Berlin during Berlin airlift operations. A United States military airplane crashes at Tempelhof during Berlin Airlift operations. Firemen try to control fire in the burning plane. View of the smoldering and destroyed plane. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Planes parked at Tempelhof Airfield. Unloading of equipment from trucks. Sunderland flying boat lifts off a lake. A crowd of German children runs on the Tempelhof airfield tarmac towards American pilots and present them with bouquets and flowers. Door of a Berlin Airlift supply plane closed. View from runway as C-54 Skymaster airplane taxis, approaches gaining speed for take off, and then takes off.
Trial of eleven American communist leaders, part of the Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders, begins in New York City. Crowds gathered to witness a trial outside the Foley Square federal courthouse in New York City. Eleven American communist leaders appear to stand trial on charges against the United States government under the Smith Act. Defendants enter the courthouse carrying suitcases as photographers take pictures. People on the streets hold posters in hands which read “Frame up trial of 12 on today”. Defendants (Benjamin J. Davis, Jr., Eugene Dennis, John Gates, Gil Green, Gus Hall, Irving Potash, Jack Stachel, Robert G. Thompson, John Williamson, Henry Winston, and Carl Winter), arrested members of the National Board of the CPUSA, pose for a group photo. Another member was indicted but was not tried due to illness.
The United States aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt.(CVA-42) Three sailors on the signal bridge talk to each other. One sailor in the background sends out semaphore as he waves two flags. Inside a ship office, a clerk typist transcribes correspondence. flight deck control officer gives instructions referring to a model of the flight deck ("Ouija board"), Pilots in ready room,converse.
United States aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt (CVA-42). Sailors joke and giggle as one of them reads a magazine. A meteorologist works on a weather map. Control panel in engine room, a sailor operates the wheel as shipmate with headset and microphone stands next to him.
The United States aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt. A number of pilots sit and talk in a ready room on board the United States aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt. Flight deck control officer lays out spot on the flight deck model, "Ouija board," in flight deck room. Flight deck personnel discuss Ouija board and how to spot planes. Pharmacist mate, first class, in surgical dressing room. Two men in sick bay sterilize instruments.
Life aboard the United States aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt (DVA-42). Two Lieutenants, Junior Grade, sit in a wardroom as they drinkcoffee on board the USS Franklin D Roosevelt. They talk to each other. Another Lieutenant Junior Grade plays piano as an officer listens to him.
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