Meeting of United Nations Security Council at Flushing Meadows, New York. HD Stock Footage

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Oct 24, 2026

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Meeting of United Nations Security Council at Flushing Meadows, New York.

Officials and visitors seen in audience, during meeting of United Nations Security Council, in Flushing Meadows, New York. Cinematographers record event from booth above meeting hall. Andrei Gromyko of the USSR sits next to Polish delegate, Ludwik Rajchman. Press photographers take pictures of people in the audience, including two fashionable women in furs. Joao Carlos Muniz, of Brazil, is seen with bandages on his face. He chats with Australian delegate, Herbert Vere Evatt. USA delegate, Edward Stettinius is seen, next to Sir Alexander Cadogan of the United Kingdom. Location: Flushing Meadows New York United States. Date: 1946.

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