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.
A U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain aircraft lays wires in the United States during World War II. Men work on an equipment as they prepare for aerial wire laying. A C-47 aircraft takes off. The aircraft in flight as it lays wires over a difficult terrain. A man speaks over a field phone after the communication wires have been laid.
Industrial production gets underway in the United States after the end of World War II. Men at work in an automobile plant. Men work on machines. Workers assemble cars. Tires being manufactured at a plant. Men and women work on refrigerators, radios and stoves in factories. A cordless iron being used to iron clothes. Refrigerators, cars, stoves and other gadgets on display in a store.
U.S. Navy ships leave New York Harbor in New York City, United States. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt leaves the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The ship sails past the buildings in Manhattan. Numerous views of New York City skyline and skyscrapers. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt sails under a bridge. USS Monterey leaves New York Harbor for Europe, to retrieve American soldiers after the end of World War II.
Allied aircraft practice aerial bombing in Canada during World War II. U.S. Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortresses in flight as they bombard the ground and water targets during a mock run. Royal Canadian Air Force NA-64 Yale trainers scramble to intercept a formation of Avro Ansons making a mock attack on Camp Borden. The close-up shots show pilots getting into Northrop A-17A Nomad attack bombers. The Yales fly in formation and practice mock dogfighting.
Aftermath of Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States during World War II. A column of smoke rises from a building after Japanese attack on Hawaii. Japanese aircraft in flight. People on streets of Honolulu during and after attack, responding. Smoke rises from a house after the attack. People carry their belongings out of their homes. Red Cross nurses on a lawn. Wounded victims on litters being carried for medical aid. A doctor examines a victim of Japanese air attack. Women read a newspaper account of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Damaged buildings and cars. Wreckage piled up on street. Damaged buildings. Bomb impact marks on exteriors of a building. Children at an orphanage. A woman holds a child. Damaged hangar and aircraft at Hickam airfield. A Japanese two-man mini or midget submarine, type A Ko-hyoteki-class submarine, No.19, on a Oahu beach. Men hold a rubber suit and a blanket worn by Japanese crew of the Japanese mini sub.
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