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Sound (French), b&w, 20 min. How the people of Walcheren Island (Netherlands) have—with courage, perseverance and faith—reclaimed their island from the sea by repairing the dikes that were destroyed in the war. They are building a new life with the help of the European Recovery Program. This well-filmed early evidence of Marshall Plan achievement was distributed theatrically in nine ERP nations in eight language versions. 1950, directed and produced by John Ferno, Ferno Productions, Paris, for ECA Netherlands. |