Eleanor Roosevelt visits Holland in June 1950; Marshall Plan parade

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Eleanor Roosevelt visits Holland in June 1950; Marshall Plan parade 
Eleanor Roosevelt visits Holland in June 1950; Marshall Plan parade 
1950 June 
EXT crowd lines the street. Motorcade. Eleanor Roosevelt beside a car shaking hands. Line of university professors in academic robes enter a building with an American flag flying over the entrance. People get out of cars, Netherlands flag in BG. INT church with crowd of seated academics. EXT Eleanor Roosevelt walking with academics, wearing hood and holding wreath and piece of paper. CU, crowd on street clapping. Parade for economic recovery (ECA) activities passes, including a band and a float of the Holland America Westerdam ship. Float of a beetle: “STAATSVIJANDA.” More parade floats, one with girls with a large heart engraved with “THANK YOU MARSHALL.” People look out of windows. Flag of the Netherlands. Band playing. CU streetlight illuminating. 

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