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Representatives of nations sign United Nations Charter at end of San Francisco Conference.

San Francisco streets, people standing. Representatives of nations signing the United Nations Charter during the San Francisco conference, including representatives from France, two other nations, and the United States (with Edward Stettinius signing and U.S. President Harry S. Truman standing by. View of a U.S. Navy bus pulling up in front of the building. Disabled war veterans from World War 2 exit the bus with assistance. Many are missing limbs and are using crutches or wheel chairs. A small group of citizens is gathered to welcome them. A young boy looks on with concern as the disabled soldiers and sailors exit the bus. His father comforts the boy. President Truman addressing the General Assembly. Views of United Nations flags of many countries fluttering in San Francisco, California.

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1945, June 26
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032539
UN Charter signed in San Francisco Conference; President Harry S. Truman addressing General Assembly; Franklin Roosevelt speech about peace

Delegates arrive in San Francisco for United Nations Conference for World Organization in San Francisco, California. U.S. President Truman arrives by airplane at the conference and is met by representatives from U.S. delegation including Stettinius. Delegates from other countries are also present and greet the President including Jan Smuts of South Africa and William Lloyd Mackenzie King of Canada. Views of presidential motorcade traveling through streets of San Francisco in a parade-like environment, with crowds lining the sidewalks and cheering. Delegates sign the United Nations Charter during the conference. First to sign is Dr. Wellington Koo from China, signing with a traditional Chinese brush. Also shown signing is Gromyko from the Soviet Union, Lord Halifax from Great Britain, and the delegation from France led by acting delegation chairman Joseph Paul-Boncour. Next is Edward Stettinius and Senator Tom Connally, Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Commander Harold Stassen, from the United States. U.S. President Harry S. Truman addresses the general assembly. Representatives of different nations like Lord Halifax of Great Britain, Mackenzie King of Canada, Jan Christian Smuts of South Africa, Andrei Gromyko of Russia and Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru of India can be seen. Flashback to President Franklin D Roosevelt, shortly before his death, addressing Congress about the coming San Francisco Conference. Roosevelt speaks, expressing his hope that Congress and the American People would "accept the results of this conference as the beginning of a permanent structure of peace, upon which we can begin to build, under God, that better world in which our children and grandchildren -- yours and mine - children and grandchildren of the whole world -- must live and can live."

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1945, June 26
Duration: 8 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032540
A dramatized documentary film about the Marshall Plan titled ' The Promise of Barty O'Brien'

A dramatized documentary film on how Marshall plan helped Barty O'Brien become an electrical engineer. Barty (protagonist) arrives at Shannon airport, Ireland with an American friend and tell him the story. Scenes of Irish bogs and construction of a new electric power plant near O'Brien's farm. Barty's family is introduced. A conflict between modern ideas of Barty and his old fashioned father is shown. Barty can be seen working.

Location: Ireland
Date: 1948
Duration: 9 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032541
Dramatized film about Marshall Plan with character of Barty O'Brien working in electrical power plant.

Views of an electrical power plant in Ireland, people can be seen working. Barty O'Brien (protagonist) earns extra money by loading turf to fuel the power plant. He steals aboard the turf to the plant and is offered a job. An accident prompts Barty to attend a night school. Barty attends the night school and plans to surprise his father with electric lights for their home. Barty and his father quarrel.

Location: Ireland
Date: 1948
Duration: 10 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032542
Scenes depicting the Marshall Plan at Work in Ireland. Scenic view of Ireland landscape, towns, and landmarks.

A documentary titled, 'The Marshall Plan at Work in Ireland'. Scenic views of Ireland. Lakes of Killarney. Irish children running in village. Guests at the Glebe Hotel climb aboard a gig pulled by a pony. Tourists mounting horses and riding along path. Blarney Castle, County Cork. Tourists lie down and kiss Blarney Stone. Remains of ancient castle-churches. Sir Walter Raleigh's castle and house. A picturesque river.

Location: Ireland
Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032543
Marshall Plan projects in Ireland. Work done on river Brosna and views of electrical power plant.

Marshall Plan projects in Ireland. A plaque marked with 'Office of public works Brosna Drainage Officer' can be seen. Supervisor directing excavation by crane, to improve river Brosna and increase drainage of bogs. Views of countryside in Ireland. Various views of Irish houses, roads, people at work. Men cutting peat with slanes, and loading it on donkey cart. Smoke from peat fire rising from chimney of a house. Peat moss being bundled for export to the U.S.A. Mechanized cutting and drying of peat. Peat being loaded in rail cars and transported to power plant for fuel. Rural electrification project. Peat and coal fueled power plants being constructed. A sugar refining plant.

Location: Ireland
Date: 1950
Duration: 5 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032544
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