Public and press eagerly wait outside the League of Nations headquarters in Geneva to get a glimpse of the delegates leaving the Assembly Hall. Among the delegates leaving the hall include Emile Vanderwelde and Louis de Brouckere of Belgium, Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia, Guiseppe Motta of Switzerland, Maharajah of Kapurthala India, Louis Loucheur of France, Aristide Briand, Sir Austen Chamberlain of Great Britain, Victoria Scialoja of Italy, Nintchitch of the Serb-Croat-Slovene State, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood in Great Britain, Loudon of Netherlands, Jean Paul-Boncour of France, Joseph Beck of Luxemberg, Prince Arfa of Persia, Guetatcheou of Ethiopia (Abyssinia), Mr. Schubert of Germany.
The founders of the League of Nations. Shows Woodrow Wilson reading newspaper.; Lord Arthur Balfour; M. Branting, Sweden; Gustav Stresemann, Germany; Fridtjof Nansen, Norway; Aristide Briand, France; Count Albert Apponyi, Hungary; Vittorio Scialoja, Italy; and Ignaz Seipel, Austria.
View of League of Nations Assembly in session to discuss the Italian and Ethiopian problem in Geneva, Switzerland. Baron Aloisi of Italy makes speech in French. M. Laval of France makes statement. Anthony Eden of Britain makes statement regarding maintenance of peace. M Tecle taklu Hawariate of Ethiopia makes his speech. Shows graphic detailing of the Cost of last war, Cost of world armaments and the Cost of League of Nations in comparison.
Da Costa as President of session and Viscount Ishii delivering opening address at meeting of the League of Nations Council at the Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland. Delegates leaving include Briand and Loucheur & Paul-Bancour (France), Sir (Great Britain), Mr Scialoja first delegate for Italy. In a group Mr Quinones de Leon (Spain) and Mr Benes (Czech) Mr Mello France (Brazil) M Vandervelde (Belgium).
Italian General Luigi Piccioni greets President Masaryk outside Prague, Czechoslovakia. President's daughter Olga and son John are seen. Zahradnik, minister of railways, welcomes President Masaryk. Representatives of the Allied countries present for the welcome including uniformed military representatives. General Piccioni speaks to those gathered, assuring Italy's friendship with Czech Republic. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
The Games of the X Olympiad held in Los Angeles, California. Women participate in the springboard diving contest during the summer olympics of 1932. A large crowd gathers to watch the games and cheer. Georgia Coleman does a layout back somersault dive into the water, then three other dives. Closeup view of a smiling Georgia Coleman, springboard diver. Next diver shown is Dorothy Poynton on the high dive, followed by closeup shots of Dorothy after her dives. Swimmers participate in the swimming championships, including American Eleanor Holm in competition with Bonnie Mealing from Australia in the Women's 100 meter backstroke. Closeup shot of Eleanor Holm outside the pool. Americans take the lead in the games. Men participate in the 2000 meter 8 oar she crew shell boat race. American team is made up of team from the University of California. The crew shell race underway on Alamitos Bay in Long Beach California. The University of California team surges at the end to beat the team from Italy. Oil rigs and oil derricks seen in the background on shore behind the cheering crowd watching the race. The men's crew team from the University of California Bears pose for cameras on shore after their victory.