ALLIANCE FOR PEACE 1951 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION PROMO FILM NATO COLD WAR 25214

Love our channel Support us on Patreon: Consider becoming a channel member Produced by NATO and the Signal Photographic Service of the U. S. Army, this black white film is about the formation of NATO and its importance in the defense of the free world. Copyright 1951. The film features a score by William Alwyn. The film dates from the time when Gen. Dwight Eisenhower was supreme commander of NATO (195052), a post he left in order to run for President of the United States. Opening: NATO presents Alliance for Peace (:07:47). Edward R. Murrow narrates. On a road near Paris, the flags of twelve nations can be seen. Men enter the NATO headquarters building. Flashback to WWII: Soviet and U. S. Army troops meet up and shake hands with one another. The War in Europe is over. VE Day celebrations. Wrecked buildings and images of destruction. Men return home. A soldier returns to civilian life and tries on a hat. Europe rebuilds. Farmers in th