A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Representatives of different nations are seated. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Warren Austin and Britain's representative to the UN Alexander Cadogan seated next to each other. Warren Austin states that te Soviet Union has turned good people of Czechoslovakia into slaves. He says that democracy has now become the top security in Czechoslovakia and freedom of holding and acquiring property has been destroyed. He further states that the Security Council should consider the charges laid upon the Soviet Union which are charges of indirect aggression in Czechoslovakia.
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 and Soviet Union's representative on the United Nations Security Council Andrei Gromyko seated next to each other. A delegate speaks on the 1947 UN Partition Plan of Palestine which recommended 'the creation of a special international regime in the City of Jerusalem, constituting it as a corpus separatum under the administration of the United Nations.' He speaks about Jewish settlement in Jerusalem. Representatives of different nations seated.
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.
A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Representatives of different nations are seated. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Austin speaks that the pending matter is the draft resolution (document S/704) introduced by the representative of the United States at the 275th meeting of the Security Council calling for a truce in Palestine. He states that the objective of this resolution is to save human life. The resolution is adopted by 9 votes in favor with 2 abstentions.
Events held in the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. United Nations building in New York. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson asks Soviet representative to the UN Valerian Zorin if his country was installing missiles in Cuba. Following Zorin's refusal to answer the abrupt question, Stevenson retorts, 'I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over'.
The history of famous airplanes. A Curtiss airplane in Long Island, New York. The aircraft is parked on an airfield. Hangars in the background. Men stand near the airplane.
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