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Activities of Eleanor Roosevelt in post-World War II period
December, 1945, former First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, now appointed by President Truman, as a delegate to the United Nations, is seen with other members of the U.S. Delegation. She is seen speaking while serving as chairman of the UN Committee Three, dealing with human rights. She recognizes the delegate from the Soviet Union, as the committee addresses issues of refugees. (The USSR insists that displaced persons be returned to their original homelands.) As chairman, Mrs. Roosevelt, rules a USSR proposal out of order, causing the USSR representatives to leave the room. A glimpse of Eleanor Roosevelt at a microphone during debate over the issue with the USSR, before the full General Assembly, where she successfully argues to allow refugees to make their own decisions about repratriation. She is seen sitting next to delegate,Senator Arthur Vandenburg, at the forum. Eleanor Roosevelt being greeted by U.S. Army officers as she steps from an airplane in Europe. She is seen mingling with persons in Europe, displaced by World War II. Back in the UN forum, she extols the International Declaration of Human Rights as an "International Magna Carta of men everywhere," and goes on to compare it with similar charters of history. She is seen at a Pan American World Airways terminal, preparing to board a flying boat (unseen). Several scenes show Eleanor Roosevelt visiting with people in various parts of the world, with particular attention to children. She speaks of her candid nature in a broadcast.
Collective farm workers receive Hero of Socialist Labor award in Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic.
Hero of Socialist Labor award given to Uzbek collective farm workers by Soviet officials. The collective farm workers receiving the Hero of Socialist Labor award from the officials. An award also given to a combine driver at a machine factory. A woman operates a harvester in a farm.
The Red Square of Moscow showing Saint Basil's Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower in Moscow.
The Red Square of Moscow showing Saint Basil's Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower. Pedestrians walk on sidewalks. The Russian children posing. The Kremlin towers in the Red Square. Visitors stream out of Lenin's tomb.
Soviet-sponsored reconstruction of buildings in Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Achievements of Lithuania since the Soviet liberation in 1939. Exteriors of various buildings and a church. Small radio studio with technician and with a woman speaking over microphone. Woman opens windows of house from outside. Soviet-sponsored reconstruction of building after World War 2 shows workers at work rebuilding war torn area. Past events show a man hidden in the woods with a machine gun as a German supply railroad train approaches during the war. Demolition charges explode and train is derailed.
Stakhanovites work in factories to industrialize Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic under first 5-year plan.
Achievements of Lithuania since the Soviet liberation in 1939. Soviet engineers examine blue-prints of building. Soviet officials confer. Interiors of a factory shows work operating various machines. Gauges on a machine. Stakhanovites work in factory and operate various machines. Young stakhanovites work on machines.
Stakhanovites work in factories of Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Achievements of Lithuania since the Soviet liberation in 1939 and during World War II. Stakhanovites work in factory and operate various machines. Stakhanovites work to industrialize Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic under first 5-year plan. Young stakhanovites work on machines. Exteriors of a building. Interiors of a textile plant shows women worker operating weaving machines.