Video clips


A selection of video clips featuring Dag Hammarskjöld from 1953-1960.

Interview before leaving Sweden for New York

Year: 1953   Length: 4:16

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Sworn in as UN Secretary-General

Year: 1953   Length: 7:07

 

Speaks about human rights

Year: 1953   Length: 4:29

 

Speaks about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Year: 1954   Length: 1:23

 

Speech on United Nations Day

Year: 1954   Length: 7:02

 

Press conference before trip to China

Year: 1954   Length: 2:27

 

Quick stop in London en route to China

Year: 1954   Length: 1:42

 

Quick stop in India en route to China

Year: 1954   Length: 4:58

 

Colour video from China visit

Year: 1955   Length: 2:02

 

Meeting with China’s leader Chou En-lai

Year: 1955   Length: 2:40

 

Press statement after China visit

Year: 1955   Length: 1:14

 

Interviewed by Alistair Cooke on American TV

Year: 1955   Length: 1:49

 

Speaks about human rights

Year: 1955   Length: 7:45

 

About quiet diplomacy after China visit

Year: 1955   Length: 7:14

 

After the American flyers are released

Year: 1955   Length: 15:00

 

Press conference at the UN

Year: 1955   Length: 14:04

 

“I shall remain at my post”

Year: 1960   Length: 3:23