1.
GV CROWD AT CEREMONY, MONUMENT ON RIGHT COVERED
0.05

2.
SV PAN..OVER CROWD AND INTO CU..SPEAKER TO MONUMENT COVERED WITH SHEET
0.17

3.
SV UNVEILING MONUMENT
0.32

4.
CU MONUMENT, PANT TO RED CROSS FLAGS
0.39

5.
SCU OFFICIALS
0.44

6.
GV PAN..FROM ABOVE TO MONUMENT
0.52

7.
CU HEAD OF STATUE
0.53

8.
SV DITTO, RED CROSS FLAGS ON SIDE
1.00



Initials JRG/S/AW/ES



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Background: 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.