Charlie Chaplin receives World Peace Council prize
Jun. 05, 1954 - Charlie Chaplin Receives 5, 000 Prize of The World Peace Council'.. World famous Charlie Chaplin was unable to deliver his own speech - when he received the 5, 000 prize awarded by the World Peace Council in Zurich - owing to acute toothache. In the speech he warned that the secret manufacture of Hydrogen bombs would soon be common knowledge. All Nations big and small, will have them he said at his villa overlooking Lake Geneva. Keystone Photo Shows:- The scene after the handing over of the prize by the International Committee of the Movement at the Chaplin Villa - L-R:- Dr. Synge, Noble Prize winner (English Delegate); Charlie Chaplin; Andre Bonnard (Swiss Delegate) Jean Burler (French Delegate), who handed over the prize, and M. Zalamea, Secretary of the Peace Committee
