Birth of a United Nations Document 
1/1/1948 3:56:53 PM 
Unique ID UN7736431 
Birth of a United Nations Document 
1/1/1948 11:33:48 AM 
Unique ID UN7755297 
Birth of a United Nations Document 
1/1/1948 4:23:15 PM 
Unique ID UN7736433 
Birth of a United Nations Document 
1/1/1948 4:23:38 PM 
Unique ID UN7736432 
Birth of a United Nations Document 
1/1/1948 4:23:20 PM 
Unique ID UN7736429 
How Does the Sound Get into the Record? 
11/1/1948 9:17:44 PM 
Unique ID UN7479042 
Headline Birth of a United Nations Document 
Caption Description Precision, speed and accuracy are the hall-mark of the astounding mechanism, developed by the United Nations to record its multilingual proceedings. These behind-the-scene pictures show the life story of an official record, from the spoken word to the printed document.  
Although the note-takers must be able to pass the 200-words-a-minute test, human beings are only human - a man may be suddenly taken ill for instance, or simply miss a word in the heat of the debate. This is where the machine comes in. The automatic sound recording captures even the fastest spoken words, and the sound track may be referred to, if necessary, for checking purposes. 
Unique Identifier UN7736430 
NICA ID 111294 
Production Date 01/01/1948 4:23:00 PM 
City/Location New York
Country United States of America
Credit UN Photo

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