U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand. A jeep with Red Horse plaque affixed to radiator. Writing on it says: "NCOIC, Elect. Shop." (NonCommissioned Officer in Charge, Electric Shop). Several NCOs in olive drab fatigues, stand outside a dining hall under construction. "Red Horse" 556th Civil Engineer Squadron patch on shirt. Davis on a non-commissioned officer's name tag. A board reads "556 CIVIL ENGR SQDN RED HORSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MCP (927-8) DINING HALL KEEP OUT".
Communists march in Washington DC. The communists protest in front of Department of Justice Building. They carry banners protesting the prosecution of 12 Communists under the Alien Registration Act (Smith Act) of 1940. Policeman watches. Patterson, Civil Rights Secretary, Mrs John Gates and Defense Lawyer O John Rogge pose. Scene change to New York City. View from next to mounted Police officer at Courthouse in Foley Square, Manhattan, New York City. Photographers and reporters assembled on steps of courthouse. William L. Patterson, National Executive Secretary of Civil Rights Congress and defense lawyer, O. John Rogge on the steps, entering the courthouse. Reporters on steps. Pamphlets read 'Not 12 Men on trial- but everybody'. Pickets in front of the Court House. Judge Medina on steps. Cameramen take photographs with eyemos cameras. Three prosecuting attorneys pose, with Chief Prosecutor, U.S. Attorney John F. X. McGohey in the center. Simon Gerson,who had been assisting the Defense, makes a public statement about the effects on the rights of all. 11 defendants, including, William Z. Foster, Benjamin Davis, Eugene Dennis, Henry Winston, John Williamson and Jacob Stachel, John Gates, Gus Hall, and Robert G. Thompson. Views of notable Communist establishments: Union Square and 16th Street offices of Freiheit, the Jewish Daily Newspaper (official Jewish Communist newspaper, published in Yiddish, on presses shared with the Daily Worker); Communist Party Center, Chelsea & Waterfront Sections of Chelsea neighborhood; Henry Forbes East Side Center, Communist Party, 201 Second Avenue (Named for Henry Forbes, a former executive secretary of the Communist party of New York County); and East-Midtown Communist Party headquarters. Party leader William Z. Foster speaking. Communist, Judith Coplon with lawyer, Archibald Palmer, in his offices.
Members of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, AFL-CIO, picket a Woolworths store in New York City. Members of Union Locals, 23, 40, 62 and 66 are seen carrying signs as they march in front of the F.W. Woolworth store. Some of the signs read: "Woolworth practices discrimination in the South, and We Support Dr. Martin Luther King" (civil rights leader). A New York City uniformed police officer stands on the sidewalk observing the peaceful picketing. Civil Rights leader A. Philip Randolph is seen among the protestors, carrying a picket sign and marching. Passersby seem to ignore the activity.
Secretary of Defense Joint Civil Orientation Conference at sea. United States NavyF4U aircraft being catapulted off flight deck of the United States aircraft carrier USS Wright (CVL-49) during a Joint Civil Orientation Conference. An aircraft being lowered on an elevator. Members of Joint Orientation Conference on the catwalk as they watch the flight deck operations. Members along with officers on the catwalk.
Secretary of Defense Joint Civil Orientation Conference in the Atlantic Ocean. Members of Joint Civil Orientation Conference leave the United States aircraft carrier Wright as they come aboard United States submarines Sennett and Sea Robin. Members on deck of submarine Sea Robin as they click pictures. A member looks at a naval gun. Members speak to a sailor with an American flag in the background. Members leave the conning tower of submarine Sea Robin. Members inside the control room as one of them in the conning tower looks through a periscope. United States submarine Sennett prepares to dive as it emerges from water. Men on deck of Sea Robin take pictures.
Former Soviet leader Leon Trotsky, in exile visits Naples, Italy. He visits the ruins of a historic site in Naples. Trotsky with other dignitaries watches the remains of ancient civilization. The party visits the remains of ancient Roman civilization and views ruins and sculptures.
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