277th Plenary Meeting of General Assembly: 5th Session

Silent:
1. mls, Pan around floor crowded with delegations before opening of meeting. Delegates shaking hands, in conversation (among them Dean Acheson from the U.S. and Robert Schuman from France). Photographers taking still pictures of delegates and of presiding table 52 52;
Sound:
2. mcu, cu, Temporary President Carlos Romulo (Philippines opening Fifth Session. Romulo speaking 142 142;
3. mls, Pan over floor with delegates standing in observation of one minute of silence dedicated to prayer or meditation 170 28;
Item - Question of Representation of China in UN:
4. ms, Temporary President recognizing representatives of India 182 12;
5. mcu, Sir Benegal N. Rau (India) speaking (reading Indian draft resolution) 272 90;
Notice: Original neg of part of this reel decomposed. For speeches of Vyshinsky (USSR), Kardelj (Yugoslavia), Tsrang (China) and Acheson (US) see dupe neg #07-2 (made from print);
6. mcu, Stefan Wierblowski (Poland) speaking in French 339 67;
7. ms, mcu, Faris Bey El-Khouri (Syria) speaking 455 116;
8. mcu, Lester Pearson (Canada) speaking 510 65;
9. ms, Vavro Hajdu (Czechoslovakia) speaking 552 42;
10. mcu, Percy Spender (Australia) speaking 594 42;
11. mcu, Hector David Castro (El Salvador) speaking in Spanish 646 52;
12. mcu, Osten Unden (Sweden) speaking in French 666 20;
13. mcu, Ernesto Dihigo (Cuba) speaking in Spanish 706 40;
14. mcu, A.M. Baranowsky (Ikr. SSh) speaking in Russian 768 62;
15. mcu, Vicotr Belaunde (Peru) speaking in Spanish 816 48;
16. mcu, Temporary President giving result of votes on two USSR proposals 886 70;
17. mcu, Andrei Vyshinsky (USSR) speaking in Russian 927 41;
Item - Election of President:
18. mcu, Various delegates casting their ballot papers into the ballot box 954 27;
19. mcu, Temporary President asking newly elected President to take Chair 969 15;
20. ms, mcu, New G.A. President Nasrollah Entezam (Iran) walking up podrum, taking Chair. Handshaking, applause, etc. 1011 42;
21. mcu, cu, Newly elected President addressing Assembly in French 1060 51;
22. cu, Ditto 1121 61;
Sound:
A/PV 277
Shot 2 – Page 2
Shot 3, 5 – Page 3
Shot 6 – Page 17
Shot 7 – Page 25, 26
Shot 8 – Page 26
Shot 9 – Page 27
Shot 10 – Page 28
Shot 11 – Page 30
Shot 12, 13 – Page 35
Shot 14 – Page 37
Shot 15 – Page 38
Shot 16 – Page 43
Shot 15 – Page 44
Shot 18, 19, 20, 21 – Page 45
Shot 22 – Page 46
For additional coverage of the same meeting see 07-2 (dupe neg only).