UN’s Great Loss

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1685A

Date Released

21 Sep 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1UN’s Great Loss
2. 2Pro Tennis
3. 3Twenty-One Years Ago
4. 4Big Sit-Down
5. 5Big Splash

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dag Hammarskjold. DESCRIPTION: For over eight years, Dag Hammarskjold spoke and personified the United Nations Organisation. An economist from Sweden, he took over from Secretary-General Trygve Lie at a time of crisis. He was soon to be known as Dag, and he tackled a series of critical problems and crises, China, Middle East and the Congo. He was flying to meet Mr Tshombe again in order to negotiate a cease-fire, when the plane crashed.

Keywords

Politics and government

Card file number

83193

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

137

Story extras:

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