President Harry S Truman looks on as Frank K Anderson swears in Gordon Gray as the Director of Psychological Strategy Board in United States. President congratulates him.
F2H Banshee aircraft catapults from USS Midway. Number of other F2H Banshee aircraft takes off from the flight deck.
F3D Skynight lands on the deck of USS Midway. Number of other F3D Skynight and one F9F Panther aircraft land on various positions of the flight deck.
F9F Panther and F7U-1 Cutlass (early prototype) aircraft take off from the deck of USS Midway. F7U-1 Cutlass aircraft lands on the flight deck.
Fire and smoke rises from flight deck of USS Midway after F9F Panther's crash on landing. Fire fighters try to extinguish fire. F9F Panther aircraft parts scattered on the deck. Crane lifts and assembles the aircraft parts.
Black-listed actress and singer, Ella Logan, whose name appeared in the "Red Channels List" of June 22, 1950, testifies before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. She is seen, walking with companions, along a hallway. She wears a large brimmed hat that often hides her face. She testifies, and then leaves. She tries to avoid press photographers and covers her face. She waits, with companions, on sidewalk, outside the building, for a taxi. She expresses annoyance at someone standing nearby. Later she poses for a photograph, as her companions help her into a checker taxicab.