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Musician, Composer, and film maker, Hanns Eisler, appears before Subcommittee of House Un-American Activities Committee

Subcommittee of House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) holds hearing in Los Angeles, California, United States. Johannes (Hanns) Eisler, musician, composer and film maker, is being questioned. He is questioned about his associations with the Communist Party and the Soviet Union. The witness spells his full name for the Committee, and states that he was born July 5, 1898, in Leipsig, Germany. He states his occupation, as composer and that he studied in Vienna and was a student of Arnold Schonberg. In response to questions, he recalls visiting the Soviet Union several times in the early 1930s, for film making and musical publishing. He denies ever receiving any monies from the Soviet Government.

Date: 1947, May 12
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054211
Hearings of House Un-American Activities Committee. Former Undersecretary of State, Sumner Welles testifies

House Committee on Un-American Activities hearings (HUAC) in Washington, DC, the United States. Former Undersecretary of State, Sumner Welles, is sworn in and sits during the hearings. Several men sit in the background. The defendant is asked questions about a note from Eleanor Roosevelt, on January 11, 1939,about the rejection of a U.S. visa for Mr. and Mrs. Hanns Eisler, by the U.S. Consul in Cuba, which was subsequently reviewed again. Defending against implications of negligence, Mr. Welles reminds the Committee of the context in which these decisions were being made. He talks about the atrocities committed in Germany.

Date: 1947, September
Duration: 4 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054213
World War 1 aviators Richthofen, Billy Bishop, Georges Guynemer, Charles Nungesser, others, decorated in various ceremonies

Famous World War 1 aviators from various countries. Several aviators stand on airfield in Belgium. Aviators of World War I are decorated, seen in footage from several different ceremonies. Includes French aviators Georges Guynemer and Charles Nungesser, German pilot Manfred Richthofen (the Red Baron), and Canadian aviator Billy Bishop in ceremonies. A plane on the airfield. King Albert of Belgium is taken for a flight over Germany. Planes in flight. View of aviator Lt. Quentin Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt, smiling beside a barracks building. View of soldiers gathered at Quentin Roosevelt's grave with primitive cross marker dated July 14, 1918.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054366
German installations are bombed and strafed in Normandy, France.

An aerial view of the cities and villages of Normandy in France soon after the D-Day invasion of World War 2, but after Allied forces had moved further east toward Germany. German installations are bombed and strafed. Allied troops fire artillery. Smoke rises up due to explosions. Soldiers walk in a street. Rubble on the street. An allied aircraft in flight. Smoke rises up as the German installations are bombed. Street fighting in Normandy. Nazi soldiers surrender after street fighting in Cherbourg. Buildings in the background. German prisoners are marched. Wounded soldiers. Civilians gather as a United States flag is raised in Cherbourg. Civilians cheer as the Germans are defeated. A man gives a speech. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054494
Eagle Squadron members receive wings from General Hunter, leave service to the RAF, and officially join U.S. Army Air Force

View of Eagle Squadron units of the British RAF, composed of Americans who volunteered to assist Britain against Germany before the United States entered World War II. The Eagle Squadron members are receiving Army Air Force insignia wings from Brigadier General Frank Hunter as they formally exit the RAF and enter the 4th Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Eighth Air Force. Close-up views of Hunter presenting wings to the airmen, some of who had served the RAF for two year including in the Battle of Britain. The three squadrons, 334th, 335th, and 336th, parade in the rain at an airbase. The American flag is raised beside the RAF flag on a flag pole.

Date: 1942, September 29
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040820
German fighter and bomber aircraft engaged in various missions during World War II.

A sign in German alluding to Greater Germany. ME-109 fighter aircraft takes off from dirt field. Junkers JU-88 bombers in formation. German pilots at controls of JU-88. British Spitfire attacks a JU-88. Gunners on bomber fire at Spitfire. German ME-109 arrives and engages British Spitfire in dogfight. The Spitfire is hit and descends, smoking, then crashes flat and burns. JU-88s continue and drop bombs. Dorner Do 17 bombers are also seen dropping bombs. Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers in flight. Views from pilot's cockpit. Formation of Ju-87s. View from cockpit of Ju 87 during dive bombing run against ground target. Smoke seen due to bomb explosion. Formation of Ju-87s with pilots in cockpits. View from cockpit as Ju-87 makes dive bomb attack against allied ship engaged in evasive maneuvers, with bombs falling near it.

Date: 1940
Duration: 5 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041022