Overview
- Description
- Sumner Welles, the United States Under Secretary of State, at various meetings that took place during the Inter-American conference in Rio de Janiero. A large, crowded room with delegates around a large table. Photographers and journalists are also present. Sumner Welles first appears at 01:35:33. He is balding and wears a dark jacket and white shirt. Other attendees listed on the dope sheet are Argentina's Enrique Ruiz Guinazu and Alberto Guani of Uruguay. The debate appears heated at some points. Sumner Welles speaks at 01:41:30. The conference was convened to determine the appropriate response to the possibility of aggression against American nations by the Axis powers. The attendees at the conference endorsed a resolution to sever diplomatic relations with Axis nations. Although the resolution was unanimously adopted, Chile and Argentina did not sever ties.
- Film Title
-
South American Front, 1944
- Duration
- 00:07:25
- Date
-
Event:
1942 January
- Locale
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South America
Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Brazil
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
March of Time, Inc.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Outtakes.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:34:32:00 to 01:41:57:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2733 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2733 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2733 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2733 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2733 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2733 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2733 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2733 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the National Archives and Records Administration in July 2004.
- Copied From
- VHS; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 4301
Source Archive Number: 200 MTT 1023 EE - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:44:40
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