President’s Atomic Speech

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1280
Date Released
14 Dec 1953
Date submitted
10 Dec 1953
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ike Addresses UNO on Atomic Age. DESCRIPTION: No sooner was the Bermuda Conference over, than President Eisenhower went to address the United Nations. He was welcomed by Mrs Pandit, under whose presidency the General Assembly was meeting. SHOTLIST: Speech - By the dread secret and the fearful engines of Atomic might are not ours alone. In the first place the secret is possessed by our friends and allies Great Britain and Canada whose scientific genius made a tremendous contribution to our original discoveries and the design of the Atomic bomb. The secret is also known by the Soviet Union. Against a dark background of the Atomic bomb the United States does not wish merely to present strife but also the desire and the hope for peace. The coming months will be fraught with faithful decisions in this assembly, in the Capitals and military head quarters of the world, in the hearts of men everywhere be they governed or governors. May they be the decisions which will lead this world out of fear and into peace. To the making of these fateful decisions the United States pledges before you and therefore before the world it’s determination to help solve the fearful Atomic dilemma, to devote its entire heart and mind to find the way by which the miraculous invertiveness of man shall not be dedicated to his death but consecrated to his life.
Keywords
Politics and government; Nuclear energy
Locations
New York
Footage sources
Pathe
Rota
Card file number
60200
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
200
Story extras:
Film clip

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'President’s Atomic Speech', British Movietone News Issue No. 1280, 14 Dec 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18945 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)