Views of sketches of murals on walls in Detroit Institute of Arts. Artist Diego Rivera is working on a sketch. Various art works of Diego Rivera can be seen on wall. Views of the interior of a room where the artist is working on a sketch and other paintings can be seen.
American Airlines DC-3 "Flagship Illinois" aircraft, with passengers disembarking at Chicago's Midway airport, as American Airlines introduces passenger flight service between New York and Chicago. At the door of the American Airlines airplane, men receive the people coming out of the airplane. A well dressed man comes out; then another man, and then a woman wearing a hat, who shakes hand with a man already present. Another well dressed man follows her, and also shakes hands with the man greeting outside. The tail number of the aircraft, NC16002, is seen briefly. The same segment is seen several times in the clip, with slightly different framing.
Several takes of promotional film made for the Cord automobile company, featuring Hollywood Stars Sonja Henie and Tyrone Power. Sonja Henie sits in a white Cord 812 convertible parked (outside what appears to be Erret Lobban Cord's private mansion in Auburn, Indiana).Tyrone Power drives up, next to her, in a matching black Cord 812. Sonja flirts with Tyrone from her car and he responds.They drive away together in their cars. ( Note: Sonja Henie was a 3-time Olympic Figure Skating Champion, turned Hollywood actress. Reportedly, Tyrone Power became Sonja Henie's new romance in connection with the successful Hollywood movie "Thin Ice" in which they co-starred . It premiered September 3, 1937. Sonja Henie did a publicity deal with E.L. Cord to do this promotional with co-star, Tyrone Power.)
A man sitting near a large billboard saying: 'Personal guide to Movie Stars homes'. Views of the exterior of a building with 6-7 names on it, a car parked outside the building.
Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Several city buildings. People entering and leaving train station and taxicabs operating by Penn Station in midtown Manhattan.
April 22, 1954. First open session of Senate permanent subcommittee on investigations in response to charges filed by the U.S. Army on April 13, 1954, concerning improper actions by Senator McCarthy and staff to obtain special treatment for Private G. David Schine, U.S. Army. Seen before start of session are Army Generals Lucius Clay and Alfred Gruenther. Senator Karl Mundt presiding, calls the session to order. Among those seen are Senator Edward Dirksen, second person to the Chairman's right, and Senator Charles E. Potter to Dirksen's right. Senator John L. McClelland sits to Chairman Mundt's left. Senator Joseph McCarthy and his counsel, Roy Cohn, are at the end of the table. At end of clip McCarthy states for the record that "there is no contest between Senator McCarthy and the Department of the Army, and that all that Senator McCarthy has been trying to do is to expose the Communists who have infiltrated the Department of the Army -- a very small percentage."
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