A seaplane transported to Soviet Union. 46 ton heavy Martin seaplane ready to be loaded aboard a freighter in Jersey City, New Jersey. Plane hoisted in a sling as it is loaded on to the freighter.
Over two million four hundred thousand dollars discovered in the trunk of an old car, in a run down garage in Jersey City, New Jersey. A row of run down garages. In one of the garages workmen discover the millions of dollars in two bags in the trunk or boot of an oldautomobile, along with the criminal file stolen from the local prosecutors' office. Police and special agents hold the discovered money in custody and say that the money belongs to an imprisoned gambler. Police speak to the reporters. Photographers click photos of the piles of money discovered.
Film starts showing the Swedish ocean liner M.S. Gripsholm, docked at Jersey City, New Jersey, in World War 2. Some Ship's officers and crew are on deck and two armed Sailors stand on either side where the ramp meets the ship's deck. Two uniformed policeman come up the boarding ramp carrying a person on a littter. Ship's officer directs them where to take that person. Next, Japanese Nationals and Issei with their families begin boarding. Ship's officer and a sailor direct them where to go. Many boarding have small children. A ship's officer and a sailor carry another person aboard on a litter. A woman alone breezes past the guards. More families with small children board. An ambulatory, disabled , young Japanese woman is helped aboard by a man and a nurse. Two nurses help another woman board. Scene shifts to the pier where U.S. customs officials check baggage being brought aboard the ship and check identifications of passengers who will board. Next, a ship's doctor is seen attending a young girl in the ship's infirmary. He checks her vital signs. Then a Red Cross nurse enters and takes the patient's temperature and pulse rate.
Japanese Nationals and Issei, with families, arrive by bus at Jersey City, New Jersey, to board Swedish ocean liner M.S. Gripsholm for repatriation to Japan, in World War 2. View of passengers being processed at Customs area of the port. From that point, on, the file shows dozens of Japanese men, the first to board, coming up the gangplank to the ship's deck. Most of them are wearing business suits. Two armed U.S. Navy sailors guard the boarding point. Closeup of one Japanese man standing on the deck. A uniformed policemen boards, carrying a Japanese woman over his shoulder A nurse follows carrying something in her arms. She and another nurse then head toward the area where the woman had been taken. Another Japanese woman is helped aboard by two Red Cross women. Two uniformed policemen carry a passenger on a litter, aboard.
At start, the film shows the Captain of the M.S. Gripsholm relaxing, with an American civilian official, along with several crew members and some American women, in the First Class smoking lounge aboard the ship. Scene shifts to view of the Gripsolm's two smoke stacks and then to a stack of baggage belonging to Japanese Nationals and Issei passengers aboard the ship for repatriation to Japan in World War 2. Customs officials are seen screening the luggage. Stern view of the Gripsholm docked at pier in Jersey City, New Jersey. Swedish flag displayed on the deck. More stern views of the ship.
Scenes from a night time parade and anti-communist demonstration held by supporters of Mayor Frank Hague in Jersey City, New Jersey. The crowd of people march on a street and jam Journal Square. They carry American flags and banners in the nighttime parade. The supporters set off fireworks during the demonstration. A large lit banner reads, "Reds Stay Out of USA" as spinning fireworks and aerial fireworks are launched behind it.
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