U Thant Acting Secretary General Of UN (1961)

New York, United States of America (USA). Title reads ’UN Gets New Secretary General’. GV. Pan down front of United Nations building in New York. Various shots as President of UN Mongi Slim (Tunisian Minister of the Interior), swears in Burmese Mr U Thant as acting Secretary General of UNO. GV. Assembly applauding. Elevated shot of U Thant addressing assembly. GV. Pan around assembly. (Comb F.G.) Date found in the old record - 06/11/1961. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984