Cornerstone laying ceremony of the District of Columbia Chapter House of the Red Cross in Washington, United States. People gather in a large number for the ceremony. U.S. President Harry Truman officiates at the ceremony. He lays the cornerstone of the building.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman presents Collier Trophy in Washington DC. U.S. President Harry S. Truman, fighter aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Abercrombie Lovett and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Vice Admiral Merlin O'Neil stand near the trophy. President Truman speaks to Defense Secretary Lovett. The President shakes hands with Vice Admiral O'Neil. The National Aeronautics Association Trophy. The officials stand near the trophy and pose.
U.S. Vice President Alben William Barkley with Second Lady Jane Hadley Barkley, return after their trip to Japan and Korea in Washington DC. U.S. Vice President Alben William Barkley and Second Lady Jane Hadley Barkley climb down a ladder. An aircraft and men in the background. The Vice President and the Second Lady leave the airport. The Vice President with his wife on a platform. A wall map in the background. Vice President Barkley speaks into a microphone. He talks about the conditions at the Korean War front, and hopes for armistice in Korea.
U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur testifies on the Pacific crisis in front of a senate war committee in Washington. General MacArthur arrives at the Senate Building for the opening of Joint Military Affairs and Foreign Affairs Committee session. Exterior of the building and cars parked outside the building. Officers carry a map in the session room. General Mac Arthur is greeted by U.S. Vice President Alben W. Barkley and Senator Charles William Tobey. Cameramen click photographs. The session is held behind closed doors and security guards stand guard outside the door. The session is exercised and newsmen prepare for publishing the news about the session. General MacArthur leaves the session.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman is the main speaker at dedication of the American Legion in Washington DC. View of the American Legion headquarters building. The U.S. flag on the building. A large crowd of Americans seated in chairs. President Truman welcomes the Legion to base operations. Several American agents seated in the background. People stand and applaud after Truman's speech.
View of the U.S. Department of Justice (950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20530, United States) and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC. Front entrance of the U.S. Department of Justice. Sign reads "Federal Bureau of Investigation." A truck enters the U.S. Department of Justice. Employees unload bags of letters from FBI Field Offices across the United States in the FBI mail room. FBI employees sort out new mail and documents from FBI Field Offices sent to the headquarters. A male employee puts mail in individual post boxes. Male FBI employee pulls out a package. Women FBI employees work with telephone switchboard. Female FBI employees in the FBI teletype department. FBI officials at a meeting in an office. FBI official hands out document to messenger. FBI official sits at large desk and discusses documents in meeting with other officers. Documents and letters on desk being reviewed. Narrator comments on the work of the FBI being assisted by the American public, "in complying with the President's request to report to the FBI knowledge of subversive activities, the loyal and alert citizen may help to protect the innocent, as well as to reveal the guilty."