Views of Geneva: - Lake, buildings and hotels fly nation's flags. Exterior of Hotel des Bergues (Quai des Bergues 33, 1201 Genève, Switzerland) in Geneva. Also, exterior views of the Hotel de Russie in Geneva. Delegates arrive at the old electoral building in Geneva. French President Leon Blum Poses at League of Nations building.
Shows construction work on the new Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, which is being carried out by builders of ten nationalities. Interior Secretariat which is already up and running. Telephonists at work on switchboards. A meeting of League's Economic Committee. Shows a post room and post van leaving. Treasurer Seymour Jacklin. View of press office, journalists at desks, telephone booths and reporters telephoning in report. Under Secretary Frank Walters phones Radio Nations. He poses for camera. Views of Radio Nations building and Palais des Nations in Geneva.
A documentary titled "League of Nations at Work," gives an overview of League's inception. Montage shows World War I artillery firing and explosions on World War 1 battlefield. Some French soldiers standing in a tall, armored car or armored vehicle during a battle. View of war graves at a cemetery. Outlines of formation are United States President Woodrow Wilson's principles for a League of Nations. Dignitaries seen arriving for Versailles conference at the Palace of Versailles. A map showing League of Nations members in 1935.
The founders of the League of Nations. Shows Woodrow Wilson reading newspaper.; Lord Arthur Balfour; M. Branting, Sweden; Gustav Stresemann, Germany; Fridtjof Nansen, Norway; Aristide Briand, France; Count Albert Apponyi, Hungary; Vittorio Scialoja, Italy; and Ignaz Seipel, Austria.
View of Geneva in Switzerland. A Fokker F.XXXVI aircraft (PH-AJA) approaches before landing. Tourists on boat ride in Geneva. The old League of Nations building, also known as the Palais Wilson (Quai Wilson 47, 1201 Genève, Switzerland), in Geneva. Newly constructed Palace of Nations (8, Av. de la Paix 14, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland) headquarters. Scenes of the League's Secretariat Chamber, Counsel Chamber, and Library.
League members arrive by car at the Assembly of League of Nations (Rue du Général-Dufour 24, 1204 Genève, Switzerland) in Geneva, Switzerland. Swiss policeman on duty. Views of League's interior hall and assembly meeting in progress. Empty rooms of Council with horseshoe shaped tables. Council in session. Delegates leave after meeting including Maxim Maksimovitch Litvinov of Russia.
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