Large numbers march, at the White House, to protest against the judgment made in the Rosenberg Case. A number carry banners reading "The Afro-American says there are grave doubts in this case." Another banner reads "The electric chair cannot kill the doubts in the Rosenberg Case." Other signs held by marchers ask U.S. President to reconsider the judgment and plead for clemency. An African American clergyman leads some of the marchers. They march in the streets. Some talk to a White House security officer and ask him to accept a letter to the President.
Seated at his desk, President Eisenhower speaks to the Press. Photographers take pictures. The President walks out of his office, onto the porch of the White House, accompanied by his press secretary, James C. Hagerty. The President steps to a microphone facing a phalanx of cinematographers, photographers and reporters with tape recording equipment. After making a statement, President Eisenhower and Press Secretary Hagerty reenter the White House. View of reporter's tape recorder running on the White House lawn.
Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher (Alias: Emil Robert Goldfus, Alias: Rudolph Abel) arrives in Atlanta, where he will serve his prison sentence in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. He steps down from an Eastern Airlines aircraft, accompanied by his attorney, James B. Donovan, and law enforcement officials.One or two reporters attempt to inverview him. Handcuffed and wearing his trademark fedora hat with white hatband, the prisoner is escorted across the tarmac in the dark.
Views from balcony in rear of sanctuary. Crucifer leads clergy and choir of men and boys toward altar, followed by color guards with flags, including those of the British Empire, at start of Sunday Worship Service in St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Saint Thomas Church 1 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019) in New York City. Rector Reverend Roelif Brooks stands before the altar, facing the congregation, as crowds of parishioners come forward carrying their "bundles for Britain" to aid war-torn British civilians in World War II. Clergy at the altar arrange the bundles in two piles and then pray to bless them. Scenes at the altar, as clergy arrange the packages into two piles. View of clergymen accepting bundles from parishioners. View of Crucifer leading procession of color guards with British and American flags, along sidewalk outside the church along 53rd Street, New York City. The street is lined, at the curbs with cars, and with onlookers on the sidewalk. The procession rounds the corner and enters the church's main entrance on 5th Avenue.
The U.S. Capitol building (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States). Two men walking in front of the building in Washington DC. Branches of cherry blossoms in foreground. View of the U.S. Capitol dome at night. Lights in the night.
Capitol Building and Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002) at Washington D.C. U.S. Military Academy cadets marching at West Point. Scene then blends to close up view of U.S. Army troops marching, wearing helmets and shouldering rifles with fixed bayonets, in World War I. Scene then blends again to U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen marching at Annapolis. Visitors walking the grounds of Mount Vernon. Statue of George Washington at 1939 New York World’s Fair. Re-enactment of the Crossing of the Delaware. Lincoln's Statue at the Lincoln Memorial. An actor portrays Abraham Lincoln in a theatrical film. A view of a New York City victory parade for American soldiers returning World War I in February 1919.
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