Washington State Reformatory in Monroe, Washington. Warden Joseph Peter administers the improved food service for the prisoners. Warden Joseph Peter writing down notes. 'Reformatory' written on the building. Jail employees prepare food. An employee places trays of baked goods in a cart. Jail employees cooking soup on the kitchen. The food is kept hot on steam tables. Prisoners are called out from their cells. 700 men walk in lines and get hot meals in the reformatory. Men eat food and sit on the benches
A race course at new Hialeah Park in Miami, Florida. A huge crowd of 15,000 people gather. People walk in corridors and walk on stairs. A man operates the controls of machines. Jockey Al Snider rides 'Flying Heels' and wins in Inaugural Handicap. A huge crowd seated in the spectator area. Legalized betting by Pari-Mutuel machines. The crowd cheers during the horse racing.
Infantile paralysis victim Fred B. Snite, Jr. in his mechanical respirator in Chicago, Illinois. He is taken to a railroad station. A mirror is attached to his iron lung. He is taken to the station in his customized trailer. People stand at the station. Polio victim Fred B. Snite, in his iron lung, is pushed up a ramp into his own railroad car. Traveling companions gather at the back of the railroad car as the train departs. Sign on back of railroad car reads, 'Dixie Limited'
House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) conducts hearing in Washington, DC, United States. Witness, Johannes (Hanns) Eisler, is testifying. In response to question whether he is now or has ever been a Communist, Eisler states that he is not. He adds that, as a young man, in 1926, he applied for membership, but did not pursue it and "dropped out." Questioner re-states the question as: "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party." The witness acknowledges that he might have been construed as a member of the communist party for two months, but he never was active or interested. He holds up a book entitled "Compositions for the Films." He protests committee characterization of some of his creative, artistic, works.
House Committee on Un-American Activities hearings (HUAC) in Washington, DC, the United States. Former Undersecretary of State, Sumner Welles, is sworn in and sits during the hearings. Several men sit in the background. The defendant is asked questions about a note from Eleanor Roosevelt, on January 11, 1939,about the rejection of a U.S. visa for Mr. and Mrs. Hanns Eisler, by the U.S. Consul in Cuba, which was subsequently reviewed again. Defending against implications of negligence, Mr. Welles reminds the Committee of the context in which these decisions were being made. He talks about the atrocities committed in Germany.
An aircraft canopy manufacturing plant in the United States. Transparent canopies placed on a wooden table in the manufacturing plant. Women workers walk in a line. The workers carry transparent canopies over their heads. Men and women work in the manufacturing plant. Three women stand in transparent enclosures.
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