Sound (German), b&w, 19 (?) min. Halfway through the century and halfway through the four-year European Recovery Progam, this gives an accounting of what has been accomplished and a reminder of what still lies ahead. Still to be achieved are increased productivity, greater economic cooperation and European integration. In rather hectic March-of-Time style, the film cites some specifics of the ERP program: the destroyed dykes of Holland's Walcheren Island have been rebuilt; Turkish farmers have new combines and a better steel plow from Detroit; Denmark is producing more poultry and eggs and more pork with new varieties of high-grade feed; in Belgium the great port of Antwerp is back in business; Trieste is building ships again; ships ply the Corinth Canal once more in Greece; in France power is being generated at Donzere, in the Rhone Valley; Norway's northernmost iron mine at Kirkenes is producing; and in England, imported carbon black from the USA assures the production of automobile tires. 1950. Produced by the March of Time, Paris, for ECA. NB: no cat. number, and its existence there is not certain; memo of September 5, 2000, said yes, but "nicht benuetzbar," [presently?] not usable. Further research needed.

Sound (English), b&w, 10 min. A day in the life of the "free city" of Trieste as it recovers from war destruction and the postwar squabbles of its occupiers. Thanks to Marshall Plan aid, there is food on the table again. And the hope of jobs: in manufacturing, on the railroad, in the reopened oil refineries and, especially, in the shipyards. (Note: Much of the territory of Trieste, including the City of Trieste, is now part of Italy. At the time the film was made, the city of Trieste was nominally part of a UN protectorate, the Yugoslav, American, and British occupiers having not yet agreed on a settlement.) 1950. Camera: Rino Filippini, Music: Alberico Vitalini, Editor Pino Giomini, Assistant Director, Micolo Ferrari. Produced and directed by Romolo Marcellini, Telefilm, Rome, for MSA. NARA ref. copy: VT (on 306.03747).

Sound (English), Technicolor, 10 min. At an Italian shipyard revived with funds from the Rome government and Marshall Plan aid, a new ship takes shape. As the workers and craftsmen go through each phase of construction, the viewer is drawn into the exhilaration of building a ship from its inception. Coverage is detailed and well-filmed. Directed by Ubaldo Magnagli, camera work by Cyril Knowles, narrated by Frank Gervasi, music composed and conducted by G. Pomerant, with the Symphony Orchestra of St. Cecilia. Produced by Documento Film, Rome, for ECA Italy. NARA ref. copy: VT (Technicolor of ref. copy is somewhat faded.) NB(1): Film seems complete at 10+ min. However, Albert Hemsing described it in his 1994 memoir/filmography as 18 min. NB(2): Although not mentioned in any known catalogue of MP films, it was included in a NATO list of Jan. 1972 as a supposed Marshall Plan film.

Sound (Italian), Technicolor, 10 min (18 min?). At an Italian shipyard revived with funds from the Rome government and Marshall Plan aid, a new ship takes shape. As the workers and craftsmen go through each phase of construction, the viewer is drawn into the exhilaration of building a ship from its inception. Coverage is detailed and well-filmed. Directed by Ubaldo Magnagli, camera work by Cyril Knowles, narrated by Frank Gervasi, music composed and conducted by G. Pomerant, with the Symphony Orchestra of St. Cecilia. Produced by Documento Film, Rome, for ECA Italy. NB(1): Film seems complete at 10+ min. However, Albert Hemsing described it in his 1994 memoir/filmography as 18 min. NB(2): Although not mentioned in any known catalogue of MP films, it was included in a NATO list of Jan. 1972 as a supposed Marshall Plan film.

Sound (English), b&w, 14 min. Trieste's fishing fleet, which includes many new vessels built with American aid, sails for the summer's catch off the Italian island of Lampedusa. Citizens gain new employment, and Europe's food supply is augmented. 1951. Produced by ECA/OSR Film Section, Paris, for ECA Trieste. NARA ref. copies: PPC 35mm, 2R. Also PPC 16mm, 1R, and VM 1056

Sound (English), b&w, 27 min. Describes the way the Free Territory of Trieste is being locally administered by the U.S. and Britain under United Nations trusteeship. Explains how American troops are given a thorough indoctrination in Trieste’s political and historical background. Treats American aid and its application in reviving shipbuilding and in generally improving the overall economic stability of the Free Territory. NARA ref. copy: PPC 35mm, 3R.