U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull leads the U.S. delegation to the 8th International Pan-American Conference in Lima, Peru. The U.S. delegation arrives in Lima by ship. The delegates are received by Peruvian dignitaries and local crowds. Secretary Hull is greeted by the Peruvian dignitaries. Other delegates disembark the ship and greet the crowd. Little Peruvian girls with flowers welcome the delegation. The Pan-American Conference venue. Flags of the participating nations. Delegates and dignitaries arrive for the Conference. The delegates seated inside. Secretary hull opens the conference with a military speech warning dictator states abroad that the U.S. is willing and able to safeguard the Western Hemisphere.
U.S. Ambassador to Britain Joseph P Kennedy returns to report to President Franklin Roosevelt. Ambassador Kennedy arrives on the Queen Mary in New York. Reporters interview the Ambassador aboard the ship. He addresses the press on arrival. He gives statements regarding the economic chaos and war in Europe.
Former British Foreign Secretary Robert Anthony Eden on a goodwill trip to the United States. Eden with his wife Beatrice Beckett at the New York harbor. Eden addresses the press with his wife beside him. The couple board the SS Queen Mary. They wave to the crowd as the ship leaves the harbor. The gathered crowd waves and cheers as the ship leaves. Smoke from the ship stacks.
Americans who fought with Loyalist troops in Spain during Spanish Civil War, against General Franco's Nationalist Insurgents (Abraham Lincoln Brigade), are hailed in New York. They are welcomed by huge crowds as they arrive on the ship SS Paris. Men smoke cigarettes and pipes aboard the ship as it enters New York. Mounted policemen keep a vigil and control the crowd. Large crowds gathered on the streets. The returning men march through the New York City streets in a reception parade. People join them and parade with banners and posters. A poster reads 'American Youth Welcome Veterans of Linoln Brigade'.
Students rally against Italy in Paris, France. Students in the famous Latin Quarter, incensed at italian demands for French territory, stage a heated protest rally on the city streets. Large crowds of students gathered in various parts of the city. They parade through the city streets holding banners and posters. The students shout protests against Italian demands. The students demand among other things, that 'Vesuvius be packed up and shipped to France'.
Children wish the world a Merry Christmas from Washington DC, United States. Children of foreign Ambassadors and officials stationed in the U.S. capital attend an International Christmas broadcast to extend holiday greetings to youngsters in the other countries. The young boys and girls dressed in their native costumes stand in lines around a NBC microphone. Flags of the various representative countries in the background. A girl sends a Christmas greeting to the viewers.
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