- Title: VM-588A
- Summary: OTHER VOICES: FOLLOWS TYPICAL DAY IN THE LIFE OF INTERPRETERS FOR THE UN LINGUISTS. TRANSLATORS.
- Description:01:54:45 - LS MAN READING IN LONG, WIDE LOBBY. MONTAGE CU'S MOUTHS, SPEAKING VARIOUS LANGUAGES, SPANISH, FRENCH, CUTS TO VARIOUS AREAS OF THE UN BUILDING 01:55:50 - CU FOUNTAINS SPRAYING UP AT VIEWER, ZOOM UP SHOWING BUILDING ENTRANCE 01:56:16 - DIZZYING ANGLE LOOKING UP UN BUILDING 01:56:26 - VARIOUS UN INTERPRETERS SPEAKING 01:56:49 - UN ATOMIC CONFERENCE, CUTS TO INTERPRETERS SPEAKING 01:59:11 - SECRETARY PUTTING UP INTERPRETERS ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE DAY. INTERPRETERS COMING IN & RECEIVING ASSIGNMENTS 02:00:47 - CHIEF INTERPRETER'S OFFICE, CHIEF AT WORK 02:01:04 - INTERPRETERS SPEAKING 02:03:06 - TRAINING ROOM, INTERPRETER IN TRAINING LISTENING TO TAPES OF SPEECHES, WEARING HEADPHONES 02:03:19 - SENIOR INTERPRETERS TESTING NEW INTERPRETERS 02:05:42 - UN ATOMIC CONFERENCE, ADLAI STEVENSON SPEAKING 02:07:06 - PSYCHEDELIC MONTAGE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BEATLES 02:07:39 - INTERPRETERS TALKING ABOUT THE DELICATE TASK OF TRANSLATING VULGARITIES, SLURS, INSULTS ETC.. 02:08:50 - CU FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKING AT UN SESSION 02:09:16 - TRANSLATORS TALKING ABOUT THE MISTAKES THAT OCCUR DURING TRANSLATION 02:12:45 - DANNY KAYE REPORTING TO THE UN AFTER A YEAR OF BEING REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF UNICEF, KAYE RAMBLES SENSELESSLY TRYING TO CONFUSE TRANSLATORS, POKING FUN AT BUREAUCRACY, TALKIN GIN CIRCLES 02:13:58 - INTERPRETERS TALKING ABOUT TRANSLATING PROVERBS, IDIOMS, DIFFICULTIES IN SOME SPEAKERS ACCENTS, CONSTRUCTION OF SENTENCES ETC. 02:16:34 - SPANISH REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKING AT UN 02:17:45 - JOHN F. KENNEDY, JFK SPEAKING AT THE UN 02:18:04 - LYNDON B. JOHNSON, LBJ AT THE UN WITH U THANT 02:18:11 - FAMOUS UN SCENE RUSSIAN REPRESENTATIVES BANGING FISTS ON TABLE, KHRUSHCHEV, GROMYKO 02:18:18 - MS CAR WITH BRITISH FLAG ON ANTENNA 02:18:23 - CAR PULLS UP, FDR ? GETS OUT, TAKES OFF HAT 02:18:36 - INTERIOR UN ASSEMBLY ROOM, MS INTERPRETERS IN THEIR BOOTH, POV WALKING AROUND COUNCIL ROOM, REPRESENTATIVES, INTERPRETERS 02:20:19 - ZOOM IN ON UNITED NATIONS FLAGS, LOWERING FLAG
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-588A