Thanassis Aghnides speaks on disarmament policies at League of Nations meeting in Geneva, Switzerland before outbreak of World War 2. Montage short shows military action (cavalry charge, biplane aircraft overhead, and aerial bombs-away view of bombing of a city) and civilian deaths of woman and child as casualties in World War I. British politician Arthur Henderson speaks at the opening of the 1932 World disarmament conference. League's Year books which give details about world's arms and trade in arms. Shows factories and industrial landscape with smoke pouring from chimney stacks, and loading operations at a dock for the ship named Baradine.
Avenol speaks to camera. Economic section of the League of Nations in Geneva,Switzerland. Man along a corridor. Economic section meeting in small room. Economic Intelligence service. Mr Alexander Loveday speaks. Montage shots of financial districts. Statistical year book 1935 /1936.
Close-up view of wheels of a moving locomotive train (taken from an adjancent fast-moving train). Shots of steam train wheel turning sometimes obstructed by wisps of steam. View of connection area between locomotive and first train car on moving railroad train. Docks and a harbor. 1930s car approaching on a deserted highway; a passport; a small airport.
Film about Social Section of the League of Nations. View of poor British children gathered and playing on cobbled street of England. Baby in a pram is also present and a small dog. Exterior views of prison building and a single prison window in England. View of a British street with shot of hotel sign, '27 Hotel' in England. A solitary woman walks on the street in Britain. Commentary explains the League's work in the abolition of brothels and prostitution. Campaign against dangerous drugs, drug abuse, and narcotics. Boats and junks in a harbor, probably Hong Kong Harbor. Old Scotland yard. View of illegal drug heroin, hashish and other illegal drugs and paraphernalia seized and laid out on a table with identifying signs on each.
Close-up view of hands of man writing on a notepad while smoking a cigarette. Close-up view of hands of male artist painting a picture on a canvas at an easel. Close-up view of hands of music composer writing a musical composition. A sculptor with a mallet working on his stone sculpture. Hands of a person such as a film editor seen examining a long strip of movie motion picture film. British children sitting at wooden desks in a school classroom in England reading books. Radio operators in a studio room working at large radio broadcast equipment. Close-up of hand of radio studio engineer operating a dial on radio equipment. A radio broadcaster in a studio sitting in front of a microphone.
A man enters the Health section of the League of Nations in Singapore. A doctor receives reports regarding contagious diseases in Asia. This information is passed to other countries, port authorities, and ships at sea. A League of Nations meeting regarding nutrition. A nurse accompanies a boy carried up steps on stretcher by paramedics. A nurse tends to a patient inside a hospital ward. A doctor or scientist works inside a chemistry laboratory on vaccines and drugs for healthcare. Montage showing Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and elevated view of pedestrians on a busy street in China.
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