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PRESIDENT TRUMAN CALLS UPON THE FREE WORLD TO ARM FOR PEACE Part 1
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Pres. Truman, seated at his desk in the White House, addresses the nation by radio and TV. Interspersed are flashes of Stalin reviewing Russian troops in Moscow's Red Square; marching U.S. troops; people lined up to receive food in India; Acheson, Schuman, and Bevin at NATO meetings; a United Nations Security Council meeting; Russia's Vichinsky and Gromyko; Marshall Plan supplies being transported to Europe; men lined at U.S. recruiting stations; aircraft and munitions being manufactured in U.S. factories; UN troops in Korea; and UN flags.
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General Records of the Department of State
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Moving Images Relating to U.S. Foreign Policy and Foreign Relations
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