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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221497-19
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1948
Country: USA
Location: galveston,Lake Success,New York,Texas,United Nations
TC Begins: 11:44:16
TC Ends: 11:50:54
Duration: 00:06:38
United Nations General Assembly Meeting; SS John H. Quick loaded w/ ECA Wheat to France LS, int, of Lake Success UN General Assembly. Ex. of flags at half-staff in memory of ???, LS. 11:45:13 Int. MS two men talking. MS Gromyko & two others at desk looking glum. CU of ?? 11:45:46 Walter Austin talking w/ two others. 11:46:01 Long shot of assembly from front; from rear. 11:46:19 Slug 11:46:22 LS from water of ships beside grain elevators. Liberty ship John H. Quick low in water loading, dust rising from other ships loading including Clifford E. ?? 11:47:09 Men boarding ship. MCU of grain into holds, CU auger & men moving w/ rope. Taking sample & pouring into bag. 11:48:05 Blacks shoveling grain. View from top of elevator to ships below low in water. View from dock. CU name on ship, ropes holding ship. Empty ship approaching dock w/ tugs, turning in harbor. MS of tarps tied down covering hatches. 11:49:34 MCU man writing on chalkboard; Ship sails at 5pm today, Thursday 5pm. 11:49:43 MS Ship Captain shaking hands w/ civilians in front of microphone KLUT, kisses wife goodbye. Men wave from ships deck. 11:50:19 Blacks shoveling, loading grain into hold. View of ship from water. Captain saying goodbye to family. NOTE: Liberty ship John H. Quick, loaded w/ No. 1 hard wheat, was first load under Economic Cooperation Act leaving for Bordeaux, France, middle April 1948. Post-WWII Food Aid; Post-WW2 Europe;