PAUL HOFFMAN, ECA HEAD, IN PARIS Part 2

Description

Summary: MS, Mr William P Foster, Deputy Chief ECA and Averall Harriman at conference table. LSs, members of foreign nations meeting at Hotel Talleyrand to confer on Marshall plan. Several scenes, street traffic, public buildings, one of which maybe Hotel Talleyrand. LS, conference room, people standing around table. MS, Mr Paul Hoffman and Mr Foster at conference table chatting. CU, Mr Hoffman speaking. LS, conference in progress. MS, Mr Hoffman and Mr Foster. MS, representatives of Trieste. MSS, Mr Hoffman, Mr Foster, Mr Harriman. Mr Hoffman and Mr Harriman shake hands. ITALY VOTES (SOUND COMP) Shot of tremendous crowd assembled In square at Milan. LS, Alcide de Gasperi speaking from balcony. HS, cheering crowd. Ints, voting at polls in Milan. Pan, portion of city of Turin. Scenes, voting in Turin. Scenes, people in line at polls in Naples. Ints, some of voting. People standing on line to vote in Rome. Aged and sick are carried into polls. MSs, several priest in line. Ballots are handed to voters, in Rome polling places. Gasperi entering and leaving polls. Shots, newsreel men taking pictures. Gasperi walking through streets followed by crowd. EUROPE SPEEDS MARSHALL PLAN TALKS WITHOUT RUSSIA.: Paris, France. (Sound Comp) Representatives of 16 foreign countries meet. Ernest Bevin gets up to talk(Not Original sound). MLS, French Premier George Bidault at table. MS, delegates from Turkey. MCU, Italian Foreign Minister, Count Carlo Sforza seated at conference table. MS, Belgium's foreign minister Paul H Spaak at table. GEN GEORGE C MARSHALL AT OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB BANQUET (NEWS OF THE DAY FTGE).: 05/02/1950. Overall shot of people at table in banquet hall. MS, Dean Acheson chatting with Elmer Davis at table. MS, Gen Marshall and others at table on dais. MLS, Dean Acheson speaking in tribute to Gen Marshall. MLS, Gen Marshall speaking, thanking the Club for the gold-plated typewriter which was presented to him and telling a story about two men of the Press Club speaking about a suitable gift for the General. One of the men says he thinks they should give him a gold plated kidney, etc. TRIAL OF COMMUNISTS IN NEW YORK.: 1949. (Sound Track, first part in Spanish). Group shot of six of the Communists on trial inside the Foley square Courthouse. CUs of Eugene Dennis, William Foster, Benjamin Davis, Col Wiilliamson, Col Wiesdon, J Stachel. LS, defendants coming down steps of the courthouse in Foley Square. LS, cars leave, crowds watching. CU, John Gates editor of "Daily Worker" speaking about the present communist trial. He states in part that it is impossible for the defendants under the present conditions to have a fair trial(Neg scratch right hand side). NOTE:This part out of sync.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities