Persons accused of spying for the Soviet Union are being arraigned before a Royal Commission in Canada. Men seated around a table. Documents kept in front of them on the table. Several other people stand in the background. Men and women testify at their arraignment.. Three legal officers sit at a desk in the office. Several papers kept on the desk. Emma Woikin is seen responding to questions.
Opening Slate “Houseless vets take over hotel”. View of Hotel Vancouver (The Pacific Centre and TD Tower Vancouver stands on the site today. 700 and 701 West Georgia Street Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) after the end of World War II. Banner says “ACTION AT LAST VETERANS! ROOMS FOR YOU! Come and Get Them”. A Canadian serviceman, sitting in the information desk, points to his right to a veteran. Men and women line up to register. A white sign says “Please! Register Here”. A Canadian veteran speaks to a woman holding a baby. Canadian veterans lining up. Canadian veteran speaks to a hotel personnel behind the front desk. Veterans, neatly dressed in coats and neckties, pose together. Veterans and their wives have breakfast together. A veteran and his wife read a “Month” magazine together as they sit in a mattress on the floor. Veteran reads a book and smiles as he lies on his side in bed.
Royal Commission inquiries into espionage in Canada. View of several men accused of being spies. Fred Rose stands on a terrace. Photograph of acused Soviet spy, Dr. Raymond Boyer, seen in a laboratory. A sign on a building reads 'Police Department'. Cameramen take photographs as a man comes out of the building. Newspaper headlines read 'Red Rose M.P. accused as Soviet spy', 'Grave spy work exposed'. Fred Rose, Igor Gouzenko and Sam Carr accused. A huge crowd stands behind a wooden fence. Men stand outside a building.
Children from Foreign Embassies express Christman good wishes in Washington DC. Children stand on stage. Allied flags on stage. Young children dressed in traditional costumes. Children from China, Canada greets the people of America. They wish Happy New Year and Merry Christmas.
Iron Curtain speech by British Leader Winston Churchill at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. President of the United States Harry S Truman and British Leader Winston Leonard Churchill travel through streets in a motorcade. They wave and civilians cheer. A large crowd gathered at the Westminster College hall. British Leader Churchill addresses the gathering. President Harry S. Truman, and officers seated on a platform behind Churchil, who speaks about the secret experience of the atomic bomb which the United States, Great Britain and Canada share. He mentions the fraternal association of the English speaking peoples.
United States President Dwight D Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, are welcomed and greeted by Governor General of Canada, Vincent Massey and Mr. and Mrs. Louis St. Laurent, the Prime Minister of Canada. Mrs. Eisenhower receives flowers from Mrs. Jeanne St. Laurent. The President places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Canadian War Memorial (53 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON, Canada). The Dignitaries drive through cheering crowd of Ottawa residents. View of Rideau Hall (1 Sussex Dr, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A1, Canada), the Canadian Governor General's residence. President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower participate in the guest tradition of planting a Maple tree. View of Canadian Parliament buildings and the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill (Wellington St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A9, Canada). Inside Parliament, the President Eisenhower addresses the Canadian Parliament and talks about relations between the United States and Canada.