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European rail and air transportation developments and operations after World War II
Postwar rail and air transportation facilities and operations in Europe. A new railroad locomotive moves out of a factory in Switzerland. The engineer looks out his side window as it rolls out. A train moves along a track next to a road that then crosses in a level crossing. A car stops for the train, as it passes. People walk on the modern concourse of Roma Termini railway station (Piazza dei Cinquecento, 1, 00185 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy. A train moves on the Lorraine railway viaduct (Lorraineviadukt 3013 Bern, Switzerland) in Bern, Switzerland. Views of several new bridges in Europe. Traffic on a road hub with cloverleaf loops. A British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) De Havilland Comet jet passenger airliner taking off. Sign reads “Order of Formalities on arrival 1. Sanitary control 2. Passport control 3. Declaration of currencies 4. Baggage inspection”. Sign reads “…De Police control de Policia…”. An immigration officer stamps the passport of a female passenger. Sign reads “Controle Sanitaire Sanitary Control Arrival – Contro…”. Officer stamping passport at airport. “Controle Currency Control”. A man hands over his passport to an officer. Passenger opening baggage for inspection while going through customs at a French airport. Customs officer marks the baggage. View from under the tail of a DC-6 passenger plane taxiing out for takeoff. View of a Transworld Airlines (TWA) Lockheed Constellation passenger plane in flight shortly after takeoff from airport.
Models display winter clothes like poncho, anoraks and pullovers in Switzerland.
Winter wear on display in Switzerland. Snow covered mountains in Switzerland. Models display winter wear like pullover, poncho, anoraks, jackets, fur coat and knitwear for the evening. People look on as models display different styles of winter wear.
The U.S. and Switzerland compete in the first hockey match of the 1948 Winter Olympics
The U.S. and Swiss hockey teams line up and salute each other with their hockey sticks at the start of the first ice hockey game of the 1948 Winter Olympics, in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The game commences and camera catches much of the skating and scoring activity. At one point, the beautiful mountains and Olympic buildings can be seen in the background. (The game was won by Switzerland, 5 to 4.)
Meeting of the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee at the U.N Palace of Nations, Geneva Switzerland, in 1967
As film starts, the loud sound of jet airplanes is accompanied by views upward of clocks and the control tower at Geneva, Switzerland airport. The flag of the Canton of Geneva and that of Switzerland are displayed in tall flag poles. A jet passenger plane begins its takeoff roll in the background. An observation deck atop the airport building is filled with visitors. A Swissair Boeing 707 passenger plane is taxiing to the ramp after landing. Snow covered mountains fill the background. Narrator says "tomorrow, the 4 year old, 18 Nation Disarmament Conference, co-chaired by the Soviet Union and the United States, will once again, convene." Photographers ready cameras as a mobile stairway moves to the aircraft doorway. Closeups of spectators on the observation deck, including families with children. The American delegate, William C. Foster, Director, United States arms control and disarmament agency, is seen walking away from the airplane, across the airport ramp, accompanied by persons greeting him. Inside a building, Foster is mobbed by surrounding reporters and photographers. An interviewer asks him what is the most important item on the agenda for the United States. He replies: "The achievement of a Non-proliferation Treaty." Newsmen continue to press him about prospects of success in negotiations with the Russians. Scene shifts to the shore of Lake Geneva and the original League of Nations, Palace of Nations building there. Camera pans over the building to a tablet in its wall, memorializing U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, Founder of the League of Nations. View from a high hill overlooking the lake, shows the second home of the League of Nations built in 1936, adjacent to the original building. (It is now the European Headquarters of the United Nations.) Camera pans across the building and its grounds, where a flag and a large sculptured globe of the world are seen. Scene shifts to a parkway with several cars on it. The camera focuses on the shaded building of the Soviet Mission, just off the parkway. In downtown Geneva, the camera focuses on a large building of glass and aluminum, which houses the United States Mission, where the United States Disarmament delegation is headquartered. William C. Foster is seen at a large conference with the delegation staff. Closeup of him and staff members as they consider the best ways to approach the negotiations. Various closeups of Mr. Foster as he works over texts at his desk. He is heard saying: "The important thing is to get complete control of a possible exchange of nuclear weapons on a grand scale." Brief view of Lake Geneva at night. Next, the camera pans downward from the ceiling to the council chamber floor where delegate seats are arranged around a huge table in readiness for the next days activities. It is the next day, and an American flag flutters on the fender of a car carrying William Foster to the Council chamber for the day's session. Closeup of him in the back of the car. The camera also captures scenes outdoors as the car drives along the scenic lake front drive to the Palace of Nations. A daytime view from overlooking hill of the Palace of Nations and Lake Geneva. In the outer hall of the Palace of Nations building, some 200 reporters mill about discussing world events of the day. William Foster's car arrives at a curb and a white-capped officer greets him as he steps from the car. Other delegates, including a woman, are also seen arriving and entering the building. Inside the building, delegates are seen socializing (with many languages heard). Closeup glimpse of Mr. Foster among the group.
Permanent headquarters of the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Shows the delegates of League of Nations in the gardens of the permanent offices of the League of Nations, also known as the Palais Wilson (Quai Wilson 47, 1201 Genève, Switzerland), in Geneva, Switzerland. Exterior view of the permanent headquarters of the League of Nations.
Preamble to League of Nations' Covenant and casual atmosphere of League Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
Shows Preamble to League of Nations' Covenant and casual atmosphere of League of Nations Headquarters at Palais Wilson (Quai Wilson 47, 1201 Genève, Switzerland) in Geneva, Switzerland. Delegates of the 7th Assembly of the League of Nations meet and greet at the Geneva railway station.
