Motion Picture MP72-18
World Charter Signed
Administrative Information
Footage
294 feet
Running Time
8 minutes 10 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
RKO-Pathe
Restrictions
Restricted
Description
Newsreel story of the signing of the United Nations charter in San Francisco.
Date(s)
ca.
June 1945
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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture
Shot List
- Reel 1
0:00 | Dwight West – Narrator. | |
0:30 | Pictures of the United Nations Conference, including Secretary of State Stettinius receiving scroll for work and then vote for approval. The conference is in San Francisco. | |
1:30 | Truman’s arrival in San Francisco. | |
2:00 | Truman’s parade through San Francisco. | |
2:45 | Delegations sign the charter: China, Russia, Great Britain, France. | |
3:45 | United States signs the charter (38th of the 50 to sign). Stettinius talks as Truman watches. Senator Tom Connally signs; Senator Arthur Vandenberg signs, General Harold Stassen signs. | |
7:15 | Truman speaks to delegates (part of speech); short shots of Congress and Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking, regarding United Nations. |