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Under Secretary of State George Messersmith gives testimony about the Hans Eisler case and Dorothy Thompson to HUAC commission
Excerpts of testimony by United States Under Secretary of State, George S. Messersmith, to the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) in Washington DC. Ambassador Messersmith raises his hand and is sworn in, and then seated beside his legal counsel, Norman M. Littell. Ambassador Messersmith gives testimony about Hans Eisler and Dorothy Thompson related to his own time in Berlin Germany in the 1930s on behalf of the U.S. State Department. He references his work with U.S. diplomat Sumner Welles. He says that he read the Eisler file to refresh his memory. He says that although they were not involved in the war at the time the responsibility on the State Department had increased. He talks about a case related to columnist Miss Thompson. He looks into his papers He talks about the time when he was posted in Berlin and Austria and she made a number of visits. He laughs. He tells about officers who showed prejudice in examining visa papers.
During HUAC hearing in the United States, Herbert Biberman is questioned about his affiliation with the Communist Party
A hearing of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in the United States, under Congressman J. Parnell Thomas (the "Thomas Committee") . People seated during the hearing. Hollywood director and screenwriter Herbert Biberman is questioned about his occupation in the Screen Writer's Guild and his affiliation with the Communist Party. Biberman begins his response and does not directly or quickly answer the question, which draws an angry, heated response from J. Parnell Thomas pounding a gavel, shouting from Congressman Thomas and from Robert Stripling, and demanding an answer. Biberman is subsequently asked, "are you or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party" and Biberman begins a response in which he decries the work of the committee and its negative effects on the Hollywood film industry. Biberman, one of the "Hollywood Ten," is dismissed from the stand.
United States officers and students at Maxwell Airfield in Alabama.
At the Maxwell Airfield in Alabama. Signboard reads 'Headquarters Air University'. Officials seated around table. A civilian counselor assists an instructor. Door sign reads 'Commandant Air Command and Staff School'. Students listen to instructor in classroom. Door sign reads 'Commandant Air War College'. Officer teaches students. Students work for the seminars conducted at the National War College. Students in library.
Officers collected from ground, Naval and Air Force work collectively at the National War College, Washington DC.
The Joint Operations Staff College at Norfolk, Virginia. Seminars conducted at the National War College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Officers collected from ground, Naval and Air Force work collectively. Officers examine globe, read books and attend medical service classes. Officers enter into building. Officers play pool (billiards). Door Sign reads 'Student Committee Room'. Officers seated in a round table conference. Officers attend the War College in Washington DC. Civilian and Army officers meet each other at school. Officers attend classes at the Industrial College of Armed Forces. Officers examine a chart in room. Officers in a aircraft factory examine aircraft being assembled. Officers observe workers assembling a truck. Officers confer in a library with books on nearby shelves. Officers eat together in dining facilities and play handball. Military caps of different services on a hat rack. Massive columns of US Army soldiers and military vehicles, artillery, tanks, and tank destroyers parade on a street (possibly New York City) possibly at end of World War 2 or near that time. Military bomber aircraft in flight in formation overhead. The United States and British flags fluttering side by side in a breeze.
Witness, Hanns Eisler, testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Washington, DC, United States
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.
Hearings of House Un-American Activities Committee. Former Undersecretary of State, Sumner Welles testifies
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.
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