SHAPING THE FUTURE - UN CHARTER BECOMES REALITY United Nation Charter is signed in San Francisco.
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	402
	Catalog #:	430612
	Clip Number:	430612-1
	Orginal Film:	45/58
	Timecode:	00:18:49 - 00:21:50
	Location:	San Francisco, California
	Year Shot:	1945 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: United Nations LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California, San Francisco
	Description:	Same as catalog # 316858, 311452 SHAPING THE FUTURE - UN CHARTER BECOMES REALITY United Nation Charter is signed in San Francisco. San Francisco, California, United States of America (USA). "Shaping the Future" with illustration of sun at dawn. CU document-- "The Charter of the United Nations: We the peoples of the United Nations." Overview WLS of San Francisco, California. H/a LS motorcade parade. Tracking MS President HARRY S. TRUMAN in motorcade, waving hat from open convertible passing F.W. Woolworth five and dime store. TLS main entrance of United Nations Plaza, numerous national flags flying overhead. MSs President Harry S. Truman and South African General JAN SMUTS admiring view of San Francisco, Coit Tower in BG. MS President Truman sitting with Admiral CHESTER NIMITZ on sunny porch; MCU Adm. Chester Nimitz; CU Harry S. Truman. TLS San Francisco Opera House, flags flying out front. TLSs audience. MS Lord Halifax calling for vote on approval of U.N. Charter. TLS/MSs delegates standing during vote. TLS Lord Halifax signing document on stage with backdrop of U.N. seal and various flags. TLS crowd of photographers snapping pic behind cordon. TLS Ambassador EDWARD STETTINIUS signing for the United States. MS Ambassador ANDREI GROMYKO signing for Soviet Union. MS French Ambassador signing. TLS/MSs Ambassador Dr. WELLINGTON KOO of China signing. CU signed charter. MS people filing past signed charter, MP standing watch. TLS/LSs seated audience applauding. MSs President Harry S. Truman speaking to assembly: "If we had had this charter a few years ago, and above all the will to use it, millions now dead would be alive. If we should falter in the future in our will to use it, millions now living will surely die. There's a time for making plans and a time for making action. The time for action is here now." TLS audience giving standing ovation. TLS very tall, slender double doors of cathedral opening, well-dressed people entering, first page of U.N. Charter eventually superimposed over image.

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