New UN Secretary-General
English 00:07:14
10 Apr 1953 - Edited story with commentaries made by News of the Day showing the installation of Dag Hammarskjold as UN Secretary-General.
Installation of Chagall Stained-Glass Panel
Silent 00:05:07
8 Sep 1964 - Marc Chagall installing stained-glass panel in memory of Dag Hammarskjöld at United Nations headquarters.
UN Africa
English 00:14:40
12 Jun 1998 - A Magazine Programme produced by the African Section of UN Radio.
African Connections: ECA at 25
English 00:27:03
31 May 1983 - Africa in the 80s is a continent of contrasts: skyscrapers, cities and traditional villages, modern highways and antiquated transport, abundant natural resources and inadequate supplies of water, bustling markets and a dearth of food.
UN / COVID-19 UN HEADQUARTERS
English 00:00:51
16 Mar 2020 - UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York that a staff member who tested positive for COVID-19 “is well and has not had any contact with any other UN personnel since before the onset of symptoms.” UNIFEED
Statistics
- The AV Library has over 6,330 hours of historical content in 35,16 and 8mm film and 49,400 hours of video stored in its off-site archives.
- To find out more about digitizing this historic UN footage, please contact us.
- Over 18,000 hours of audio in a wide variety of formats are available in our off-site archives.
- Currently, 200 of the 1,000 available historic UN Radio Classics are now available for download on this website.
- In 2013, an independent producer helped to digitize over 100 UN Concerts.
- To find out more about digitizing these historic UN recordings, please contact us