An anti-aircraft automobile is tested in Rahway, New Jersey. The automobile, designed by Preston Tucker, and known as the Tucker Armored Combat Car, is tested on a hilly terrain. It features a power operated gun turret known as the Tucker Turret. The vehicle carries three machine guns and a rapid-fire one pounder.
A mechanical sugar cane cutter is demonstrated in New Roads, Louisiana. Men and women work in sugar cane fields. African Americans work in the field. Men stand in a group. The mechanical sugar cane cutter moves in the field.
A rodeo held for sick and crippled children in New York City, United States, during the Great Depression. Children admitted in the Bellevue Hospital watch the event. They ride horses. Several crippled children touch the horses. Children in the wheelchairs. A child with leg braces sits with his crutches kept at his side (possibly polio). Roping and trick riding show is organized for the children.
Subcommittee meeting of U.S. House UnAmerican Activities Committee (HUAC), in Los Angeles, California. A witness, Johannes (Hanns) Eisler, is sworn in, flanked by his two attorneys. Mr. Eisler reads a statement. He says that he is being prevented from earning a living. He is separated from the Hollywood film industry, accused of being a communist Soviet Agent. He asks that his attorneys be permitted to cross-examine any witnesses who may testify about him, and refers to such privilege being extended by Congressional committees to Howard Hughes and Wendell Wilkie.
Subcommittee of House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) holds hearing in Los Angeles, California, United States. Johannes (Hanns) Eisler, musician, composer and film maker, is being questioned. He is questioned about his associations with the Communist Party and the Soviet Union. The witness spells his full name for the Committee, and states that he was born July 5, 1898, in Leipsig, Germany. He states his occupation, as composer and that he studied in Vienna and was a student of Arnold Schonberg. In response to questions, he recalls visiting the Soviet Union several times in the early 1930s, for film making and musical publishing. He denies ever receiving any monies from the Soviet Government.
New York World's Fair held at Dupont Building in New York City, United States. A chemist demonstrates Lucite (Polymethyl Methacrylate). He demonstrates tubes and a tongue depressor. He inverts the tubes. The test tubes are filled with a thick viscous liquid. ' Ammonia' written on the podium. He opens his mouth and uses the tongue depressor.
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