Dr. Leo Szilard and Professor Albert Einstein seated on the back porch of Einstein's residence at 112 Mercer Street, Princeton, New Jersey. They are reenacting their 1939 discussions about Szilard's findings regarding an atomic bomb. Szilard shows Einstein a series of papers and explains his ideas. Einstein smokes his pipe and comments occasionally. (World War II period).
A session of Uranium Committee at Bureau of Standards, Washington DC. The exteriors of Bureau of Standards. People leave and enter the building. A car leaving the gates of Bureau of Standards. Interiors of the building showing Uranium Committee in session at Bureau of Standards. Dr. B.F. Scribner and Dr. J.I. Hoffman seated. Sitting at the end of the table are Dr. B.H. Abeison. Dr. Layman James Briggs, Dr. Sasse W. Beams, Dr. Tuve, Dr. L.F. Curtiss, and Dr. Edward Wichers. Dr. Briggs rises and walks towards the blackboard. Briggs at blackboard.
Author Franz Werfel at work in Beverly Hills, California. Franz Werfel works at his desk. He smokes a cigarette. Werfel writes on a paper.
German expatriate author Thomas Mann in Beverly Hills, California. Mann seated and reading in his library.
Philosopher and author Aldous Huxley in Hollywood, California. Aldous Huxley reads to his wife. Mrs Huxley seated as she knits.
Composers Igor Stravinsky and Nadia Boulanger in Hollywood, California. Igor Stravinsky and Nadia Boulanger have tea in a garden. Igor Stravinsky smokes. Nadia Boulanger seated.
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