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Attack by North Korea and U.S. attempt in United Nations' Security Council meeting to protect South Korea.

Start of Korean War. South Korea is attacked by Communist North Korea. Map shows division of Korea and capital of North and South Korea as Pyongyang and Seoul. Animated arrows shows attack of North Korea to South Korea. Troops of Korean Republican Army in the South mobilizing in citiies and heading to the front. South Korean soldiers fire rifles and artillery from trenches and hills. Smoke is seen among mountain ranges during battle. Soldier looks through binoculars. Next scene is in the United States, in Lake Success, New York, where guards at the United Nations simultaneously raise flags of many nations at the United Nations. South Korean ambassador Chang Myon is seen at an Emergency meeting of the Security Council of the UN. Secretary of UN, Trygve Lie states the situation is a as threat to world peace and calls for acceptance of the U.S. demand to reestablish peace. All 9 members present raise their hands in acceptance. Next scene is back in South Korea. Scenes of displaced civilian refugees including women and children. Many are gathered together. Man helps old woman to walk. Two Korean refugee boys stand side by side as one child eats bread. Next scene is again at the United Nations. Empty seat of representative of the Soviet Union is shown. U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Warren Austin, speaks and asks that the UN members vote to to assist South Korea, repel the armed attack by North Korea, and bring peace. Camera shows Security Council delegates voting, as 7 out of 8 representatives raise their hands in acceptance.

Date: 1950, June
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026524
John C Stennis, Chairman, Armed Service Committee, talks about amendments to be made after WWII in United States.

Debate on the 'Role of Congress in Foreign Policies' between John C Stennis and William J Fulbright in United States organized by American Enterprise Institute. John C Stennis, Chairman, Armed Service Committee speaks about Senators and their exercise of powers. He talks about the amendments made on June 30th 1971. He states that the people have welcomed these amendments, but that they have over committed themselves. Fulbright talks about their expectations from the United Nations for world peace. He hopes to recognize problems and find solution within their system. Instead of war there must be re amendments.

Date: 1971
Duration: 6 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026763
Body of Edith Louisa Cavell being brought to England from Brussels.

Procession of the body of Edith Louisa Cavell in England. A huge procession seen walking and crowds gathered to see the procession. A carriage carrying the body of Edith Louisa Cavell, a British nurse during World War I, after it was brought back by the destroyer HMS Rowena from Ostend, Flanders to Admiralty Pier in Dover. A fleet of soldiers, nurses with flower bouquets and army band seen walking with the carriage carrying the coffin. The coffin is covered with the English flag. Soldiers bow as the coffin is brought at the Norwich Cathedral (65 The Close, Norwich NR1 4DH, United Kingdom) where it was reburied.

Date: 1919, May 19
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675026892
Lord Edmund Allenby greeted by people in London.

Lord Edmund Henry Hynamn Allenby seen with dignitaries of Mid-eastern and British region. He was a British Field Marshall and the last British leader of mounted cavalry who directed the Palestine campaign in world war I. Huge crowd is gathered to greet him. Army troops marching past the building in which he is standing.

Date: 1925
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675026895
Dignitaries arriving and leaving at Quai D' Orsay in Paris.

The French troops in a parade. The Salle D' Horloge hall of the Quai D' Orsay (37, Quai d'Orsay - 75007 Paris), the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. Dignitaries including United States President Woodrow Wilson attend the Paris Peace Conference to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers after the end of World War I. The dignitaries are seen arriving and leaving the Quai D' Orsay.

Date: 1919
Duration: 3 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675026905
President Woodrow Wilson with Admiral Grayson on their trip to France for the Paris Peace Conference.

President Woodrow Wilson seen with his personal physician, Navy Rear Admiral, Dr. Cary T. Grayson, on the bridge of USS George Washington . They are on their trip to France for the Paris Peace Conference, shortly after the end of World War 1.

Date: 1918, December
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026924