General George C. Marshall and JCC members gathered in investigating the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. General Marshall taking the oath and testifying before the Senators and Representatives. View of the committee members including the Chairman, Kentucky Senator Alben Barkley. The members of the meeting listen carefully to him. The press take notes of his address. (World War II period).
Ambassador Warren Austin speaks during a special session of the United Nations General Assembly. The meeting addresses the Israel-Palestine conflict. The speaker proposes establishment of a trusteeship government of the disputed lands under the UN. He further proposes that the Palestine Commission suspend its efforts to implement the proposed partition.
Humans dressed in penguin costumes dance and make formations at Fairmount Park Zoo in Philadelphia. A pair of polar bear watches from inside their cage. Girls unmask the heads of penguin mascots.
Hearing of a secret 'Cannon Trial' at a court of church officials in Washington DC. Bishop James Cannon, Jr. arrives in a car. He walks using calipers, or crutches. Bishop and his group walk out of the court where his alleged shady dealings had been the subject of scrutiny. His troubles left discredited the prohibition movement he had championed, and contributed to the repeal of prohibition.
An art gallery exhibition of painter Paul Smith's paintings in Boston, Massachusetts. Experts observe various creations of the painter and give high reviews despite fact that the painter created them as hoaxes.
Federal prohibition officers raid woodland whiskey mill in Richmond, Virginia, and seize illegally produced corn liquor. The officers shackle the alcohol bootlegger. The bootlegger watches as the officer fires at a storage drum and destroys the liquor.
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