The Marshall Plan at Work in Greece

This archival video about Marshall Plan aid to Greece shows Greeks, with the help of Marshall Plan funds and materials, repairing the Corinth Canal, bridges, and locomotives. Greek peasants are given farming equipment; and Greek civilians clear rubble and rebuild ruined villages. Greek boys study in trade schools constructed with Marshall Plan aid. Mules and horses that were imported from the U.S. work on farms. A mechanical ditch digger furnished through Marshall Plan aid is shown in operation. Planes arrive and depart from the rebuilt Athens airport.

The video file is available for download at: http://media.nara.gov/mopix/059/59-164.wmv

Full Title: THE MARSHALL PLAN AT WORK IN GREECE, 1950

Creator(s): Department of State. Office of the Secretary. (09/1789 - ) (Most Recent)

Series: Moving Images Relating to U.S. Foreign Policy and Foreign Relations, compiled 1911 - 1972

Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002

Production Date: 1950

Scope & Content: On Marshall Plan aid to Greece. Shows an aerial view of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. With the help of Marshall Plan funds and materials, Greeks repair the Corinth Canal, bridges, and locomotives; Greek peasants are given farming equipment; and Greek civilians clear rubble and rebuild ruined villages. Greek boys study in trade schools constructed with Marshall Plan aid. Mules and horses imported from the U.S. work on farms. A mechanical ditch digger furnished through Marshall Plan aid is shown in operation. Planes arrive and depart from the rebuilt Athens airport.

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: mopix@nara.gov

National Archives Identifier: 11958
Local Identifier: 59.164
http://research.archives.gov/description/11958

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