Signing The Anglo-Soviet Agreement (1941)

Item title reads - Signing the Anglo-Soviet agreement. Moscow, Russia. Various shots of the interior of Vyacheslav Molotov’s office in Moscow. Assembled in the office are Molotov, Lieutenant General Mason MacFarlane, Air Vice Marshal Collier, Sir Stafford Cripps (Ambassador to the USSR) and Joseph Stalin. Foreign Minister Molotov signs the agreement whilst Stalin stands behind him. C/U’s of MacFarlane and Collier. M/S Cripps signing the agreement for Britain. C/U Stalin laughing. C/U of agreement being sealed. C/U Cripps. C/U of the document. M/S’s of Cripps with Molotov, they shake hands. The agreement means that neither country will conclude a separate peace. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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