From the Vault: San Francisco 1945

Jan Christian Smuts, Vyacheslav Molotov, Sec. Stettinius, and other delegates to the United Nations conference deplane and detrain in San Francisco. Shows U.S. war casualties and flags flying at half-mast on Roosevelt's death. Pres. Truman addresses conference delegates via radio. Sec. Stettinius confers with Anthony Eden and Molotov. Conference delegates register, attend meetings, speak, browse through the San Francisco art gallery, and look at Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms paintings. Charts the UN organization and shows United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) supplies being loaded aboard ships. Reel 2, conference delegates watch a motion picture on the German surrender, speak, and sign the UN charter. Pres. Truman watches Sec. of Stettinius sign for the U.S. Pres. Truman speaks. UN flags wave in a breeze.