New York State Civil Defense Rescue Service School opens in United States. Volunteers learn trainings vital in case of natural disasters and atomic attacks. Volunteers learn how to rescue people from rubble and provide necessary emergency medical services.
Models showcase different types of cotton wear in New York. A man presents trophy to a model chosen as National Cotton Jersey Queen.
Christopher Inc. spokesman, Rt. Rev. Richard J. Pick, addresses dinner meeting of supporters. Discusses movie production activities of the Christophers including: films by Leo McCary. Mentions newly released films: "Government is your business" and "Television is what you make it."
Big clock illuminated at night. Pendulum swings on cuckoo clock. Woman darns a sock. Little boy rides on father's back as he crawls on all fours. Boys hands seen turning dials on vintage radio as family listens to radio in their living room. A wealthy high society couple pour themselves coffee from silver set. The man gets up and turns dial to listen to radio. Patient in hospital room with bed lamp lit and nurse touches patient's forehead. Patient wakes up and turns on the radio. Couple in a parked car. Man turns on radio. Announcer watches the wall clock ticking off seconds. An orchestra prepares to play in a radio studio. Panel on WNBC in group discussion. President Truman speaks. View of football game and a radio studio drama production underway. Fibber Magee opens his famous closet. Exterior view of Rockefeller Plaza and pan view of 30 Rockefeller Center building from ground level upward (RCA building entrance). Teletype machines, switchboards and wires of radio and television studio operations. NBC radio tower. Radio engineer with earphones works at a radio broadcast control panel. Interiors of WMCA lobby. Engineer at radio system controls. Woman in a room applies facial cream, walks up to the phone and dials. Girls at telephones near radio announcer in studio take orders.
President and owner of WMCA, Nathan Strauss in his office. Mrs. Strauss, director of Educational Department, the general manager and program manager in discussion with others. Woman from radio station makes a call to woman. Program manager hands over the documents to woman. Radio station salesman wearing a suit enters the office and talks to program manager. General manager with salesman in office. Salesman walks in a corridor and goes to composer's room. Salesman shares documents with studio composer who is seated at a piano. Composer composes music for commercial while seated at piano. He makes notations on sheet music, composing the score. Studio musician band records musical track in recording studio. Client with cigar and radio station salesman listen to record seen playing on phonograph. Client discusses and shakes hands with program manager. Shops in streets. Young boys and girls in front of a woman writer discussing authors on a radio program. 'Young Book Reviewers' on desk. View of book store interior. A woman buys a book from the book store owner. View of a portable radio that is carrying the broadcast of the program with the teenage girls and boys.
A hearing in front of the United States Senate's Kefauver Committee investigating crime in interstate commerce. Panel including Chairman Kefauver (Tennessee) in the hearing along with other committee members Herbert R. O'Conor (Maryland); Lester Hunt (Wyoming); Charles Tobey (New Hampshire); Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin).Rudolph Halley is Chief Counsel for the Committee. The defendant, Frank Costello, enters the room and is seated. Microphones are placed in front of the members of the Committee.