Scenes from a Congressional probe of "Reds" (Communists and accused Soviet sympathizers). J. Parnell Thomas presides over the meeting. Eugene Dennis, leader of Communist Party USA, takes the oath and sits at desk. Eugene Dennis testifies. Photographers move up and take pictures. Dennis protests vehemently that his name is Eugene Dennis and that he be permitted to testify. Robert Stripling, of the House Dies Committee, and later HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) also interrogates Dennis.
General Billy Mitchell accompanied with a group of people, arrives at court in Washington DC, USA. The group poses for the camera. People gathered in queues outside the court. General Michell standing in the court hears the charges against him. The trial continues. Major General Summerall with his elbow on his head listens to the charge of animosity on him. The Generals leave after the trial and pose outside the court.
Exteriors of the Patent Office building in Washington DC. USA. American flag flutter atop the building. Pedestrians walk outside.
Exteriors of the Fords Theater in Washington DC, USA. View of the house opposite to the theater. Sign board reads "House in which Abraham Lincoln died. Contains the Oldroyd Lincoln Memorial Collection of over 3000 articles. Open at all hours."
Exteriors of the Union Railway station in Washington DC, USA. People stand outside the main entrance of the station. The Memorial Fountain to Columbus in front of the station. The American flag on a mast at the memorial. Travelers meet at the entrance.
Proclamation by American President Franklin D Roosevelt on the Selective Service Registration, in the lead up to America's entry in World War 2. President Roosevelt delivers a radio message to American citizens from the White House in Washington DC, USA. He says that "There is both the opportunity and the need for many thousands to assist in listing the names and addresses of the millions who will enroll on registration day at school houses, polling places and town halls. The Congress has enacted a law establishing a selective method of augmenting American Armed Forces. Young men should come from the factories and the fields, the cities and the towns, to enroll their names on the registration day. Everyone should renew within their hearts the conception of liberty. Americans should resolve to hold high the torch of freedom in this darkening world so that our children and their children may not be robbed of their rightful inheritance."
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