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.
German soldiers goosestep march into Oslo,Norway, in World War 2. Flasback scene of German refugee children being fed by Norwegians circa 1919, after World War 1, during time of shortages and depression Germany. Animated map showing path of German invasion and area between Hamar and Elverum, Norwegian army resists. Norwegian troops firing artillery. Two Norwegian Army soldiers in snow. One aims a Krag-Jørgensen rifle (film is reversed). German bombers overhead. Norwegian troops taking cover. German He-111 bomber dropping bombs. He-111 diving. Norwegian soldiers run for cover. Bombs exploding on the ground. Me-109 fighter plane strafing. Norwegian soldiers fleeing North. Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers in formation. U.S. Army Captain, Robert M. Losey, in uniform.(He was military attache in Norway and killed during a German bombardment.) German troops occupying various parts of Norway. German paratroopers landing on snow in mountains. He-111s dropping bombs. Bombs bursting on ground. Norwegian civilians in city, flee bombings. Me-109 planes in flight. Two Norwegian women look skyward. German Luftwaffe Stuka dive bombers attacking. A woman running past burning wreckage. Bombs falling from He-111 aircraft. Huge bomb explosion. Junkers Ju-52 trimotor aircraft flying low. Women and children run for shelter. Civilians crowd into open truck to escape. Burning buildings. German troops occupying Norwegian forts. Allied troops landing in Norway, under air attack. Animated map shows limits of allied air forces. British troops carrying wounded. Allied bombardment at Narvik. Allied troops occupy the town. Allies defend against German counter-attacks at Narvik. British troops with German prisoners. Stuka dive bombers attack Allied warships that fight back with antiaircraft guns. Picture of Vidkun Quisling. Hitler on cover of Time magazine. Narrator makes comparisons between Hitler and Gangsters of the 1930s. Gangster John Dillinger being arraigned in the United States. Gangsters and mob firing guns and machine guns shooting from moving cars of gangsters in the 1930s. Dead body of John Dillinger laid out on a autopsy or mortuary table in 1934. Map show Nazi plans for total conquest.
A crowd of nearly 250,000 people gather at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. Giovanni Cardinal Montini of Milan is elected as Pope Paul VI, following the death of Pope John XXIII. Pope Paul VI blesses the crowds while carried on the sedia gestatoria chair. Two large white ostrich fans (flabella) are carried at either side of the sedia gestatoria. A procession of priests follows the Pope. Papal Swiss Guards in full armor flank the procession. Priests carrying the Papal miters inside Saint Peter’s Basilica. From the Vatican Palace the procession moves through the Square to an altar erected on the steps of St. Peter's. Dignitaries are seated to watch the papal coronation. The ceremonies are held outdoors. Pope Paul VI celebrates a Pontifical Mass and then is crowned with the papal triple tiara made by the people of Milan. He promises to carry on the work of Pope John XXIII. Pope Paul VI imparts his first Apostolic Blessing.
Pole Vaulting at a Championship. View of Pole Vaulters running and jumping during pole vault. Crowd cheering. American athlete John Pennel makes a new record for 16 feet and 8 ¾. Photographers taking pictures. Close view of John Pennel talking after the jump.
Point of view (POV) overhead crane view of steel mill floor in the open hearth area. Workers 'slagging' and open hearth furnace by throwing shovels full of dolomite into the hearth. Worker Tommy Hughs pours huge ladle of hot iron from the blast furnace into the open hearth furnace. Foremen Billy Reilly and John Strouse confer. John's son, Ed Strouse, seen as a high school football player on the bench during a game. High school football game in Youngstown, Ohio. Audience cheers. Several views of spectators in stands cheering. Score keepers at score board. High School Band players seen with their instruments. High school Principal Glasgow talks to student Ed Strouse. Boys in vocational class view engine of a car. Lunch line at high school cafeteria. Teenage boys and girls eating lunch at high school cafeteria. Students leaving high school at end of day.
Farewell review for general Arthur G. Trudeau in Weisbaden, Germany. Officers trooping line and passing colors at the ceremony. Officers to be decorated. General Trudeau and Colonel John L. Ryan move forward and halt on the field. An officer reads citations and hands medals to Fred Coggles, Belgian consul General. General John H. Collier stands along side General Trudeau and Colonel Ryan. Coggles places the order of Leopold II around the neck of General Trudeau and presents Colonel Ryan with the medallion. General Collier announces that he is going to present a letter of commendation to General Trudeau from Major General Issac D. White. General Collier presents the letter to General Trudeau.
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