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.
An aircraft canopy manufacturing plant in the United States. Several men and women stand in a group. The men close a wooden cupboard. Men and women workers work in the manufacturing plant. They work on the transparent canopies. A transparent canopy is tightened to a seat.
World War 2 airplane factory or manufacturing plant in the United States. Several men work in the war production plant. A man carries a plexiglass structure near machinery. Control meters of machines in far background. Plexiglass canopies and bomber aircraft gun turrets being manufactured and assembled. Thick and round structure is lowered and inserted into an open part. A worker solders the materials. Assembly of gun turret canopy.
An aircraft manufacturing plant in the United States during World War 2, focusing on manufacture and assembly of bomber aircraft canopies and gun turrets. Men and women war production workers work on transparent plexiglass gun turrets. Women workers stand behind the transparent canopies. They polish the turrets with machines and equipment.
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