USMC 109497: ""Twelve Nations Sign North Atlantic Pact""

Item Description
Title
USMC 109497: ""Twelve Nations Sign North Atlantic Pact""

Citation information
USMC 109497: ""Twelve Nations Sign North Atlantic Pact"". (00263; M-7563.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
05/1142

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
00263; M-7563

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 109497

Decade
1940

Date
1949-04

Description
Twelve nations sign North Atlantic Pact, the establishment of NATO. Heads of state and VIPs attend. President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State Dean Acheson address an audience. The treaty is signed by Belgian PM Paul-Henri Spaak, Canadian PM Lester Pearson, and others.

Location(s)
Unknown

Genre
Informational

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
500

Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)

Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Language
English

Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films


Rights information
Public domain.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
03/24/2023

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K

Digital runtime
13:40

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
NATO