WWII - 1939/40, Switzerland: ICRC - Red Cross - Central Agency for War Prisoners

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1939/40, Switzerland: ICRC - Red Cross - Central Agency for War Prisoners Bag of mail arrives, opened & dumped on desk, mail man leaves. 07:04:52 ICRC meeting around table in progress in front of large Red Cross flag on wall. MCUs & CUs of participants talking; papers brought in by aids. 07:07:24 Large number of young employees around long table sorting arriving mail; opening and checking contents of envelops. CUs. CU of addresses on arriving envelopes & cards. 07:08:57 Older staff at table w/ many boxes in front of sign on wall Tri Du Courrier. Reading letters & putting into boxes. 07:09:50 Staff sorting cards (?) on table. Signs of different countries: Poland / Polonais, Germany / Allemand, France / Francais, Britain / Britannique. 07:10:43 LS of staff at smaller tables sorting; more boxes of cards brought in. MS women w/ large file drawers w/ alphabetical card index checking addresses for Prisoners of War / POW. 07:11:19 Exterior Red Cross building; buses past. Sign in French above entrance - Agece Centrale des Prisonniers De Guerre. aka Red Cross Central Agency for Prisoners of War. 07:12:00 Office int. Two men talking across desks; third man enters & have discussion; referring to large wall map of Europe 07:12:46 Three men in overcoats walk on sidewalk along Lake Geneva. 07:13:08 Exterior building w/ Red Cross flag over entrance, people enter. 07:13:41 Interior, two men at desks in office w/ large Red Cross posters on wall; talk & one lights pipe.Swedish poster behind on wall. 07:14:36 Three men out of office into hallway talking. CU poster: Indian Red Cross Society. Other posters.- 07:15:14 High angle / HA very large room w/ people at tables sorting mail or ?? 07:16:11 Young people at typewriters. WW2; 1940s; Business Planning; Prisoners of War Aid; POW Assistance; Office Workers; Charity; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk