Evian Conference on Refugees

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1992.260.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0800 | Film ID: 514

Overview

Description: With voiceover. EXT, buildings and homes overlooking Lake Geneva. Architecture of the Hotel Royal, the conference center for the committee. CU, Myron C. Taylor, the spokesman for the United States and the initial president of the committee, walking with a group of men including James McDonald (seen clearly at 06:57:58 - the tall man with white hair). French senator Henry Béringer and Great Britain’s Lord Winterton outside the Hotel Royal. Pan around the large conference room and delegates. Taylor addresses the committee members.
Film Title: Hearst Metrotone News of the Day, Volume 9, No. 289
Duration: 00:00:42
Date: Event: 1938 July
Production: 1938 July 13
Locale: Evian, France
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of UCLA Film and Television Archive
Contributor: Producer: Hearst Metrotone

Language: English
Genre/Form: Newsreels.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 06:57:47:00 to 06:58:29:00
Film Format: Master
Master 514 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Master 514 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Master 514 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Master 514 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Preservation
Preservation 514 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Preservation 514 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 514 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Preservation 514 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 514 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Preservation 514 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 514 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Preservation 514 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

Conditions on Access: This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
Copyright: UCLA Film and Television Archive
Conditions on Use: Footage must be obtained directly from the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Contact footage@cinema.ucla.edu for permission to use material from the Hearst collection.
Copyright Holder: UCLA Film and Television Archive

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from John E. Allen, Inc. in March 1992. The footage was obtained under order numbers 1666-w, 1666.2-w, and 1666.4-w.
Note: Most likely from the Hearst Metrotone News of the Day program, Volume 9, No. 289, released on July 13, 1938. Rights belong to UCLA Film and Television Archive under Inventory Number VA8259 M.

JEA order #1666.4-W.

The Evian Conference took place from July 6-15, 1938. Delegates from 32 countries and representatives from relief organizations met in Evian-les-Bains, a spa town in France, to discuss the German-Jewish refugees. The United States encouraged all countries to find a long-term solution to the problem. However, the United States and other countries were unwilling to ease their immigration restrictions. Most countries feared that an increase of refugees would cause further economic hardships. With the exception of the tiny Dominican Republic, no country was willing to accept more refugees. One result of the conference was the establishment of the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees (ICR), which would continue to work on the refugee problem.
Copied From: 35mm print
Film Source: John E. Allen, Inc.
File Number: Legacy Database File: 1138
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive