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U.N. Emergency

Item number (ISN):

343286

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1973 ?

Item number (ISN):

343286

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADA. DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS / MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES EXTÉRIEURES

Accession:

1983-0008

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1973 ?

Production company:

United Nations Television

Production credit:

director/producer, Pierre Desbonnet; supervising producer/editing/scenario, Edward Mahruder Jones; executive producer, Gilbert Lauzun photography, Joseph Cabibbo; editing, David Sherman; Otto Seufer

Description:

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Documentary on the United Nations peace-keeping operations in the Middle East following the out-break of full-scale war between Israel and Egypt in October 1973. The film focuses on the establishment of cease-fire agreements between the warring countries and the work of the United Nations Emergency Forces to maintain the truce. Sequences on the U.N. Security Council resolutions (in Geneva, November and December 1973) include excerpts from speeches by: Joseph Odero-Jowi, Kenya; Alexander Malik, U.S.S.R.; Kurt Waldheim, U.N. Secretary-General; Andrei Gromyko, U.S.S.R.; Henry Kissinger, United States; Ismail Fahmny, Egypt; Zaid Al-Rifai, Jordan; and Abba Eban, Israel. Footage of UNEF activities in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights includes sequences on: Canadian, Polish, Irish, Austrian, Panamanian contingents; UNEF Commander, General Ensio Sillasvuo giving press briefings; battle scenes with shots of burnt-out- armoured vehicles and war dead; medical supplies being unloaded and wounded boarding aircraft. Other noteworthy scenes include: conversation between UNEF Chief of Staff, P.D. Hogan and Egyptian liason officer, Brig. Farid; humourous exchange between truce observers from France and the Soviet Union; commentary and footage on O.P. "Brave" and O.P. "Golf", operations by the Swedish and Austrian contingents; the Finnish observation post "Lima" on the Suez Canal; a volley-ball game between the Irish contingent and local Egyptian team; and the UNEF Command Centre at Ismailiya. <22mn>

Language:

English

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Vault ISN:

347410

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8402-0075

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

380623

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8301-0160

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8402-0075

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD097

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of External Affairs

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