Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Marshall Tells of His Plan before Senate Committee

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
972
Date Released
19 Jan 1948
Date submitted
16 Jan 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Marshall Addresses Senate. DESCRIPTION: George Marshall speaks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY:KS Interior Senate seated. GV Congress listening and applauding. SCU & CU George Marshall saying: The solution would be much easier, of course, if all the nations in Europe would co-operate - but they are not. Far from co-operation the Soviet Union and the Communist parties have proclaimed their determined opposition to a plan for European economic recovery. The six and eight-tenth million proposed for the first fifteen months is less than a single month’s charge of the war. To be quite clear, this unprecedented endeavour of the New World to help the old is neither sure nor easy. It is a calculated risk. It is a difficult programme and you know far better than I do the political difficulties involved in this programme. But there is no doubt in my mind that if we decide to do this thing, we can do it successfully, and there is also no doubt in my mind that the whole world hangs in the balance as to what it is to be.
Keywords
Politics and government
Locations
Washington DC
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
49688
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
65
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Marshall Tells of His Plan before Senate Committee', British Movietone News Issue No. 972, 19 Jan 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14887 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)