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Pictures 1945-1961
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All the pictures on the SDD website are taken from the Swiss cinema newsreel (Schweizerischer Filmwochenschau – SFW). The newsreel is in the possession of the Swiss government and is accessible to the public in the Swiss Federal Archives. Click on the pictures to enlarge them.

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Pictures 1945-1961

Selected pictures of major international events provide a visual impression of the period 1945-1961.



1945: GIs in Switzerland
 
1946: Winston Churchill in Zurich
 
1947: Agreement between Switzerland and Czechoslovakia
 

1948: Carlo Sforza in Berne
 
1949: Field-Marshal Montgomery in Mürren
 
1950: European aid for German refugees
 

1951: Indonesian minister in the Federal Palace
 
1952: International Parliamentary Union
 
1953: World Jewish Congress
 

1954: Visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Chou En-lai
 
1955: : Geneva Conference of the Four
 
1956: UN troops head for Egypt
 

1957: Visit by Heuss
 
1958: Conference on nuclear weapons
 
1959: Foreign Ministers Conference
 

1960: Tibetan children
 
1961: EFTA summit conference
   
 

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Pictures on start page

The changing pictures on the start page all date from the period from 1.5.1952 to 31.3.1955, covered by Volume 19.



1953: European aid
 
1953: Swiss mission to Korea
 
1953: Swiss mission to Korea
 

1953: Swiss Ambassador in Moscow
 
1953: Swiss Ambassador in Moscow
 
1954: Swiss mission to Korea
 

1954: Geneva Conference
 
1954: Geneva Conference
 
1954: Geneva Conference
 

1954: Geneva Conference
 
1954: Geneva Conference
 
1954: Geneva Conference
 

1954: Chinese Foreign Minister in Berne
 
1954: Emperor’s visit
 
1954: Emperor’s visit
 
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