Rockefeller Cheque To Trygve (1947)

New York, United States of America (USA). Secretary General of United Nations Organisation, Trygve Lie, receives a cheque on eight and a half million dollars from John D. Rockefeller III, to purchase a site to house UNO on the island of Manhattan, New York. MS. Trygve Lie, Mr Rockefeller and several other men seated at a table, mass of pressmen around. CU. John D. Rockefeller handing over the cheque. Close up shot of the cheque. Note - date found in the old record - 08/04/1947. 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 c