Proceeding of the Kefauver Committee underway. The gangster of New York Frank Costello is alleged of various charges. The court charges him of anti-America activities such as illegally residing in America, illegal possession, trading, and distributing alcoholic products in America. The accused denies to all charges. He also refuses having any sort of network of co-workers. 1951.
A plane DC 4M2 North star of Trans Canadian Airlines lands on a runway. A political leader descends from the plane. He walks on wooden boards in towards the airport terminal. 1951.
A Lockheed Constellation aircraft operated by Air France lands on an airport. Famous woman descends from the plane clutching a bouquet of flowers. She is greeted and welcome by other people. 1951
Jack Benny kissing his wife and daughter. Errol Flynn with wife Patrice Wymore, saying goodbye as Flynn boards the plane. Benny, Flynn, and other stars wave toward the other people present at the airport. The group gets into a U.S. Air Force C-47. 1951.
Wright brother's workshop where they began work on their first plane in Dayton, Ohio. The experimental wind tunnel of the Wright brothers, kept on a test bench. Interior of the wind tunnel. A photograph of first take off at Kitty hawk, North Carolina. A souvenir on the eighteenth birthday anniversary of Orville Wright, on August 19, 1951.
Opening scene shows John Stephens Wood, chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee, in 1951. He is in the Chairman's seat. Next to him, on his left, is Donald L. Jackson, Congressman from California, who is a member of the Committee. Next, are closeup views of Robert E. Stripling, Chief Counsel for the Committee. He is relaxed and sitting in a chair quietly listening to a Committee conversation (unseen). Change of scene shows reporter from Television station KTTV interviewing Committee member, Donald L. Jackson. Scene shifts to Committee Chairman, Wood, smiling as he speaks before taking his chair as Committee Chairman. A large American flag forms the backdrop. Chairman Wood settles into his chair. Scene shirts showing a uniformed guard outside a door with a sign reading: "Un-American Activities Committee." The Guard opens the door, and a woman comes out. Inside, Committee members put on their suit jackets and begin leaving the room. One of them is Committee member, Clyde Gilman Doyle, Congressman from California. Committee members rise from their seats and begin leaving the room. Camera focuses on one unidentified person inside the room and another taking a smoke outside the Courthouse. Chairman Wood is seen outside the Courthouse, taking a break with members of his Committee and staff. They reenter the building, where witnesses and other attendees are being seated. Camera focuses on a woman seated in an uncrowded section of the meeting room. Chairman Wood stands a while and then takes his seat with Committee members. Change of scene shows Great Seal on United States Post Office and Courthouse, where the proceedings are being held in Los Angeles. Several views from street level of the building.
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