This series consists of three reels of film covering the visit of Francis Michael Forde, then Deputy Prime Minister, to the United States and England in 1945. Prime Minister John Curtin had chosen Forde and Dr H V Evatt to lead the Australian delegation to the United Nations Conference on International Organisation (UNCIO) in San Francisco that year. The film footage mainly covers this part of Forde's overseas visit, but also includes scenes of London (where he attended the Commonwealth Ministers' Conference), Washington and Hawaii. Forde was accompanied by his wife, Mrs Vera Forde, and some scenes include her and other members of the official party.

The original reels are 16mm, acetate-based cinematographic film, two in colour and one in black and white, duration 28:14 minutes. The series includes 35mm VHS video duplicating and reference copies of the film.

This series description was revised as part of the Prime Ministers Papers' Project (June 2002).

This series contains audiovisual formats. As audiovisual formats are either redundant or susceptible to deterioration, some items in this series have been copied to ensure their preservation. Preservation copying involves the creation of preservation, duplicating and reference copies. These copies can be found in the following series:

Preservation copies: C5300, Video preservation copies of SP1202/2, Film of visit of the Deputy Prime Minister (Hon Francis Michael Forde) to London and the United Nations Conference, San Francisco

Duplicating copies: C5301, Video duplicating copies of SP1202/2, Film of visit of the Deputy Prime Minister (Hon Francis Michael Forde) to London and the United Nations Conference, San Francisco

Reference copies: C5302, Video reference copies of SP1202/2, Film of visit of the Deputy Prime Minister (Hon Francis Michael Forde) to London and the United Nations Conference, San Francisco

Sources:
Grattan, Michelle, ed, Australian Prime Ministers (Sydney, New Holland, 2000), p243

Administrative information
 
The following data was keyed from the paper documentation:
Form number:              CA 17
Transferring department:  Prime Minister and Cabinet, Sydney Office
Archives file number:     RWS2/4/2