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Cameramen take photographs of President Truman and President Weizmann
Mixture of scenes recorded during visit of Israel's President Chaim Weizmann to the White House in 1848. A 1946 Buick Special 4 door sedan Model 41 car pulls up to back of the White House and parks A Cadillac Series 75 limousine follows, carrying Israel's first President, Chaim Weizmann, who is assisted as he steps out. Scene shifts to portico of the White House, where President Weizmann presents a torah to President Truman, who holds it up and makes some remarks. Closeup of the two Presidents. View from behind the two Presidents as they pose for photographers. Main part of White House in the background. Scene shifts to back of White House as President Weizmann's car pulls up to the door, this time with a Secret Service agent riding on the running board. (He steps down as car stops.) Next, a battery of photographers is seen taking pictures. Scene shifts again, to President Weizmann walking slowly from his car, with assistance. Another shot of photographers taking pictures. Next, Weizmann is seen on the White House Portico with President Harry Truman who escorts him into the White House, followed by various staff members. President Truman and President Weizmann standing on Portico of White House. A group of staff stand nearby as President Weizmann's car is driven from the White House parking lot, past a U.S.Presidential 1947 Cadillac limousine. Some repeated views: of Presidents Truman and Weizmann, as they face reporters; and of Truman, Weizmann, and the gift torah.
Warren Austin, Ambassador from the United States in UN General Assembly proposing a UN-trustee government for Palestine
Ambassador Warren Austin speaks during a special session of the United Nations General Assembly. The meeting addresses the Israel-Palestine conflict. The speaker proposes establishment of a trusteeship government of the disputed lands under the UN. He further proposes that the Palestine Commission suspend its efforts to implement the proposed partition.
Passengers boarding passenger ship Kedmah at Marseilles port.
Israeli flag flying from passenger ship Kedmah at Marseilles port. Notice for passengers showing departure and boarding time. People up gangplank. French newspaper headlines reads terrorist activities in Israel. Ships funnel as whistle blown. People waving ship off. Jewish passengers aboard the ship. Clip ends with brief, unrelated scene of a crowd in France gathered on the steps of the Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris (later the Palais Galliera in Paris). Flags of many nations are hanging from the stone colums in front of the building.
At a UN Security Council session held in Lake Success, Alexander Cadogan speaks about a truce between Palestine and Britain.
A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Representatives of different nations are seated. Britain's representative to the UN Alexander Cadogan speaks about a truce between Palestine and Britain after the formation of the state of Israel. He speaks about withdrawal of British troops from Palestine. Soviet Union's representative on the United Nations Security Council Andrei Gromyko sitting next to Cadogan.
UN Truce Supervision Organization at work in former British Mandate in Palestine
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO). Activities of members of the United Nations guard force supervising the Truce in the former British Mandate in Palestine during timeframe of Arab-Israeli War. Several uniformed personnel arrive in jeeps at the scene of a destroyed automobile. One of them has UN painted on his helmet and shoulder insignia identifying him from Denmark. They examine the wrecked car and the road where a mine or some kind of explosive created a crater. Several armed soldiers arrive on the scene. Two pairs of soldiers greet each other and shake hands.