ANOTHER CHANCE

Year Published: 1944

Description:

Made in 1944 and released in 1945, "Another Chance" introduced the United Nations to audiences of American G.I.s. Created by the Walt Disney Productions studio, the film presents the concept of the UN through easy-to-understand graphics. It discusses the organization of the General Assembly and Security Council, and notes that "50 nations" have signed up. The film emphasizes that the most important reason for the founding of the UN is to stop wars. This toon featured in the "Army-Navy Screen Magazine, No. 65", issued in November 1945. The United Nations was established by the Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice. The Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives of the 50 countries mentioned in the film; Poland signed on 15 October 1945. There were 51 Founding Members in 1945. There are currently 193 UN Member States.

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[Music] for thousands of years practically since the world began we've had peace and War peace and War we marked out boundaries and went to war to change them we developed trade and fought over it we invented machines and put guns on them and every time peace got its feet on the ground Another War blew the hell out of it today we have another chance for peace maybe the last chance well what have we done about it 50 Nations who want peace got together they formed the United Nations organization purpose to stop Wars to see how this organization is going to work let's take a couple of countries call them Highland and Loland suppose Highland is arguing with Loland about a boundary in this United Nations setup they'll take their argument to the general assembly and here in front of all the other countries of in the world Highland and Loland will sound off with their complaints the other countries give them advice or criticism try to get the problem straightened out but suppose after hearing the arguments the general assembly decides that this is a job for legal specialists in this case they take their legal tangle to the international Court there the judges dig into the evidence and hand down a decision but countries have other problems they get into economic trouble business jams the factories in one country and the raw materials in another can lead to all sorts of fights over trade price arguments shipping problems taxes trade laws money value and other Tangles can get trade relations between countries all snarled up this kind of question is one for the economic and social Council an outfit set up especially to handle this sort of thing this Council sends a committee to study the raw materials of Loland and the industries of Highland and then suggest ways for them to get together and do business without scrapping most countries can settle their disputes peacefully because all the other countries of the world will insist on Peaceful settlement but suppose a country doesn't want to play ball suppose it starts arming making threats then the United Nations has a powerful Last Resort the Security Council is set up to guarantee Peace by force if necessary if the big five Britain China France Russia and the United States and two of the six other nations on this Council decide that a country is hellbent for trouble they step in and say look either you settle this peacefully or we'll settle it for you but if a warning isn't enough if a country keeps right on making trouble then the security Council isolates him cuts off his trade and Communications and if this doesn't stop him the council can shoot the works calling on the other United Nations or Armed Force to stop the fight the United Nations Oran organization is a working plan for peace 50 Nations have decided to put War out of business this plan may not be perfect it's still open for improvements but it is a chance for peace and up to now it's the best chance we've ever [Music] had

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