Excerpt from Kefauver Hearings. Senate's Kefauver Committee investigating crime and interstate commerce. Panel including Chairman Kefauver (Tennessee) in the hearing along with other committee members Herbert R. O'Conor (Maryland); Lester Hunt (Wyoming); Charles Tobey (New Hampshire); Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin). Close views of each member of the committee as various witnesses take the stand and address the committee. Estes Kefauver adjusting his glasses. The committee takes testimony from attorney George Levy of the Nassau Trotting Association, who is interrogated by the Committee's Chief Counsel, Rudolph Halley. .
A suburban shopping center in the United States. Wide variety of 1950s cars parked in parking lot of the Cross County Center located in Yonkers, New York. Signs for 'First National Stores'. Other signs seen include, Andrews, Lerner Shops, Stamp Bonus Days, Gimbels, and Red Coach Inn. A woman is seen with a shopping cart and carrying a large box of Stanzal Detergent. Children climb onto mechanical rocket amusement rides. A girl climbs into a 'Sputnik' toy ride. A small roller coaster is seen in action. View through the window of a brass goods store has a sign that reads, 'Chemex'.
Mafia crime figures, including Frank Costello, arrive at the New York County Court at Foley Square. Photographers take pictures of them. A number of people stand across the road as a policeman is also seen.
Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York City. The American flag fluttering in a strong breeze. The Lincoln Memorial monument building in Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, LaRue County, Kentucky. The symbolic log cabin enshrined in the monument at the Park. Statue of Lincoln in town square, Hodgenville, Kentucky
District Attorney Elections in New York City, United States. Edward Corsi sits in his office. Several articles kept on the table. Map on the wall behind him. Books in the background. He talks about the racketeers and gangsters in the poorer section of New York City. He says that courageous Thomas E Dewey must be elected as the District Attorney of New York County.
Communists march in Washington DC. The communists protest in front of Department of Justice Building. They carry banners protesting the prosecution of 12 Communists under the Alien Registration Act (Smith Act) of 1940. Policeman watches. Patterson, Civil Rights Secretary, Mrs John Gates and Defense Lawyer O John Rogge pose. Scene change to New York City. View from next to mounted Police officer at Courthouse in Foley Square, Manhattan, New York City. Photographers and reporters assembled on steps of courthouse. William L. Patterson, National Executive Secretary of Civil Rights Congress and defense lawyer, O. John Rogge on the steps, entering the courthouse. Reporters on steps. Pamphlets read 'Not 12 Men on trial- but everybody'. Pickets in front of the Court House. Judge Medina on steps. Cameramen take photographs with eyemos cameras. Three prosecuting attorneys pose, with Chief Prosecutor, U.S. Attorney John F. X. McGohey in the center. Simon Gerson,who had been assisting the Defense, makes a public statement about the effects on the rights of all. 11 defendants, including, William Z. Foster, Benjamin Davis, Eugene Dennis, Henry Winston, John Williamson and Jacob Stachel, John Gates, Gus Hall, and Robert G. Thompson. Views of notable Communist establishments: Union Square and 16th Street offices of Freiheit, the Jewish Daily Newspaper (official Jewish Communist newspaper, published in Yiddish, on presses shared with the Daily Worker); Communist Party Center, Chelsea & Waterfront Sections of Chelsea neighborhood; Henry Forbes East Side Center, Communist Party, 201 Second Avenue (Named for Henry Forbes, a former executive secretary of the Communist party of New York County); and East-Midtown Communist Party headquarters. Party leader William Z. Foster speaking. Communist, Judith Coplon with lawyer, Archibald Palmer, in his offices.
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