Other titles:MARSHALL PLAN FILMS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:Film presenting the steel industry in Naples, Italy, and the support it received from the European Recovery Program.
Description:Film focuses on the story of the steel industry in Naples. General views over Nisida, and industrial area of Naples; "Steel for European reconstruction. Steel for European defence." Coal is lifted from a ship and on to a train. Further materials for the foundry are loaded. A large magnet on a bridge crane lifts scrap metal. In the foundry, the furnace is fueled and observed. A number of industrial processes in the production of steel follow. The mechanised shaping of steel bars is shown. Channels on the foundry floor are filled with molten metal. Building work supports the industry, housing new machinery and workers. Funds to facilitate such building are drawn from the European Recovery Program. The film ends as it reiterates the importance of steel - "Steel for peace, steel for preparedness."
Alternative Title:MARSHALL PLAN FILMS [Allocated Series Title]
