McCarthy hearings in New York City, United States, investigating alleged Communist infiltration of the United States Army Signal Corps laboratory at Fort Monmouth. (Senate subcommittee investigating Army Signal Corps Subversion and Espionage.) United States Army Colonel Ferry takes his seat and begins testimony. Photographers take photos. Officials seated in hearing room including Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn. View of other elected officials present. Officials stand at end of testimony and talk informally together during a break in proceedings.
Explosion of the first ever Atomic Bomb at Alamogordo, New Mexico in World War II. Brilliant flash at detonation of the Atomic bomb. Huge smoke cloud rises. Smoke all around. Narrator indicates that men 5 miles away were knocked down, that a pressure wave was felt and the sound and quake was noted in an area 300 square miles in size. He indicates that the testing platform was vaporized. He comments on the awesome power of the weapon, its ability to shorten the war, and the important responsibility that rests with those who know the secrets of the weapon.
American volunteers return to New York from action in the Spanish Civil War in Spain. American volunteers, who fought with Loyalist troops in Spain against General Francisco Franco's nationalist insurgents, aboard SS Paris. They all pose. Large crowds gather in streets to welcome them as they arrive. The Americans march along the streets of the city in a reception parade. They hold banners. A banner reads as 'American Youth welcomes veterans of Lincoln Brigade'.
Demonstrators protest in New York, United States for removing movie tax. The demonstrators hold various banners as they protest. A sign reads : 'Mayor Wagner, Quit Playing Politics, 14 Avenue U Theater Employee'. Women demonstrators walk on a road during the demonstrations. The demonstrators walk with the U.S. flag. A tall building in the background. Banners read 'Lets Axe Wagner's Tax', 'Save Our Jobs, Labor Protests' and 'Why Make the Movies a Scapegoat'. The demonstrators protest on a street.
Demonstrators protest the movie tax in front of the Criterion Theater at 1514 Broadway in New York City, United States. The marquee advertises Jane Russell in "The French Line" as a 3D movie. Neon lights and neon signs on buildings of Times Square and traffic on city streets at night. A banner reads 'Kill The 5% Movie Tax'. Close up view of a large search light shining. A sign reads "Planters Peanuts."
Demonstrators protest for removing movie tax in New York City. The demonstrators hold various banners as they protest. They walk with the U.S. flag. A tall building in the background. Banners read 'Why Tax Us..., When The Federal Government Helped Us', 'RKO Theater Home Office' and 'Congress Helped Us, You Want To Ruin Us'. Traffic on a road. The demonstrators in the background. A sign: 'Jefferson Theater'. Three demonstrators hold a banner reading "Kill The 5% Movie Tax". The demonstrators walk along the streets of the city.
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