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1967 - Cold War, Disarmament Conference, Geneva: Government Film, In Pursuit of Peace. R1 of 2 Card 3 of 3

Reel Number: 250225-09

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1945,1967,1960s

Country: Germany,Switzerland,USA,USSR

Location: California,Elbe River,Geneva,Lexington,Massachusetts,Palais des Nations,San Francisco

TC Begins: 22:55:35

TC Ends: 23:05:58

Duration: 00:10:23

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1967 - Cold War, USA & Disarmament Conference, Geneva. R1 of 2 Card 3 of 3 Autumn trees; Professor Tom Schelling at home raking leaves; w/ family walking dogs on Revolutionary war battlefield sites. Schellng working at night, speaking into dictaphone. Smokes pipe as dog watches. Open reel tape recorder. Grandfather clock shows midnight, CU second hand moving. 22:58:27 Switzerland, clock at 2:12. Control tower at Geneva airport; Swissair plane landing - delegates arriving for disarmament conference. Crowds watching. 22:59:01 William C. Foster, Director of US Arms Control & Disarmament Agency arrives to head American delegation. Foster at press conference - says the most important point of conference should be the achievement of a non-proliferation treaty. 22:59:42 Lake Geneva, pan to League of Nations’ Palais des Nations. CU dedication stone to Woodrow Wilson. Exteriors new League of Nations building - European HQ of United Nations. 23:00:17 Soviet / Russian mission which is a secluded house surrounded by trees. In town center is the American mission - glass & aluminium building. Interior US delegation is meeting. William Foster at desk working. 23:01:43 Dusk & Lake Geneva & UN building. Interiors empty conference chamber. 23:02:03 US flag on front of car thru street. Foster in car traveling to UN building. Good shots Palais des Nations. Interiors w/ reporters & cameramen crowding around delegates. Foster arrives & out of car. Peacock on steps. Various delegates arrive; interiors as delegates meet & greet. 22:03:47 B/W Post-WWII montage: meeting on the Elbe; destruction of Nazi eagle at Nuremberg; German surrender; VE day celebrations; San Francisco flags & delegates arriving at conference to sign charter for United Nations. 22:05:00 President Truman speaking at conference, delegates listening, applaud. 22:05:27 Troop ship coming home to US. Russian soldiers going home. Brief shot casualty / stretchers being transported home. Cold War; Nuclear Deterrent; 1960s; Nobel Prize Winner; Post-WW2; Peace Conferences; Diplomacy; Diplomats; Politics; Security; NOTE: Any continuous 16 minutes of reel 22:33:50 - 23:05:58 (3 cards) sold at per reel rate). NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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