Title reads: “Front Page Men“.
Paris, France, India and United States of America (USA).
Various shots of delegates arriving for the Foreign Ministers conference at the Luxembourg Palace, Paris. They are meeting to discuss former Italian colonies. L/S of America’s James Byrnes, Tom Connolly and Senator Arthur Vandenburg entering and greeting Vyacheslav Molotov and Andrei Vyshinski of Soviet Union. France’s Georges Bidault already sits at the conference table. M/S of Ernest Bevin. M/S of Connally and Byrnes. M/S of Vyshinski and Molotov. M/S of Bidault.
C/U of Field Marshal General Jan Smuts. He arrives in Britain for Imperial Conference. M/S of Smuts speaking to reporters on quayside at unidentified port. Gives goodwill message to UK from South Africa (natural sound).
C/U of English newspapers announcing food cuts. Various shots of emaciated bodies of starving Indians. Emaciated Indian woman begging for food. Indian children eating food scraps from the pavement. C/U of newspapers ann