Senate sub committee in Washington D.C., United States. A Senate investigations sub committee looks into rising crime in the country and the mafia (or "Cosa Nostra") at a hearing in Washington D.C. Arkansas Senator John McClellan, chair of the committee, is seen. Press and media photographers with cameras pointed at speakers. Attorney General Robert Kennedy presents a report about the activities of mafia including extortion, narcotics leading to increasing crime in the country. Large spectators gather as mafia gangster Joseph Valachi makes an appearance before the committee.
U.S. 86th Congress inaugurated in Washington D.C., United States. Members of the house greet each other at the opening session of the newly constituted Congress in the capitol. Joseph Martin steps down as the minority leader in favor of Charles Halleck. Harry S. Truman looks on from the visitor's gallery as the prayers mark the beginning of the first session of the new Congress. The speaker administers the oath of office to the Congressmen.
'China Crisis ' about Allied action against Japanese in China. A busty street in a city in China. People and vehicles on the street. A man looks into a microscope. Soldiers march at a parade. Carts loaded with grain bags move down a street in a town. People at a local market. Men work in a paddy field. Cattle plow a field. Men eat a meal. Allied aircraft in flight. United States Army Air Force planes land and taxi along the runway as they bring supplies. Bomb shells being unloaded from a trailer. Aerial view of a town. Allied jeeps lined up and other supplies piled up at a yard.
Allied supplies reach China for an action against Japanese in China. Allied officers outside a building in China as supplies from India are unloaded from trucks. Boxes piled up in a room. Shells and barrels in a field. A jeep being loaded onto a plane in Calcutta, India. Planes take off. Aircraft in flight. It flies over snow covered mountains. Aerial view of a river. A United States Army Air Force plane comes in for landing in China. Equipment being unloaded from the plane. (World War II period).
Activities of United States 14th Air Force in delaying the Japanese attack in China. Men assemble planes. A plane taxis along a runway. Men try to put off the fire as an aircraft burns. Injured carried away on litters. Soldiers refuel a plane with a hose. Barrels of oil stacked up in a pile. (World War II period).
Allied attack Japanese positions in China. An animated map of China shows transportation of oil and other supplies in the region towards south of China. A fleet of ships towards the China Sea. United States Army Air Force planes in flight as they strafe Japanese ships. Explosions occur at sea. Water gushes high up in the air. The ships are strafed. (World War II period).
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