Inquiry on espionage by Royal Commission in Canada. Inquiry regarding Canadians accused as Soviet spies. The Royal Commission headed by judges. Accused seated on chairs. Several people seated at desks. Documents kept in front of them on the table. Several other people stand in the background.
Chiefs of Staff at a conference in Quebec, Canada. U.S. Army General George Catlett Marshall Jr. ; U.S. Air Force General Henry Harley Arnold; U.S. Navy Admiral William Daniel Leahy ; Fleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King, Commander in Chief of the United States fleet and others sitting around a conference table.
Exterior views of the Police Department and jail in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Several cars parked on the street. Patches of snow on the ground. Group of press photographers waits at the entrance. Police officer assists two women who depart in a car, and several men, who depart in a van, over a snow-covered road. Men from the van are escorted by Police officer, as they walk on the grounds of the prison, past an inscription reading:'Jail Office' on the building. Inside the prison compound, Police officers escort three women from a portal with "Gaol Office" inscribed above it. One woman hides her face. They emerge near a building marked "77." A police Sergeant assists them into the back of a waiting car, and opens the front door for a senior police officer.
A police van drives on a snow-covered road. Cars and vans maneuvering in snow, at police department garage, in Ottawa, Canada. Accused Soviet spy, Fred Rose,MP, emerges from police department, with another man. They walk up a ramp at the jail, as photographers take pictures. Groups of onlookers outside the jail fence. Views from above of the jail building and compound.
Royal Commission on espionage in Canada. Persons accused as Soviet Spies are brought for arraignment before Royal Commission. A huge crowd gathered on the streets. Pedestrians stand on the roadside. Several cars stop at curb and, from the cars, persons accused of being spies are escorted, in handcuffs, into building. Cameramen stand on stairs and take photographs. Crowd kept at distance watches them. Mounted policemen in the street. Interior of building. Men and women stand in the building.
Persons accused of spying for the Soviet Union are being arraigned before a Royal Commission in Canada. Men seated around a table. Documents kept in front of them on the table. Several other people stand in the background. Men and women testify at their arraignment.. Three legal officers sit at a desk in the office. Several papers kept on the desk. Emma Woikin is seen responding to questions.