Title:THE NATO CONFERENCE AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HALL, LISBON, PORTUGAL, FEBRUARY 1952 - REEL 1 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1163
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:Opening assembly of NATO conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 1952.
Description:Honour guard stands by outside the National Assembly Hall, Lisbon, Portugal. Civil and military delegates enter; among these are are Anthony Eden, Dean Acheson, General Gruenther and General Juin. NATO Council members gathering include; Italian Premier Alcide De Gasperi, Robert Schuman, Robert M Lovett, Fuat Köprülü, Lester Bowles Pearson of Canada, Dr Paolo Cunha of Portugal, Dean Acheson and Prime Minister Sophocles Venizelis of Greece. Lester Pearson and others give speeches (brief extracts without sound). Members leave after the opening session of the NATO Conference; among those seen in the foyer are General Juin, General Gruenther and General Bradley. (Note film cameraman with hand-held camera.)
Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
