Message From Geneva (League of Nations)
GPO Film Unit Dir. Alberto Cavalcanti.
Sound montage re League of Nations. Parliament buildings; BBC Broadcast House. Ext Post Office HQ - Man on telephone arranging radio broadcast from League of Nations in Geneva. Map showing post office radio lines across Europe.
14:31:00 Engineer on telephone discussing lines. Canterbury Cathedral - good montage using telegraph wires & tracking shots to illustrate route from England to Geneva. Brief aerial of Geneva. Grounds of new building w/ men landscaping.
14:31:38 BBC radio / broadcast technicians at desks, switching to Geneva. Broadcaster in front of microphone in Geneva, light on & reporter broadcasts.
14:32;00 Geneva stockshots fountain, traffic, hotels flying nation’s flags.
14:32:32 Delegates arriving at old electoral building, Leon Blum (brief). Cameras & photographers. Int. 14:33:05 Pan Geneva rooftops to lake.
14:33:15 Construction work on Palais des Nations by builders of ten nationalities.
14:33:37 Int. Secretariat in completed wing. Switchboard telephone operators. Meeting taking place in small room of League’s Economic Committee. Delegates listening, smoking. GOOD.
14:34:17 Post room, stamping, moving bags of mail. Post van leaving. Treasurer Seymour Jacklin w/ male secretary or assistant.
14:35:10 Press office, teletypes; journalists at desks. Telephone booths, reporters phoning in report. Undersecretary Frank Walters phones Radio Nations, part of Radio Suisse. SOF speaks to man re broadcast. Radio Nations building w/ antennas - interiors. Electrical circuits.
14:36:56 Aerials of Palais des Nations. Pan across. View from biplane. Radio aerials, technicians. The End.
Promotional Films; Educational Films; Sponsored Films; Propaganda; 1936;
NOTE: Good quality, coverage & documentary.
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Message From Geneva (League of Nations) GPO Film Unit Dir. Alberto Cavalcanti. Sound montage re League of Nations. Parliament buildings; BBC Broadcast House. Ext Post Office HQ - Man on telephone arranging radio broadcast from League of Nations in Geneva. Map showing post office radio lines across Europe. 14:31:00 Engineer on telephone discussing lines. Canterbury Cathedral - good montage using telegraph wires & tracking shots to illustrate route from England to Geneva. Brief aerial of Geneva. Grounds of new building w/ men landscaping. 14:31:38 BBC radio / broadcast technicians at desks, switching to Geneva. Broadcaster in front of microphone in Geneva, light on & reporter broadcasts. 14:32;00 Geneva stockshots fountain, traffic, hotels flying nation’s flags. 14:32:32 Delegates arriving at old electoral building, Leon Blum (brief). Cameras & photographers. Int. 14:33:05 Pan Geneva rooftops to lake. 14:33:15 Construction work on Palais des Nations by builders of ten nationalities. 14:33:37 Int. Secretariat in completed wing. Switchboard telephone operators. Meeting taking place in small room of League’s Economic Committee. Delegates listening, smoking. GOOD. 14:34:17 Post room, stamping, moving bags of mail. Post van leaving. Treasurer Seymour Jacklin w/ male secretary or assistant. 14:35:10 Press office, teletypes; journalists at desks. Telephone booths, reporters phoning in report. Undersecretary Frank Walters phones Radio Nations, part of Radio Suisse. SOF speaks to man re broadcast. Radio Nations building w/ antennas - interiors. Electrical circuits. 14:36:56 Aerials of Palais des Nations. Pan across. View from biplane. Radio aerials, technicians. The End. Promotional Films; Educational Films; Sponsored Films; Propaganda; 1936; NOTE: Good quality, coverage & documentary.