Labor riots and strikes on streets in San Francisco, California. Striking workers of Maritime Union on street. Strikebreakers and strikers start a riot in the street. Several men are hit by strike breakers, with clubs. and are beaten. A man sits with blood streaming down his face. A man sits near him. Men grab a man and push him along the street. Policemen fire tear gas into crowd. Police officers mounted on horseback push back the huge crowd. Soldiers with bayoneted rifles push back strikers. Man with cut on his head receives medical attention from another man. Police push back protestors. Strikers of the International Seamen's Union (I.S.U.) on picket line. Signs for Ship's masters, mates, and Pilots on strike. Striking workers use clubs and smash windows of a warehouse during violent protest. Final scenes show unrelated labor strife, elsewhere, with United States soldiers standing guard near railroad tracks at entrance to a coal mine.
Brief view of people crowded at Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, near the Owl Drug store, during a general labor strike. The San Francisco City Hall is seen across the street. Crowds mill about in various areas of the city (This strike, in July 1934, grew out of a Seamen and Longshoreman strike and was soon joined by other labor organizations.) Vehicular traffic making its way with difficulty through the crowds on the street. Vigilantes with clubs keeping people away from side street where business owners cars are parked. Silhouette of California National Guard troops manning machine guns. Rioters gather on a road. Police or vigilante officers with rifles and gas canisters disperse crowd. Men run on the streets as policemen scatter the crowd. A sign for "H.A. Hopkins & Co" in background. Lamp lights and buildings on the street.
Subcommittee of House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) holds hearing in Los Angeles, California, United States. Johannes (Hanns) Eisler, musician, composer and film maker, is being questioned. He is questioned about his associations with the Communist Party and the Soviet Union. The witness spells his full name for the Committee, and states that he was born July 5, 1898, in Leipsig, Germany. He states his occupation, as composer and that he studied in Vienna and was a student of Arnold Schonberg. In response to questions, he recalls visiting the Soviet Union several times in the early 1930s, for film making and musical publishing. He denies ever receiving any monies from the Soviet Government.
Count Felix Von Luckner visits Los Angeles, California, while on a "Peace tour," in July, 1927. He is famous for his exploits while in command of SMS Seeadler (Sea Eagle) in 1916-1917, during World War 1. He sits, posing while and artist sketches his likeness. Next, he is seen on the deck of the sailing ship, Vaterland, with his Swedish wife, Countess Ingeborg. They hold two dachshund dogs. The Count, in mufti, accompanied by Captain, Julius Lauterbach, strolls the deck of the Vaterland "inspecting" the crew. Camera shifts to closeup of the masts and rigging of the Vaterland, and then down to her hull. Von Luckner on the bridge commanding the Vaterland, which begins to move slowly. Starboard view of the Vaterland, with 4 main masts bare and only flying jib, inner jib, and Fore Topmast Staysail set. View on deck of the Vaterland, where Von Luckner, his wife, and Lauterbach watch U.S. Navy ships of the American Battle fleet, as they pass them. They pass a U.S. Dreadnought battleship. View from land as the Vaterland passes Los Angeles Harbor Light, aka Angels Gate Light, at San Pedro Breakwater in Los Angeles Harbor.
Slate suggests the film is related to illegal drugs in San Francisco, California. Views of two freighters docked at wharfs. One is from Japan. The other is a white ship, and an official on the pier seems to be waiting for someone on the ship. Scene shifts to a man in business suit getting into front passenger seat of a sedan. A young woman is seated in the back seat, flanked by two men in business suits. They arrive at a destination where the young woman, dressed in jeans, blouse, and a jacket, is escorted from the car into a law enforcement facility, that has some barred windows.
Haight Ashbury neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States. A flight of steps leading to the first floor of a building in view. A man goes through a door which reads 'David E Smith, 558, Associates' and 'Haight Ashbury Medical Clinic'. Symbol of white dove on a black cross is displayed on clinic door. Disheveled men and women walk sidewalk in the neighborhood. Numerous shops along the walk way. A sign reads 'Modern Radio Company' in one shop. Street sign at intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets.
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