Foreign Ministers’ Conference (1947)

Unissued / Unused material. Foreign Ministers’ Conference at Lancaster House, London. C/U Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian Foreign Minister. Press photographers stand behind him. M/S George Marshall, US secretary of state, seated at the table, full and 3/4 face. Various shots general view of the scene with back view of Ernest Bevin shaking hands with Molotov. Photographers and officials crowd round. L/S general view of them all taking their places round the table. Delegates at the table are:- British - Bevin, Patrick Dean, Paton-Smith, Lord Packenham. Russian - Sokolowsky, Smirnow, Molotov. American - Bedell-Smith, Lewis Douglas, George Marshall. L/S the empty table before the conference begins. Various interior shots of Bevin arriving. C/U Molotov passing the camera as he enters the room. Interior shots of delegates. C/U a protest placard carried by the British husbands of Russian women who are not allowed to join them. Exterior shot of Lancaster House. Cataloguer’s note: cuts for story ’Confere