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7th Assembly of the League of Nations in session at the Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland.
Scenes from the 7th Assembly of the League of Nations in session at Salle de la Reformation or Calvinium (Rue du Rhône 65, 1204 Genève, Switzerland) in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Da Costa presides over the session. Shows session in progress. Viscount Ishii Kikujiro of Japan makes the opening speech. Mr. Da Costa takes the chair. Delegates leave the hall after the meeting. Press, public and photographers gather outside the venue.
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in presaged by a decade of Japanese military aggression in China (WW2)
Opening scene shows the famous image of American battleship USS Arizona as attacked by Japanese forces in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 in World War II. The ship is engulfed in black smoke, and listing. Change of scene to a waterfront in Japan during 1938, where numerous Japanese soldiers board troop ships bound for Manchuria, China. Next, are scenes of Japanese troops marching as they occupy Manchuria. Closeups of some Japanese soldiers. Scene shifts to a train moving on the South Manchurian railway, at a station showing a sign reading,"Chin Hsien." View of steam locomotive pulling a train away from the camera position. (Narrator states that a Japanese train, on the South Manchurian Railway, had been dynamited) This incident triggered a Japanese attack on Mukden, Manchuria. Japanese infantry are seen placing numerous bundles of reeds as a bridge across a wide, shallow, stream and proceeding to cross on their way to invade Mukden. Military supplies are carried on pack animals. In the air, overhead Japanese Mitsubishi G3M Type 96 land-based attack aircraft are seen flying in precision "V" formation. On the ground, Chinese civilians run for cover in the City of Mukden. (The date is September 18, 1931.) Glimpse of Chinese civilians looking at bombing victims on street of Mukden. Brief view of Geneva Switzerland, where League of Nations was housed. A memorial stone monument in that city to Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States and founder of the League of Nations. An entrance to the League of Nations headquarters in the Palais Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland. League delegates in session inside the Palais Wilson. A Japanese Naval Fleet, under command of Admiral Kichisaburō Nomura, is seen steaming toward the Chinese coast and begin a naval bombardment, firing their guns, 15 miles from Shanghai. Japanese Naval biplanes are seen in flight overhead. Japanese troops marching in the streets of Shanghai, as sidewalks of onlookers wave Japanese flags. Next, Japanese troops are seen marching out of Shanghai, at the insistence of the League of Nations. (Narrator states Japan signed a truce with China on May 4th, 1932.) View of Japanese troops entering further, into Mongolia. Japanese soldiers waving flag celebrating formation of the Puppet State of Manchuko in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia, in 1932. Japanese statesmen leaving the League of Nations headquarters, after Japan resigned from the League on February 24, 1933. Japanese infantry moving further into China supported by field artillery fire. Explosions from artillery and damaged buildings, as Japanese troops advance in China. Invaders using tall ladders to scale walls of a damaged fortress in China. Japanese pilots receiving briefing and boarding their Mitsubishi Ki-30 single engine light bomber aircraft at an airfield. View of them taking off and inflight, dropping bombs on Chinese targets. Aerial views of bombs exploding on ground below. Retreating Chinese army marching along the Great Wall of China. Chinese people and military forces moving their military and civilian resources deep into the Chinese interior.
Eisenhower, Anthony Eden, Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulganin arrive at Geneva Conference, Geneva.
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Prime Minister Anthony Eden of the United Kingdom, Nikita Khrushchev, and Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin arrive at Geneva Summit Conference. The Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Cameramen take pictures. Leaders seated around square table in conference. Flags flying near the armillary sphere. Building in the background.
International Red Cross Committee members discuss important issues during a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
International Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland. Postman brings letters to the Agency. He empties the mail on desk. Meeting of International Red Cross Committee members. Head of IRC (International Red Cross) Etienne Clouzot, Rodolphe De Haller (Vice Chairman of Banque De Bale), Lucie Odier (treasurer of IRC), Carl J Burckhardt (Principal of Home Nursing service of Geneva Red Cross), Jacques Cheneviere (Doctor of Philosophy), Max Huber (President of IRC), Paul Des Gouttes (Author of the War Prisoners Code), Frick-Cramer, Rense Bordier, Frederic Barbey-Ador (Swiss Minister to Brussels), Suzanne Ferriere (assistant Director of IRC) and Various members of the committee in a meeting. Red Cross flag in the background.
Leisure time activities of Delegates of the 7th Assembly of the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Delegates of the 7th Assembly of the League of Nations enjoy their weekend in Geneva, Switzerland. Delegates do yachting on the lake of Geneva, play golf at the golf links, or play lawn tennis. Sir Eric Drummond of Great Britain smokes a pipe at a golf club. Japanese delegates play golf.
Construction work on the new Palais des Nations (Palace of Nations) in Geneva, Switzerland.
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.
