Shows construction work on the new Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, which is being carried out by builders of ten nationalities. Interior Secretariat which is already up and running. Telephonists at work on switchboards. A meeting of League's Economic Committee. Shows a post room and post van leaving. Treasurer Seymour Jacklin. View of press office, journalists at desks, telephone booths and reporters telephoning in report. Under Secretary Frank Walters phones Radio Nations. He poses for camera. Views of Radio Nations building and Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Animated map showing flight path Geneva-Zurich-Munich-Vienna-Budapest. Pedestrians crossing the Pont du Mont Blanc bridge in Geneva, Switzerland. A man driving a horse drawn carriage on a street with a tower of the St Pierre Cathedral in background.
Newsreel "East -West Parley: U.S. and Red China confer in Geneva." Chinese delegation headed by Chinese Ambassador to Poland, Wang Bingnan, arrives for discussion with American representatives headed by Alexis Johnson, in Geneva. They discuss measures to ease tensions between the parties. The U.S. group agrees to seek a renunciation of the use of force in the settlement of Formosa (Taiwan), and the repatriation of civilian prisoners. Ambassador Wang announces the release of 11 American fliers. After the meeting, a Chinese interpreter reads out Wang's message to the press in English.
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie addresses the Assembly of the League of Nations at the Palais Électoral (Rue du Général-Dufour 24, 1204 Genève, Switzerland) in Geneva during the Second Italo-Abysinnian war. Some outbursts from the audience cease after the gavel is pounded. The members of the meeting applaud and cheer as the speaker puts forward his views in French. The leader finishes with his address and walks down the stage.
Shows interiors of the League of Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland. Delegates converse among themselves in empty rooms and council chambers.
Delegates of the 7th Assembly for the League of Nations arrive in Geneva, Switzerland. Men raise flags on building. Large crowd gathered.
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