Left: "The United States is about to undertake one of the most important economic programs of all history. The so called European recovery program otherwise known as the Marshall Plan. But one of our difficulties is the complete misrepresentation of what were trying to do and why were trying to do it." Envoy on the Right: "People abroad look to America for leadership and they are hungry for facts. Facts about the United States. Newsreels, like this one for example are one of the most effective methods of getting facts about the United States across to the world. We now have under our bill for the first time in American history a permanent method for telling the people of the world the truth about the plans the program and the people of the United States and the great free institutions which made us great and kept us strong." | |
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