THE YALTA CONFERENCE Part 1

Description

Summary: Sir Alan Brooke, Sir Edward Portal, and others. MS, Edward R Stettinius, Vyacheslav M Molotov, Anthony Eden; W Averell Harriman, and others in bg. Short flash, Russian Army Band. CU, President Franklin D Roosevelt. Pan to Winston Churchill. RV, Russian Honor Guard marching on pier. Another angle of Russian Honor Guard. LS, Russian band playing. Group walking on pier. MS, Churchill, Molotov; Andrei Vishinsky, and others in bg. CU, Churchill. Pan to Molotov. CU, Churchill. Pres Roosevelt in jeep speaking to some men. General views of rugged countryside dotted with bldgs. Shots, palace courtyard through arch. Russian guard to left in one shot. Shot of bay; Russian guard moving by in fg. Car arriving in courtyard. FS, Premier Joseph Stalin entering followed by several officers. Arabic inscription at rear entrance to Vorontsov Palace. INT, conference room, delegates standing about. Pres Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, at table. (separate shots) LS, delegates around table. ECU, Stalin chatting with Molotov. (grainy) LS, Livadiya Palace. CU, Russian sign. Two Russian guards standing at palace entrance. Empty conference room with exception of clerk who is making table ready. Stettinius, James F Byrnes, Harriman. FS, Anthony Eden, Sir Alex Cadogan arriving. Shot, Winston Churchill arriving. Same with Premier Stalin. Gen George C Marshall and others arriving. Gen Marshall, Adm William Leahy, Adm Ernest King and several others leaving entrance. LS, two Russian guards salute as cars come out of court yard. Churchill leaving entrance. INT, conference room, some of the men seated, others standing about. Recognized at table, Andrei Gromyko, Adm Leahy, Mr Stettinius, Pres Roosevelt, Churchill, Byrnes, Sir Alexander Cadogan, Harry Hopkins, Stalin, Vishinsky; also Alger Hiss, standing, speaking to an unidentified delegate. (No CU.)

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities