United Nations meeting in Flushing Meadows, New York. U.S. ambassador to the UN , Edward Stettinius, is seen at conference table, seated next to Sir Alexander Catogan, of the United Kingdom. Meeting adjourns and members prepare to depart.
Night time in London during German aerial bombardments during World War II, Battle of Britain. Citizens go home in the evening rush hour, crowded London Street and double decker bus is seen. Police and air raid wardens man their posts. Citizens in queue waiting to enter air raid shelters. British citizens bedding down in public air raid shelters. Search lights and anti aircraft units are activated. Fire fighters battle blazes in London following blitz raids.
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom arrives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. People gather at the airport to greet the queen. A British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) airplane parked on the airport. Queen Elizabeth meets officials and dignitaries of Ethiopia. Ethiopian children wave at Queen Elizabeth. A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and Emperor Haile Selassie hangs outside the airport. Queen Elizabeth II rides in the Ethiopian imperial carriage drawn by six white horses. View of one of the pet palace lions kept by Emperor Haile Selassie. View of the Africa Hall in Addis Ababa (Menelik II Avenue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). Queen Elizabeth II watch the stained-glass windows by Afewerk Téklé. Queen Elizabeth II is greeted by Emperor Haile Selassie. Queen Elizabeth II seated in an imperial carriage and arrived at the Africa Hall where a large crowd welcomes her. Tribesmen perform a traditional act for the Queen on the ground. Ethiopian boys and girls perform gymnastics in front of Queen Elizabeth II.
American and British military officers of United States and United Kingdom discuss strategy for bombing Berlin, Germany, while gathered at a conference. Royal Air Force heavy bombers night raid German capital of Berlin to disrupt transportation system and war industry. Aerial views of night bombing raids and explosions over Berlin Germany. These were followed by British Mosquito aircraft raids. Aerial views and ground level views of wrecked buildings, destroyed railroad stations and tracks, and displaced German citizens and refugees are seen in daylight ground level views of Berlin after bombing.
Dignitaries meet for Potsdam Conference in Cecilienhof, Germany. United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower greets President Harry S. Truman at Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. President Truman salutes the marching troops. Troops march with flags. President and general review troops. Palace of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern in Potsdam. United Kingdom Prime Minister Clement Attlee arrives. President Truman meets Attlee and British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin. Russian leader Joseph Stalin arrives. Stalin shake hands with Attlee. Truman meets Stalin. Truman, Attlee and Stalin pose. They all sit at a round table. (World War II period)
Officials and visitors seen in audience, during meeting of United Nations Security Council, at Lake Success, New York (During timeframe that large UN General Assembly had been meeting at Flushing Meadows, New York.) Camera men record event from booth above meeting hall. Close up view of camera man operating motion picture camera in recording booth. Andrei Gromyko of the Soviet Union sits next to Polish delegate, Ludwik Rajchman. Press photographers take pictures of people in the audience, including two fashionable women in 1940s fashions including fur coats. Joao Carlos Muniz, of Brazil, is seen with bandages on his face. He chats with Australian delegate, Herbert Vere Evatt. USA delegate, Edward Stettinius is seen, next to Sir Alexander Cadogan of the United Kingdom.
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