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.
Debate about admission of Argentina during San Francisco Conference working toward United Nations Charter. Disabled and injured United States war veterans from World War 2 combat (mostly Navy in this image) enter the Veterans Memorial Opera House (War Memorial Opera House). View of interior of hall. Ezequiel Padilla, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mexico, addressing the gathering. Russian Foreign Commissar Molotov and an interpreter speaking, followed by secretary of States Edward Stettinius. Agenda of meeting is whether or not Argentina be invited for UN Security Conference. Chairman Anthony Eden calls for vote, Argentina is invited by a vote of 31 to 4. View of a parked Eastern Airlines silver liner parked at airfield in Washington DC, and new Ambassador Oscar Ibarra Garcia from Argentina emerges and is greeted by South American and United States officials. A person comes out of a U.S. aircraft and is received by authorities.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman greeted at San Francisco Airport by U.S. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius before a parade through streets. President witnesses the voting, as fifty nations agree to the new United Nations Charter. First to sign is China followed by Russia, Great Britain and France. Then Mr. Stettinius affixes his signature. A close view of signed charter is shown. President then addresses the Conference.
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.
Animated charts of United Nations Organization as determined by delegates of 50 countries working at the UN Conference on International Organization held in the spring of 1945 in San Francisco. Delegates from different countries attend meeting, can also be seen in conversation. Delegates and officials in San Francisco art gallery, observing Norman Rockwell's four freedom paintings. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation administration (UNRRA) supplies being loaded aboard a ship in San Francisco.
Exterior of a United Nations theater in San Francisco, with movie theater marquee indicating its use exclusively for pass holders attending the United Nations Conference on International Organization. Inside the Delegates of United Nations conference gather during the 2nd week of the conference to watch footage of the German surrender at Reims, signed by General Alfred Jodl. Projectionist and movie projector in booth of theater are shown. View of men and women in movie theater watching movie, including an elevated side view of people watching the movie, and views of the theater screen and movie playing, with backs of heads of people in foreground. Delegates talking and attend meeting in San Francisco, California as they continue work leading toward defining the UN Charter and founding the United Nations organization. Footage from the San Francisco Conference vote, chaired by Anthony Eden of Great Britain, approving the Charter of the United Nations on June 26, 1945
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