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Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. testifies about profits on war contracts during Senate Hearings,1947 in Washington DC.
Senate Hearings,1947 in Washington DC. Officials and dignitaries seated for Senate Hearings, 1947. Howard Hughes, Jr. is questioned. He testifies about profits made on war contracts by him before Senate War Investigating Committee. He says that he has not made any profits on war contracts in year 1946. He asserts that any profits he made came from selling oil well tools and Grand Prize Beer (of Gulf Brewing Company) which are not the subject of the investigation. He further comments, "if I didn't make a little money somewhere, how could I put 9 million dollars into the Flying Boat?" Views of Hughes and other dignitaries sitting during the hearings.
Mr. Johnson testifies about memorandum and is questioned during Senate Hearings,1947 in Washington DC.
Senate Hearings,1947 in Washington DC. Officials and dignitaries seated for Senate Hearings, 1947. Mr. Johnson, a businessman, is questioned. He testifies before Senate War Investigating Committee. A memorandum, made by him is passed to Mr Johnson. He reads it and answers. He testifies about the memorandum and is questioned about his conversation with Mr. Nelson. Dignitaries and members of the Congress seated during the hearings.
Bennett E. Myers testifies before Senate War Investigating Subcommittee ,1947 in Washington DC.
Senate War Investigating Subcommittee Hearings,1947 in Washington DC. Officials seated for Senate Hearings. Retired Army Major General, Bennett E. Myers, testifies about his personal plan to borrow money to invest in Government bonds.He talks about his dinnertime conversation with Neil S. McCarthy and denies any intent to seek assistance in obtaining a loan from Howard Hughes.
Howard Hughes, Jr. listens to testimony during Senate Hearings,1947 in Washington DC.
Senate War Investigating Subcommittee Hearings,1947 in Washington DC. Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. is seen holding a head phone speaker to his good ear as he listens and reacts silently to testimony of others at the hearing.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Howard Hughes in Washington DC for HUAC hearings
Representative of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) shakes hands with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. during committee hearings in Washington DC. Howard Hughes arrives at Washington, DC in a executive version of Douglas B-23 Dragon aircraft (Registration Number: NC 49811). He speaks to reporters as photographers take his pictures. He gets into a 1947 Packard car, displaying District of Columbia license plates, and an image of a flying boat on its door, and leaves the airport.
Cameramen take photographs of President Truman and President Weizmann
Mixture of scenes recorded during visit of Israel's President Chaim Weizmann to the White House in 1848. A 1946 Buick Special 4 door sedan Model 41 car pulls up to back of the White House and parks A Cadillac Series 75 limousine follows, carrying Israel's first President, Chaim Weizmann, who is assisted as he steps out. Scene shifts to portico of the White House, where President Weizmann presents a torah to President Truman, who holds it up and makes some remarks. Closeup of the two Presidents. View from behind the two Presidents as they pose for photographers. Main part of White House in the background. Scene shifts to back of White House as President Weizmann's car pulls up to the door, this time with a Secret Service agent riding on the running board. (He steps down as car stops.) Next, a battery of photographers is seen taking pictures. Scene shifts again, to President Weizmann walking slowly from his car, with assistance. Another shot of photographers taking pictures. Next, Weizmann is seen on the White House Portico with President Harry Truman who escorts him into the White House, followed by various staff members. President Truman and President Weizmann standing on Portico of White House. A group of staff stand nearby as President Weizmann's car is driven from the White House parking lot, past a U.S.Presidential 1947 Cadillac limousine. Some repeated views: of Presidents Truman and Weizmann, as they face reporters; and of Truman, Weizmann, and the gift torah.