• Short Summary

    IN GENEVA TODAY (WEDNESDAY) A TRIBUTE TO THE FOUNDER OF THE RED CROSS, THE SWISS HENRI DUNANT, DURING CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE LEAGUE.

  • Description

    IN GENEVA TODAY (WEDNESDAY) A TRIBUTE TO THE FOUNDER OF THE RED CROSS, THE SWISS HENRI DUNANT, DURING CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE LEAGUE.

    THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS IS FORMED OF 22 SWISS CITIZENS...IT ACTS AS AN INTERNATIONAL INTERMEDIARY IN WAR...AS IN KOREA, THE CONGO, LAOS, ALGERIA, IN EVERY MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CRISIS... BERLIN, CUBA, AND IN THE TRAGEDIES OF EARTHQUAKES, FLOODS AND FAMINE.

    THE IDEA OF THE RED CROSS CAME TO DUNANT AFTER SEEING THE HORRORS OF WAR ON A BATTLEFIELD. TODAY HIS IDEAL IS CARRIED ON BY 157 MILLION MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

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    Film ID:
    VLVA9YUKPY2ZLVO4AF8TNWWNFX3TR
    Media URN:
    VLVA9YUKPY2ZLVO4AF8TNWWNFX3TR
    Group:
    Reuters - Incuding Visnews
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    08/05/1963
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:59:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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