| Peace Treaty: Halt Red Attempt to Block Japanese Pact. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1562 |
| Catalog #: | 351477 | |
| Clip Number: | 351477-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 024-489-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:58:18 - 01:02:51 | |
| Location: | San Francisco, California | |
| Year Shot: | 1951 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Treaties & Pacts LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California, San Francisco PERSONALITIES: Dulles, John Foster PERSONALITIES: Truman, Harry WAR & CONFLICT/COLD WAR: Diplomacy | |
| Description: | Peace Treaty: Halt Red Attempt to Block Japanese Pact Big news from the Japanese peace conference at the Civic Center in San Francisco is the unified action by 48 of the Pacific War allies to block the Soviet attempt to delay the pact signing. John Foster Dulles, architect of the humanitarian treaty, and State Secretary Dean Acheson, lead the free world forces in setting up stiff procedural rules. President Truman tells the world that those nations that want peace will speedily sign the pact. Diplomats/politicians arrive. Australian ambassador Percy Spender (?) signs, followed by Sir Carl Berendsen (?) of New Zealand, Dean Acheson. SV San Francisco Opera House. Interior, VS of proceedings, Dulles in audience. Acheson walks away from podium as people applaud President Truman, who takes podium and speaks (nat sound) of the purpose of the peace treaty -- to restore the former enemy, Japan -- though Japanese actions (e.g. Pearl Harbor, Bataan) are not yet forgotten, he says. High angle delegation from USSR. Men cast ballots. Close shot Acheson. | |
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