The White House in Washington DC. Exteriors of the White House. People stand near a fence and look inside. Women walk on a sidewalk. People walk on a sidewalk towards the White House. People enter the White House. Children walk on a sidewalk towards the White House. A child in a pram. Cars parked outside the White House. Entrance door of the White House. Stairs in the White House.
The White House in Washington DC. A cameraman click pictures in the foreground. The President of the United States Harry S. Truman with his wife Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman and an official stand near a table. A table clock and other things kept on the table. Interiors of a hall in the White House. A dining table in the hall. A painting on a wall. A show case with articles including crockery and souvenirs. A dressing table in a room. A sofa and chairs arranged near a fire place. A portrait of Thomas Woodrow Wilson on a wall. A book shelf in a room. An office table. A bed in a room. A study table. A bed in another room. The exteriors of the White House seen through a window pane. Sofas arranged in a room. Exteriors of the White House.
Hollywood stars (members of the newly formed, Committee for the First Amendment) visit Washington D.C. to express their objections to the actions of the House Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC). Opening scene shows movie stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall on a sidewalk at Indendence Avenue in Washington, DC, Southeast of the Capitol building which is seen behind them. A police car is parked at the curb and an officer is standing in the street. Next, they are seen posing with Hollywood personalities, including Danny Kaye and June Havoc, among others. Views of the group from different angles, and from behind a group of photographers taking pictures. Then they begin to walk towards the location of the HUAC hearings, with Bogart and Bacall in the lead. They proceed up the steps of the building. Scene shifts to the hearing room inside, where Screen writer, John Howard Lawson, is being sworn in. He begins to testify. During his testimony, the Chairman, Representative John Parnell Thomas, of New Jersey, finds it neccessary to gavel for order and appears to berate the witness. Lawson leaves the witness chair and departs. Another view of the hearing room.
A harbor in the United States. View of the harbor. A building on a dock. Ships anchored in the harbor. A boat sails through a canal. The mast of the boat seen as the boat sails. Sailors in the boat at night.
U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower suffers a heart attack during his holiday in Denver, Colorado. Dwight David Eisenhower stands. Exteriors of house of Elvira Mathilda Carlson-Doud where the President suffered the heart attack. A board outside the hospital where the President was rushed to reads' U.S. Army Fitzsimons Army Hospital Parking Area Straight ahead information desk located in lobby of main building'. John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower and White House Press Secretary James Campbell Hagerty visit the president. Newsmen wait for information. Newsmen work on typewriters in news room. People enter a church to offer prayers. U.S. Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon talks to officials and calls for a meeting. A cameraman clicks pictures. Richard Nixon addresses a press conference.
The 65th birthday of U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower at Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Denver, Colorado as he is recovering from a heart attack. A chef puts icing on the cake prepared for the President. A nurse offers cake to GIs in the hospital. A GI eats the cake reading about President Eisenhower in a magazine. Two GIs sit and eat cake. Cameramen wait in a garden outside the hospital for the President to arrive. The GIs wave to the President as he comes on the terrace.
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