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Footage of various projects throughout Africa being carried out through various UN specialized agencies.

"You have touched a woman, you have struck a rock!" is an echo from 1956 when 20,000 women occupied Union Buildings, the seat of the all-white South African government, to protest the issuing of passes to Black women.

In South Africa, the white men's system of Apartheid which means "separateness" or "segregation" - regulates the lives of the black majority of South Africans and is designed to keep them in a state of perpetual inferiority. Many people in the world find Apartheid morally objectionable and many more believe that South Africa’s policies constitute a serious threat to international harmony.

60 second TV spot on the consequences of apartheid on South African women.

The transition from the old world of colonial empires to the present-day community of independent States may be called one of the greatest changes in human history. This film relates how nearly 80 million people have emerged from colonial rule and more than 50 newly independent States have been admitted to membership in the United Nations since the adoption of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and People, a quarter of a century ago.

Basic facts about the whys and wherefores of the UN system. Presented in a lively, humorous manner by a cast of children, cartoon characters and some grownups. For an audience of children ages 8 to 12.

The pre-Colombian civilizations of South America developed consummate skills in architecture, in goldwork, in pottery and textiles. The Spanish colonial period brought cities, cathedrals, and a tradition of painting and sculpture that developed independently from its European origins. The cultural heritage of South America is unique and rich, and is threatened by the very forces of industrialization and modernization that must be encouraged for economic growth. In the belief that human progress has meaning only when it embraces the deeper values of life, the nations of Latin America have begun a common effort, in collaboration with UNESCO and UNDP, to preserve and revitalize their heritage from the past.

The film takes the viewer on a guided tour of the General Assembly Hall, the Council chambers, the conference rooms, the corridors and the offices of the United Nations Headquarters.

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. Produced in response to a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly to make a film "with the hope of creating a genuine aversion to all wars in the future," IN THE MINDS OF MEN presents the horrors of war from the distant past to the technological present.

"The most beautiful place on earth"... that's Laurence Gould's description of Antarctica, a continent, he first saw in 1934 when he was second-in-command to Admiral Byrd in the flight across the South Pole.