"March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. MID-CENTURY: HALF WAY TO WHERE?

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"March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. MID-CENTURY: HALF WAY TO WHERE?

1950

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On world-wide political and spiritual problems and the doctrinal conflict between communism and capitalism. Reel 1 shows examples of material progress (trains, autos, airplanes, etc.) and spiritual confusion of the 20th century as exemplified by alcoholism, escape literature, jazz music, and abstract art. British critic Herbert Read discusses abstract art. Stalin visits Lenin's tomb in Moscow. Mao Tse-tung reviews Chinese troops. Marshall Plan aid arrives in Italy. Gen. Bradley and Sec. of Defense Johnson meet with North Atlantic Defense Committee members in Paris. Bradley speaks on U.S. military defense. Also shows ECA director Hoffman. Reel 2, Winston Churchill avers that England will not succumb to communism. British communist Harry Pollitt asserts communistic principles. Shows Gandhi and Nehru. Labor leader Walter Reuther defends capitalism. Autos are assembled in Detroit. J. Robert Oppenheimer states that science must be free. R.C.A. chairman David Sarnoff explains radio's future possibilities. French philosopher Jacques Maritain asks for a return to Biblical principles. Trygve Lie lays the cornerstone of the United Nations building in New York City.

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