San Francisco during the United Nations Conference (1945)

A view of a section of the hall of the United Nations Conference in San Francisco on April 25, 1945. Faces of political figures participating in the conference. V. M. Molotov greets and talks with the conference participants.

Delegates take their seats.

US Secretary of State E. Stettinius makes notes in a notebook, sitting in the hall. V. M. Molotov in the hall.

British Foreign Secretary A. Eden in the hall among members of the British delegation.

Chinese Foreign Minister Song Tzu-wen and members of the Chinese delegation in the hall.

Faces of the Foreign Ministers of France J. Bidault and Czechoslovakia J. Masaryk.

Head of the Government of the Union of South Africa Smuts in the hall.

Faces of Soviet delegates Kuznetsov, Lavrentiev, Rodionov, Sobolev.

USSR Ambassador to the USA A. A. Gromyko in the hall next to V. M. Molotov.

Applauding delegates, the guard of honor is lined up behind the podium.

Stettinius opens the first ceremonial session of the conference and delivers a speech.

A portrait of Roosevelt.

Views and a panorama of the conference hall during the minute of silence in honor of Roosevelt's memory.

Cars parked near the Opera House, where the conference sessions are taking place.

The face of a military policeman.

Military police at the entrance to the theater building.

Streets blocked off near the theater, police on duty on the streets and at the entrance.

Stettinius at the podium.

Molotov walks to the podium.

Molotov speaks from the podium, stenographers at the podium.

Delegates' faces and a panorama of the hall during Molotov's speech.

Molotov continues his speech, view of the podium.

Stettinius shakes Molotov's hand at the end of his speech, Molotov leaves for the hall.

The head of the British delegation, A. Eden, speaks from the podium, delegates listen to his speech.

Molotov during Eden's speech.

The head of the French delegation, J. Bidault, speaks from the podium.

Delegates' faces, views of the hall.

Buildings in San Francisco allocated for the conference: Opera House, Veterans' Home.

Hotels where delegation members stayed: Mark Hopkins, Fairmont, and St.

Francis.

Views of city streets decorated for the opening of the conference, people walking on the streets.

Flags and portraits of the leaders of the three Allied powers - Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill - in shop windows.

Flags of the countries participating in the conference on the city streets.

Signs with the names of the countries participating in the conference.

View of the Opera House.

Reporters at the entrance to the Opera House awaiting the arrival of conference participants.

Cars of delegation members pull up to the entrance.

Cameramen and photographers take pictures of the arriving delegates.

Representatives of one of the Arab countries walk to the entrance.

Stettinius and Eden arrive at the conference.

Gromyko and Molotov arrive at the conference.

A U.S. Army honor guard at the airfield awaits the arrival of the Soviet delegation.

The Soviet delegation's plane finishes taxiing.

The honor guard company at the airfield.

Molotov and Gromyko exit the plane.

The honor guard company stands in formation.

The USSR flag hangs on the fender of the car.

Molotov enters the car.

The Soviet delegation's motorcade enters the outskirts of San Francisco.

A view of the conference hall in San Francisco on June 26, 1945, during the signing of the UN Charter. A. A. Gromyko signs the UN Charter on behalf of the Soviet delegation.

The British ambassador, Lord Halifax, signs the UN Charter on behalf of the British delegation.

Joseph Paul-Boncourt signs on behalf of the French delegation.

US Secretary of State Stettinius signs, Truman stands next to him.

Stettinius delivers a speech, stands, and shakes Truman's hand.

American senators sign their signatures, each of them shaking Truman's hand.

Cameramen and photographers take pictures.

A view of the hall during the final session of the conference.

Truman takes the podium.

A panorama and views of the conference hall, delegates applauding.

Truman delivers a speech from the podium, delegates applaud.

Delegates stand and applaud after Truman's speech (above).

The US Congress meets in San Francisco to ratify the agreements.

Members of Congress during the meeting.