Signing Of French Loan Deal (1946)

Unissued / Unused material. Location of events unclear / unknown. M/S delegates sat round table, they include Henri Bonnet and Fred Vinson. C/U as James Byrnes, U.S. Secretary of State, and Leon Blum, French Socialist leader, sign papers giving American loan to France. They stand up and shake hands. Cataloguer’s note: bad, faint sound quality. Date on original record reads 21/6/1946. 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. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website