Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-407

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00:00:37 1.9	BRITISH-FRENCH TALK ON REBUILDING EUROPE (JUNE 1947). MR. BEVIN OF ENGLAND CONFERS WITH FRANCE'S RAMADIER & BIDAULT ON SECRETARY MARSHALL'S PLAN.
00:01:04 28.9	MOLOTOV OF RUSSIA JOINS THEM IN PARIS
00:01:18 42.9	A NATION IS BORN (AUGUST 1947) STREET SCENES IN KARACHI, CAPITAL OF MOSLEM PAKISTAN, THE NEW BRITISH DOMINION, HEADED BY JINNAH. AS INDIA BECOMES TWO DOMINIONS & GAINS SELF-RULE.
00:01:22 46.9	CAMEL PULLS WAGON WITH AUTO TIRES ON IT
00:01:24 48.9	CU HUGE STATUE OF GANDHI STANDING WITH BAR CHEST & WALKING STICK
00:01:31 55.9	SACRED COW WALKS DOWN STREET WITH BICYCLISTS & CARS
00:01:33 57.9	TRAIN CARS FILLED WITH MOSLEMS ARRIVES. MAN STANDS ON TOP OF TRAIN CAR HOLDING PAKISTAN FLAG
00:01:38 62.9	HINDUS LEAVING AT TRAIN STATION
00:01:47 71.9	MONTAGE MUHAMMAD ALI GINNA ARRIVES BY PLANE IN KARACHI TO TAKE OFFICE AS HEAD OF PAKISTAN. HOLDING BACK PEOPLE
00:02:00 84.9	NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING OF THE PAKISTAN REGIME
00:02:24 108.9	DEGAULLE URGES FRENCH TO RESIST COMMUNISM (OCTOBER 1947)
00:02:34 118.9	CHARLES DEGAULLE SPEAKS TO HUGE FRENCH RALLY
00:03:06 150.9	MARSHALL PLAN SIGNED (OCTOBER 1947) IN PARIS 16 EUROPEAN NATIONS AGREE TO ECONOMIC PROGRAM OF CONCERTED ACTION & SELF-HELP, TO BE SUPPLEMENTED BY U.S. AID.
00:03:11 155.9	IRISH PRIME MINISTER
00:03:14 158.9	BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY ERNEST BEVIN SPEAKS
00:03:36 180.9	MONTAGE REPRESENTATIVES OF 16 NATIONS MEET & SIGN
00:03:57 201.9	US NAVY REVEALS REMARKABLE TEST ON ANNIVERSARY (OCTOBER 1947) LATEST IN AMERICAN SEAPOWER, NAVY INVITES PUBLIC TO VISIT WARSHIPS ON NAVY DAY.
00:04:02 206.9	FORWARD PART OF SHIP IS POUNDED BY ROUGH SEAS. POV OF BRIDGE
00:04:12 216.9	MONTAGE SPEEDING SUBMARINE SPLASHES THRU CHOPPY SEAS TO DISPLAY UNDERSEA TACTICS.
00:04:18 222.9	CU TORPEDO LAUNCHED, DROPS INTO WATER
00:04:21 225.9	AERIAL TARGET SHIP IS HIT BY TORPEDO & SINKS
00:04:29 233.9	AERIAL GIANT AIRCRAFT CARRIER MIDWAY
00:04:33 237.9	GIANT V-2 ROCKET BEING WORKED ON
00:04:38 242.9	LIQUID OXYGEN BEING PREPARED FOR LAUNCH
00:04:50 254.9	V-2 ROCKET LAUNCHED FROM SHIP. FIRST TIME EVER.
00:05:34 298.9	TRUMAN DOCTRINE BECOMES LAW. PRESIDENT TRUMAN SIGNS BILL TO AID TO GREECE & TURKEY. (MAY 1947) IN MOVE TO FIGHT RED AGGRESSION & DOMINATION IN EUROPE, TRUMAN AT HOME IN MISSOURI TO BE NEAR THE SICK BED OF HIS MOTHER, SIGNS LOAN GRANT IN KANSAS CITY HOTEL ROOM
00:06:05 329.9	NAVY PICTURES OF BYRD AT SOUTH POLE (MAY 1947) 4TH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION OF 58-YEAR OLD BYRD
00:06:08 332.9	POLAR OCEAN WITH SEA SMOKE & ICE FLOES
00:06:18 342.9	HUGE ANTARCTIC ICEBERG DISCOLORED BY MUD
00:06:25 349.9	CAPTAIN DEFEK IN BOATSWAIN'S CHAIR BEING TRANSFERRED BY CABLE FROM ONE SHIP TO ANOTHER IS THROWN INTO ICY WATER
00:06:39 363.9	FLOATING IN WATER & RESCUED FROM ICY WATER BY WHALE BOAT
00:07:05 389.9	JET ASSISTED CARRIER PLANE WITH SKIS TAKES OFF FROM CARRIER
00:07:13 397.9	AERIAL OF BASE CAMP
00:07:16 400.9	PLANE LANDS
00:07:19 403.9	ADMIRAL RICHARD BYRD IN POLAR GEAR STEPS OFF AIRPLANE
00:07:29 413.9	TWO SLED DOGS NECK DEEP IN SNOW NOT PHASED BY COLD
00:07:37 421.9	CAMERAMAN TRIES TO SCARE AWAY SEALS LYING IN SNOW, TO NO AVAIL
00:07:46 430.9	MEN IN SCUBA GEAR SLIP INTO ICE FILLED WATER & SWIM AROUND. TESTING NEW NAVY SCUBA GEAR
00:07:59 443.9	SCUBA DIVER IN ICED WATER EATS ICE CREAM TO DEMONSTRATE SUCCESS OF SCUBA GEAR
00:08:06 450.9	CU MAN PLACES VITAMIN LACED FISH IN PENGUIN'S MOUTH
00:08:15 459.9	CU TWO PENGUINS
00:08:29 473.9	INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS (AUGUST 1949) THREE-POWER CONFERENCE IS HELD AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON AS THE U.S., BRITAIN & CANADA SEEK TO SOLVE ENGLAND'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS BROUGHT ON BY A MONEY CRISIS. HEADED BY TREASURY SECREATRY SYNDER.
00:08:35 479.9	SECRETARY OF STATE ACHESON SITS WITH BRITISH AMBASSADOR FRANK
00:08:42 486.9	FOREIGN SECRETARY BEVIN & CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER CRIPS
00:08:45 489.9	MARSHALL PLAN HEAD HOFFMAN IS WITH THE CANADIANS
00:09:09 513.9	NEW GERMAN PRESIDENT (SEPTEMBER 1949) AT BONN FIRST FREE ELECTIONS IN 16 YEARS.
00:09:11 515.9	GERMANY'S FREELY ELECTED PARLIAMENT
00:09:15 519.9	GERMAN FREELY ELECTED PARLIAMENT CAST BALLOTS
00:09:18 522.9	DUMPING OUT BALLOTS & COUNTING VOTES
00:09:21 525.9	DR. THEODOR HEUSS. ELECTED TO HEAD GOVERNMENT OF WEST GERMANY.
00:09:25 529.9	CHANCELLOR KONRAD ADENAUER & NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT HEUSS
00:09:30 534.9	NIGHTIME CELEBRATION IN THE STREETS. PARADE
00:09:55 559.9	DOES RUSSIA POSSESS THE ATOM BOMB. PRESIDENT TRUMAN ANNOUNCES THAT AN "ATOMIC EXPLOSION" OCCURRED IN SOVIET UNION. (SEPTEMBER 1949)
00:10:06 570.9	ATOMIC EXPLOSION IN NEW MEXICO JULY 16, 1945
00:10:25 589.9	WHITE HOUSE EXTERIOR
00:10:29 593.9	PRESIDENT TRUMAN
00:10:34 598.9	SECRETARY OF STATE DEAN ACHESON SPEAKS. SAYS THAT THIS MAKES IF ALL THE MORE IMPERATIVE TO ACHIEVE INTERNATIONAL CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGEY
00:11:17 641.9	CHECKING TRUNKS OF CARS AT CHECK-POINT PLAZA OF RICHLAND, WASHINGTON ATOMIC PLANT. BEEFED UP SECURITY OF ATOMIC SECRETS. HEAVILY GUARDED
00:11:25 649.9	LINE OF TANKS TRAVEL ON ROAD OF TEST PLANTS
00:11:31 655.9	SILHOUETTE OF MAN IN CONTROL TOWER GIVING "OK" SYMBOL FOR SMALL PLANE TO TAKE OFF
00:11:34 658.9	PLANE TAKES OFF & FLIES OVER TEST GROUND
00:11:45 669.9	SMALL AIRPLANE LANDS ON HIGHWAY TO CUT OFF BY CAR TRAVELLING IN RESTRICTED AREA. STOPPED BY FEDS
00:11:56 680.9	CHICAGO UNIVERISTY'S PROFESSOR HAROLD UREY, ATOMIC SCIENTIST, EXPLAINS SIGNIFICANCE OF RUSSIA'S A-BOMB. SAYS THAT THE NEWS FROM RUSSIA WAS NOT SURPRISE, SOONER OF LATER THE REDS WOULD HAVE GAINED THE "KNOW-HOW" OF ATOMIC WEAPONS.
00:12:29 713.9	ARRIVING IN NEW YORK BY LIMO AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, RUSSIAN DELEGATE VISHINSKY
00:12:48 732.9	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ROOM
00:12:54 738.9	U.S. UNITED NATIONS DELEGATION
00:12:59 743.9	VISHINSKY ADDRESSES UN BUT DECLINES TO COMMENT ON LATEST SOVIET DEVELOPMENT. SAYS NOTHING OF A-TEST, BUT MAKES ROUTINE ATTACK ON THE WESTERN DEMOCRACIES. RETURNS TO HIS SEAT
00:13:23 767.9	U.N. PRESIDENT ROMULO SAYS THAT STEPS MUST BE TAKEN TO BREAK THE PRESENT IMPASSE. AND CALLS FOR CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY, BEFORE MANKIND USES IT FOR SELF-DESTRUCTION.
00:13:40 784.9	AERIAL NUCLEAR A-BOMB EXPLOSION IN BIKINI
00:14:15 819.9	TRUMAN SIGNS TRADE BILL (SEPTEMBER 1949) PRESIDENT APPROVES EXTENDING RECIPROCAL TRADE ACT TO 1951 AS CORDELL HULL, WHO APPEARS IN PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS LENGTHY ILLNESS, SEES HIS GREAT WORK CARRIED ON.
00:14:22 826.9	CU TRUMAN GIVES PEN TO FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL. SIGNING BILL.
00:14:55 859.9	TRUMAN ASKS FOR WORLD-WIDE END OF PREJUDICE (NOVEMBER 1949). PRESIDENT ATTENDS A WASHINGTON LUNCHEON OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS. PAYS TRIBUTE TO FIGHT AGAINST INTOLERANCE. SAYS THAT THE DEFENSE OF MANKIND AGAINST DISCRIMINATION & INJUSTICE, PREJUDICE & HATE, TYRANNY & OPPRESSION, LIES IN THE FAITH WE PROFESS - BROTHERHOOD OF MAN & FATHERHOOD OF GOD.
00:16:14 938.9	INDIA PASSES NEW CONSTITUTION (DECEMBER 1949)
00:16:15 939.9	COUNCIL HOUSE AT NEW DELHI
00:16:24 948.9	THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, MEETING AT NEW DELHI. NEHRU PRESENT
00:16:26 950.9	PAINTING OF GANDHI
00:16:31 955.9	PRESIDENT DR. PRASAD SIGN THE FORMAL DOCUMENT.
00:16:38 962.9	DELEGATES POUND TABLES IN APPROVAL
00:16:44 968.9	PRIME MINISTER PANDIT NEHRU HEADS LONG LINE OF CONGRATULATORS TO PRESIDENT. MOSLEMS
00:16:52 976.9	NEHRU ARGUES WITH DELEGATES
00:18:42 1086.9	DEAN ACHESON SPEAKS TO DELGATES OF UN ON INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
00:19:37 1141.9	REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES SIGNING IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
00:23:56 1400.9	??? MAKES SPEECH ABOUT HISTORY BEING MADE TODAY BY THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
00:26:34 1558.9	VARIOUS UNIDENTIFIABLE FOOTAGE OF INDIA, NEHRU, WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE, PROTESTING INDIANS, COUNCIL MEETING.
00:28:53 1697.9	INDONESIA GETS SOVEREIGNTY (1949)
00:28:55 1699.9	THE HALL OF CITIZENS IN THE ROYAL PALACE IN AMSTERDAM
00:29:00 1704.9	QUEEN JULIANA SITS WITH DR. HADA PREMIERE OF THE NEWLY FORMED UNITES STATES OF INDONESIA.
00:29:03 1707.9	HUGE CROWD OF CITIZENS OUTSIDE IN SQUARE
00:29:13 1717.9	QUEEN SIGNS DOCUMENT GIVING UP DUTCH RULE OF INDONESIA