Jewish refugees from Europe arriving in Palestine after World War 2. Crowd of people enter a railway car. Police guarding security check point made of sandbags outside train station as a convoy of military trucks carrying Jewish passengers pulls up. Jewish women and men climb down from back of a truck. An Arab shepherd tends his grazing goats as convoy of trucks passes on road behind him. Palestinian women and men in train platform. Sign above platform directs travelers to different platforms for Jerusalem and Haifa. Smiling Jewish families, including a small boy holding his father's hand, queue up at the railroad train station. People waving good-bye from train windows as train departs the station.
The Haganah immigration ship, Haim Arlozorov, off the coast of Bat-Galim, Haifa with 1378 Jewish refugees from Italy and Sweden. British Palestinian coast guard ship confronts the Haim Arlozoroff (also formerly the USCGC Unalga (WPG-53). The Haim Arlozorov after running aground seen from beach as British soldiers patrol nearby. British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Chiefstain intercepts the Haim Arlozorov. Jewish refugees onboard the Haim Arlozorov, with a sign in Hebrew and the name “Haim Arlozorov”. British navy personnel escort Jewish refugees out of the ship. Jewish refugees, mostly female refugees, on the coast of Bat-Galim. Lifeboat pulls up alongside the Haim Arlozorov. Refugees are processed dockside after disembarking. British soldiers carry a man on a stretcher, injured during fight to prevent the British from capturing the ship. British medic escorts a young female Jewish refugee along the dock. British soldiers sitting on the beach watching the interception of the Haim Arlozorov.
British response to the Barclays Bank in Haifa. British soldier on guard outside Barclays Bank as military trucks drive by. A jeep backs up slowly as British soldiers converge outside the Barclays Bank building. Facade of Barclays Bank. Shattered glass in road as jeeps drive by. British officers converse outside Barclays Bank. British soldier surveys a destroyed office inside the bank.
Jewish refugees the Haim Arlozorov are transferred to a transport ship for eventual processing in Cyprus. Jews from Europe attempting to enter Palestine on the refugee ship Haim Arlozorov stand on the deck of a transport ship while others wait to disembark. A young Jewish man looks at the camera as he waits to disembark. A British soldier holds back a refugee to allow others to disembark. Jewish refugees, some bandaged due to injuries sustained while fighting the British, walk up the gangplank onto the dock. British soldiers on the dock while refugees stand behind barbed wire.
Canadian-American film executive Jack L. Warner testifies in a House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearing. Jack E. Warner, accompanied by attorney Paul V. McNutt, is sworn in as a witness. The President of the Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA), Eric Johnston, is seen. Committee chief investigator Robert E. Stripling questions Attorney Paul V. McNutt. Attorney Paul V. McNutt answers the Committee’s inquiries. Jack L. Warner attempts to read a statement, but the Committee interrupts, as they tell him “it was the same statement you have read out”, and instead asks Warner to hand over the statement. Jack L. Warner reads from a statement, “Here I am before this committee to help as much as I can in facilitating this work. I am happy to speak openly and honestly in an inquiry which for its purpose the reaffirmation of American ideals and democratic processes”. Members of the committee J. Parnell Thomas, Chairman Richard B. Vail, John S. Wood and Richard Nixon sit as Jack L. Warner testifies. View of Committee chief investigator Robert E. Stripling listening during hearing. View of Attorney Paul V. McNutt while his client, Jack L. Warner testifies.
Hollywood executive Jack L. Warner reads his statement at a House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearing. Behind Jack L. Warner are film executives. With microphones on his table, Jack L. Warner reads his statement repeatedly, starts again when he finds his delivery unsatisfactory. “We can’t fight dictatorship by following dictatorial methods nor can we defend freedom by curtailing liberty. We can attack with a free press and a free screen”.