| FOOD CONFERENCE Herbert Hoover On Hunger | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 50 |
| Catalog #: | 312341 | |
| Clip Number: | 312341-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1375 B | |
| Timecode: | 10:07:53 - 10:08:41 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1946 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Famine INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Foreign Aid, Food LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA PERSONALITIES: Hoover, Herbert PERSONALITIES: Truman, Harry WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Afterword (Epilogue) | |
| Description: | Same as catalog #140906 Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover speaking on the need for American hunger relief. "..the inevitable result of war is famine, and with famine civilization itself is jeopardized. The last great reservoir from which famine can be halted is in the United States. There is thus upon us one of the greatest obligations of these troubled years..." Opens with a shot down a long conference table in a crowded room, Hoover and President Harry S. Truman are at the end; Shots of various people around the table. Hoover standing and speaking (only the footage of his actual speech has sound). Hunger, Food, Famine. | |
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