A committee meeting during the 10th International Conference of American States (aka Pan-American Conference, or Decima Conferencia Interamicana) in Caracas, Venezuela, March, 1954. A delegate speaking from a podium. Other speakers seated behind at a long table. Views of delegates in the audience. Translators in booths behind main speakers table. Signs above translators booths indicate the channels for Spanish and English, reading, respectively: "Espanol-3," and "English-5." Attendees wear individual identification tags, and use headsets. Some remove their headsets when they are readily able to understand the speaker's language. Delegates applauding a speaker. View of some interior features of the meeting hall. A fully lit chandelier and curtained archway,behind speakers table, with banner reading 10th annual assembly, in Spanish and English. The center of the banner displays a circle enclosing image of North, Central, and South America. Elegant buildings along a beach road, with sand beach in foreground, and hills in the background. Exterior of the hotel in which the conference is being held. Broader view of committee meeting room in the hotel, with delegates seated. Stenographers writing notes at table below speakers. Scene shifts to a reception line in the hotel, at which delegates are greeted, individually, by a Venezuelan official (probably Dr. Aureliano Otanez,Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Relations). Scene shifts again to the meeting room where some delegates are seen closeup.
The National Christmas Tree in Washington DC. A man talks to a child. Decorated National Christmas Tree near the White House. The tree glows in front of the Washington Monument. Tiny blue lights illuminate the state trees on the Pathway of Peace.
U.S. President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC. President Nixon with E.P.S. and Maryland State Policemen who had assisted in protecting the White House when a stolen Army helicopter was landed on the White House lawn. The President shakes hands and talks with them.
The Corner of Madison and State Streets in Chicago, Illinois. The busiest corner in Chicago. Trolley cars crowding the streets and pedestrians filling the sidewalks and crossing the streets. Hundreds of shoppers. Several persons carry signs through the crowds, advertising Boating at Electric Park. (Edison Company film)
Celebration of State's 80th anniversary of admission to the Union in San Francisco, California. Parade pases along streets of city. Spectators standing either side of road. Troops march along road. Various floats pass along streets. Signs on floats: 'NSGW' and 'Mission'. Several patriots walk along road to commemorate the anniversary.
The 8th International Pan American Conference in Lima, Peru. View of a ship. Children standing aboard the ship. Several dignitaries are greeted aboard the ship. Various flags on the Palace of Government building. Delegates attend the Eight International Pan American Conference. U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull gives a speech. He says that the U.S. is willing and able to safeguard the Western Hemisphere. The delegates applaud.
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