Title:NATO THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY: OPENING CEREMONY AND NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL, THE HAGUE, MAY 1979 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 3406
Other titles:NATO LOG COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:NATO 30th anniversary Opening Ceremony, held at the Ridderzaal (Hall of Knights), Binnenhof, The Hague, 30 May 1979. North Atlantic Council at Leeuwenhorst Conference Centre, 31 May 1979 (in the same city as above).
Description:Reel A: Opening Ceremony footage. Shot of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, seated. Arrival of Dr. Andries van Agt, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Lord Carrington, President d'Honneur of the North Atlantic Council and Joseph Luns, Secretary General of NATO. Brief shots of the Prime Minister's speech. Shots of Lord Carrington's speech. Shots of Joseph Luns' speech.
Reel B: Opening ceremony (as seen in Reel A) at the Ridderzaal, including exterior shots showing the arrival of delegations. Flag raising ceremony by Dutch police at Leeuwenhorst Conference Centre. Shots of tulip fields with the Conference Centre in the background. Marine band playing before NATO ministers, gathered at the entrance of the Conference Centre, some of them with glasses of champagne (Alexander Haig, Supreme Allied Commander Europe/SACEUR, is seen). Those in attendance include: Joseph Luns, Secretary General, Cyrus Vance, US Secretary of State and/or Lord Carrington as President d'Honneur of the North Atlantic Council. Scenes inside the Ministerial meeting of the North Atlantic Council. Exterior shots of delegations leaving the conclave, with significant police presence, on motorcycles.
Alternative Title:NATO LOG COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
