The House Committee of Un-American Activities (HUAC) hears testimony from Hollywood Studio Heads, Louis B. Mayer of MGM Studios and Jack L. Warner of Warner Brothers Studios. . Cameramen shoot with cameras. Men work with recording machines. Louis B. Mayer poses, alone and then with attorney Paul V. McNutt, representing the Motion Picture Association of America. (MPAA). Members of the committee J. Parnell Thomas,Chairman, Richard B. Vail , John S. Wood and Richard Nixon sit while hearing. Committee chief investigator John E. Stripling questions witnesses. Three unidentified witnesses are seen briefly. Louis B. Mayer and attorney Paul V. McNutt prepare to testify. Jack L Warner , accompanied by Paul V. McNutt is sworn in as a witness. Eric Johnston, President of MPAA, is seen.
Unionized Hollywood worker is interviewed after his home is bombed during jurisdictional dispute between the Internaational Alliance of theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE) and the Conference of Studio Unions (CSU).
Street is filled with members of two Hollywood labor unions engaged in jurisdictional disputes. Individuals are arrested and led away by police. Sign seen with demonstrators reads, 'Living Cost Does Not Wait For a Raise.' International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE) is in conflict with Conference of Studio Unions (CSU). Police keep peace and escort some demonstrators away. Demonstrator signs include, 'Living Cost Does Not Wait For A Raise'
Lord Louis Mountbatten inaugurates telecommunication service between Malta and England from Electra House, London. Car of Lord Mountbatten arrives. People stand besides road with umbrellas.Mountbatten takes off his over coat, his wife stands besides him. They pose for photographers with chairman of London Telecommunication services. Lord Louis rolls picture to machine and presses a button. Governor of Malta gets the message of goodwill signed by Lord Mountbatten. Men work at Telecommunication office. Chairman, lady and Lord Mountbatten address workers of Electra house. Chairman speaks. Lord Louis comes and speaks. He thanks and appraises workers of telecom unit. He speaks about the telegram he got from the Commander of Forces in Japan. People present in the hall laugh at the humorous incident.
A family in United States. A man stands in the garden of a house. A woman stands with a child in the garden. Man and woman pose with the child. Man pushes furniture in veranda of the house.
Street is filled with members of two Hollywood labor unions engaged in jurisdictional disputes. Demonstrators are arrested by police and led away, to be loaded into a paddy wagon. Three women are arrested. One of them holds a sign that reads, 'Raises Now, Peace in 1947' Another sign seen in the crowd reads, 'No Scabs.' The International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE) is in conflict with Conference of Studio Unions (CSU). Police keep peace and escort some demonstrators away individually. Others are loaded into police wagons. Some posters carried by workers call for labor peace in 1947.
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