Summary: Newsreel type subject on the entry of Germany into the NATO organization. Film shows the site of the meeting and the VIP's present at the ceremony. Dignitaries include VIP's from the United States (John Foster Dulles), Germany (Konrad Adenauer), and others from Great Britain, France, Greece, and other NATO countries. (Photo'd by 1363rd Photo Flight). Reel 1: MCU British representatives at the ceremony -- Sir Christopher Steel at left, and the Rt. Hon. H. MacMillan. Camera tilts down from the representatives to the British flag in front of their seats at the conference table. 25') CU high angle FV of the American flag in front of the seats for the American representatives at the conference table (chairs are empty). 30') CU high angle FV of the British flag in front of the seats for the British at the conference table. 37') MS 3/4 FV Sec. of State John Foster Dulles, and Mr. G. W. Perkins stand and talk while waiting for the conference to begin. Camera pans left as Mr. Dulles moves over to talk to Sir Christopher Steel, the British representative, who is standing to his left. MCU FV Chancellor Konrad Adenauer standing in front of his chair at the NATO conferemce table -- in bg are other members of the American and German delegations. Camera tilts dawn as chancellor Adenauer takes his seat at the conference table. Seated to Adenauer's left is M. H. Blankenhorn, the second German representative, assistant to Dr. Adenauer. 80') CU high angle FV head and shoulders shot of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer looking around conference room as delegates seat themselves. 96') MCU high angle FV, Dr. Konrad Adenauer, seated at conference table, studying a document -- a microphone is at frame right. 102') MCU high angle FV, Mr. J. Foster Dulles and Sir Christopher Steel talking while seated at conference table. 116') CU FV Mr. Stephanos Stephanopoulos, Greek foreign minister and chairman of NATO council, speaking into microphone and looking around conference room. Camera pans to Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of Germony, who sits waiting for the conference to begin. 155')MS high angle FV, Sec. of State John Foster Dulles, Sir Christopher Steel, and other members of the British delegation seated at conference table in discussion. Camera pans right to MS FV of Dr. Konrad Adenauer and Mr. M. E. Blakenhorn, seated at table seated at table waiting for ceremonies to begin. 175') LS high angle FV of the conference table as the president and chairman, Mr. Stephanos Stephanopoulous makes the opening address starting the conference. 215') LS same scene description (exce11ent view of the entire NATO conference hall, as Mr. Stephanopoulous makes the opening address). Mr. Stephanopou1os is seated and other delegates rise to make speeches welcoming Germany into NATO. 280') MLS high angle FV, portion of conference table seating representatives from Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Turkey, Great Britain, and the United States. Camera makes slow pan to the right to hold on chairman Mr. Stephanopoulos, seated in front of the NATO insignia behind the speakers' rostrum. Camera tilts up until all the NATO flags are held in the frame above the NATO insignia. 340') Same scene description, without the pan to flags. 355') MS pan from L to R across banners, representing the NATO nations, hung over the NATO insignia behind the chairman's seat at the conference table. Scene ends as camera holds on flags of Norway, Portugal, Turkey, England and the United States. 396') MS high angle SV, camera holds on portion of conference table seating representatives from Italy and Luxembourg as Mr. A. A1essandrini, Italian foreign minister, makes his address. 414') MS high angle SV, same scene description, as the representative from Luxembourg, Mr. M. N. Hommel, makes his address. Mr. J. W. Beyen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, rises to start his address. 469') MS high angle SV, same scene description, Norwegian representative speaking. 502') MS high angle SV, same scene description, Portuguese representative speaking. 546') LS high angle RV of the conference table, shooting toward speakers' table -- delegates are seated looking toward speakers' stand. 570') MS high angle SV, British representative Steel making his address at the conference. 605') LS high angle SV, same scene description. 625') LS high angle SV, British representative seats himself and U.S. Sec. of State J. Foster Dulles, rises to make speech. 646) LS high angle from rear of auditorium as Mr. Dulles, standing at table, addresses the delegates. Entire conference room is shown. 680') MS SV high angle, Mr. Dulles, standing at table, makes his address. 710') MS high angle SV looking at a portion of the conference table which seats representatives from Iceland, Greece, Germany, Faance, Denmark, Canada, and Belgium. Camera pans left from this section to hold on the chairman and secretary general, then over to the left portion where delegates from Italy, Luxembourg, Holland, Norway, Portugal, Turkey, England and the United States are seated. All delegates in the section applaud. 752') LS high angle from the rear of the auditorium as Sec. of State, John Foster Dulles, addresses the conference. After Mr. Dulles is seated, the entire group of delegates applaud. 774' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: MS high angle, right RV, camera shoots over head of Turkish delegate Mr. M. A. Tiney, toward Mr. Stephanopoulos and the secretary general, who listen while watching the Turkish delegate address the assembly. Seated to frame left in fg are Sir Christopher Steel, Mr. John Foster Du1les, and Mr. G. W. Perkins. 35') MS high angle RV as Sir Christopher Steel, UK representative, rises to address the assemb1y. Seated to the right of Mr. Steel in center fg is Mr. MacMillan, the second British delegate. 105') MS high angle RV as Mr. John Foster Dulles, U.S. Sec. of State, rises to make his address to the assembly after Mr. Steel is seated. Mr. Dulles takes his seat and the delegates applaud. Camera swish pans to right to hold on MS FV high angle of Chanceilor Konrad Adenauer, representing the German Republic, as he stands waiting to give his address to the assemb1y. Other members of the delegation from France and Greece are looking toward Mr. Adenauer. 239') FV high angle of previous scene description showing entire right section of the conference table as Chancellor Adenauer continues his address to the assembly offering German support to NATO. Included in this shot are delegates from Iceland, Greece, Germany, France, and Denmark. 270') MCU Chancellor Adenauer makes his acceptance address as the camera shows delegates from France and Germany. Camera pans right, away from Chanceilor Adenauer, to hold on the Belgian representatives after panning the length of the right wing of the conference table. 300') MS high angle, portion of the table including the United Kingdom, the United States, and the president's section of the table, as delegates listen to Mr. Adenauer's acceptance speech. 340') MS high angle right FV, delegates from Belgium, Canada and Denmark listening to Mr. Adenauer's speech. 351') MS high angle FV, Chancellor Adenauer conc1udes his speech and seats himself. 477') MS high angle FV from right side of the spectators' gallery at the end of the conference room as they listen to speakers at the assembly table. 505') LS high angle of the assembly hall as delegates rise and start to move out exit doors to scene bg. Camera pans slightly to right and holds on section of the auditorium as delegates talk and others file out in bg. 554') MS high angle FV, Chancellor Adenauer and his assistant, Mr. Blankenhorn, study a dispatch which the German secretary has handed Mr. Adenauer as other delegates file out in bg. 566') MS high angle RV, camera shoots over heads of press representatives toward Mr. Antoine Pinay, of France, as he conducts a press conference at the conclusion of the NAT0 neeting. 598') CU left FV, Mr. Pinay and assistants, as he talks to press delegates at press conference. 740') LS FV same scene description. 840') MS FV Mr. Pinay addressing press representatives. 877') LS same scene description -- camera shoots over heads of press representatives toward speakers stand. 950' Total footage in reel. Reel 3: MCU pan from L to R across banners hanging from rear of NATO conference auditorium. The banners represent all of the NAT0 nations at the conference which accepted Germany into NATO. 17') LS high angle FV of delegates entering the conference hall and moving toward their seats at the assembly table. 59') MS high angle FV, camera shoots over heads of the British and American representatives, toward the president of the NATO Council, Mr. Stephanopoulos, as he makes an address to the assembly. 108') MS high angle FV, section of table including French and German delegates as they listen to address by the Council president. 121') High angle FV, section of table including Belgian, Canadian and Danish delegates as they listen to the president -- camera pans right to show French delegates. 148') MS high angle FV, Mr. Stephanopoulos reading his speech. 170') LS high angle FV, portion of the assembly table including Belgian, Canadian, Danish, French, German, Greek and Icelandic representatives listening to the president's address. 183') MS high angle FV, Mr. Stephanopouos completes his address and is seated. Camera pans right to hold a MS high angle FV of the Belgian and Canadian section as the Belgian representative, M. P. H. Spaak addresses the assembly. 270) MS as Mr. Spaak completes his address and is seated -- Canadian representative rises to address the assembly. Camera pans slightly to the right to show the Belgian representative, then the Hon. L. B. Pearson speaks for Canada. 342') MS high angle FV, camera holds on French and German section of the conference table as Chancellor Adenauer, center, listens to the address by the Canadian representative. 353') MS high angle left FV, president and his secretary listen to the speech by the Canadian minister. 364') MS high angle right FV, Canadian minister giving his address. 381') MS high angle right FV, Danish representative makes his address to the assembly and takes his seat, then turns to talk to his colleague as the French representative, Mr. Antoine Pinay, rises to make his address. 469') CU, RV, high angle of the Netherlands representative listening to an address (shot is N.G.). MS high angle FV, Mr. Pinay stands at conference table, frame right, reading his speech -- members of the Norwegian and Belgian delegations listen. 500') MS high angle FV, same scene description. Mr. Pinay reads his speech as Chancellor Adenauer and his assistant listen from frame right. Chancellor Adenauer takes his seat -- camera pans right to hold on the Icelandic representative, Dr. K. Gudmudsson, as he reads his speech to the assembly. 571') MS high angle FV of the French, German, and Greek section of the conference table as Chancellor Adenauer listens to the address by the Icelandic representative. 585') Out of focus footage. Camera tilts up to focus shot of the French and German section of the conference table as Chancellor Adenauer, frame center, and associates listen to the speaker. 615') Out of focus footage. 628') LS high angle of the podium -- the NATO insignia and flags line the walls of the assembly hall as the president listens to an address by a member of the delegation. 649') MS high angle SV, same scene description -- camera pans to right, away from the president of the assembly, through the section seating representatives from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece and Iceland. 685') MS high angle SV of the spectators' gallery at the end of the conference hall -- area is roped off. 698') MS high angle FV, Chancellor Adenauer listening to speech. 720') Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: Orig neg)
