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.