Watts riots in Los Angeles City blocks decimated by fire. Buildings burning at night. Police leading two men who have been arrested. National Guard soldiers patrolling the streets. Burn out buildings the day afterwards. L.A. sheriff's car on street. L.A. police exiting a transport bus. National Guard soldiers behind a street barricade. Aerial view of line of police in the streets. Helicopter above parking lot with police and press vehicles.
The San Francisco Conference. U.S. Secretary of States Edward Stettinius addresses the other representatives of nations gathered for the United Nations Conference on International Organization. Foreign Commissioner Molotov of Russia addresses the gathering followed by T.V. Soong, Foreign Minister of China. Crowds on roads.
A documentary on The United Nations Conference on International Organization that continued from April 25, 1945 to June 26, 1945 in San Francisco. A plane in flight and ships are seen in San Francisco Bay. 1940s San Francisco city views: Aerial views of Golden Gate Bridge. People on streets on San Francisco, with streetcars, buildings, pedestrians, and mid 1940's cars seen. Aircraft parked at a USAF Base as delegates from 50 countries arrive. Delegates like Jan Christian Smuts from South Africa, Vyacheslav Molotov from Russia, U.S. secretary of State Edward Stettinius arrive in San Francisco. Delegates register for the conference. United States flag on a building. Interior of the War Memorial Opera House serving as the initial meeting hall. Delegates seated. U.S. President Harry S. Truman addressing the general assembly remotely, as delegates listen through radio speakers in the opera house. Narrator recalls words of Franklin Roosevelt and recorded audio of Roosevelt is heard where he urges continuation of the work first begun by the defunct League of Nations. View of various working committees and smaller groups of the organization meeting during the Spring of 1945. Representatives debate and review concepts initiated at the Dumbarton Oaks conference in Washington DC in 1944 during World War II. Delegates addressing those assembled and signing documents that create the United Nations.
Robert Taylor in St. Louis Cardinal baseball uniform,kneeling next to a boy at edge of ball field. Taylor with cigarette in mouth. Baseball players seem to be playing a game and the ballpark is full of spectators. Hollywood Producer Robert Lord seen briefly in the ballpark stands. Filming for the movie: "Fireman Save My Child."
A group of teachers and educators in the Los Angeles school district, meeting at Valley College, discuss how to deal with the problem of drug abuse among school children. Science teacher William Edler, of Wilbur Avenue Elementary School in Tarzana, and a woman watch as a woman addresses a group of elementary school teachers. Another woman reads out from her papers and addresses the group.A man expresses his views. Teachers listen to a tape recording from a man describing problems with drug abuse in children and young people including marijuana, LSD, and hallucinogenics. Teachers in the group express their concern about children taking drugs.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives, in an open car decorated with patriotic bunting, at a pier in San Diego, where the American cruiser, USS Houston (CA -30) is docked. Camera focuses on the superstructure of the Cruiser, which displays the American flag and a flag with the Presidential Seal. Next, the President is seen looking over the railing of the Houston as well-wishers wave from the dock below. Closeup of Roosevelt smiling broadly as he waves from the ship's railing. Glimpse of USS Houston underway in San Diego harbor. (Note: On this occasion, President Franklin D. Roosevelt boarded the USS Houston for a fishing trip. His party included scientists from the Smithsonian Institute, who were to collect specimens from Central and South America while the President fished.)
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