Bombardment of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War II. Transports in a transport area. USS Minneapolis (CA-36), a New Orleans class heavy cruiser, under a bomb attack. Ships fire. Flak bursts in the air. A Fletcher class destroyer passes. Smoke columns rise from the ship and the island under bombardment.
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.
The film 'Auto Workers in Detroit' about workers in automobile factories in Detroit, Michigan. Street traffic in Detroit. Various 1940s vehicles seen including Ford, Chevrolet, GMC. A trailer truck carrying new cars takes a turn. Exteriors of automobile factories. A trolley car comes to a stop. Workers get out of trolley car. A car pulls into a parking lot. A man gets out and walks to the factory. Men walk towards and into a factory. They punch time cards. Interiors of an auto plant. A worker pulls levers that start various machines. An automobile engine on an overhead hook dollied towards a car then lowered into position. A man works near the door of a Ford Custom 2 door sedan on the assembly line. Wheel and rim on the overhead hook dolly are placed into position.
A documentary film about public film production and use in Japan. An audio visual officer works on a map of Japan on a wall. The officer gives a record to a man. The audio visual officer shows new records to leaders. He hands over a record to one of the officers. A film shows a classroom session.
The bride schools in Yokosuka, Japan. Sailors and their Japanese girls enter chapel at Naval Base at Yokosuka for briefing before marriage. Chaplain talks at the two sailors and their girls. One sailor and two Japanese girls talk to Chaplain. Japanese girl talks to Chaplin as a sailor and a girl listens. Sailor and bride look at some books on table. Chaplain takes book from sailor and hands it to the girl. Girl takes the book and opens it. The book is a Japanese English version of new testament. One page of the book and other in Japanese. Girl turns pages of a book.
Guards of the crown prince of Prussia assembling in front of the New Guard House (Neue Wache, Unter den Linden 4, 10117 Berlin, Germany), on Unter den Linden in Berlin, Germany. Closeup of them in formation presenting arms. Street filled with people in an informal parade. View of horse-drawn vehicle traffic passing the Lustgarten fountain, with Old Museum building (Altes Museum, Bodestraße 1-3, 10178 Berlin, Germany) in background. The Reichstag building on Königsplatz (Platz der Republik 1 11011 Berlin Mitte). Continuous heavy vehicle and pedestrian traffic. A disabled horse-drawn wagon with broken wheel. Fire department responding to an alarm. They open several doors at front of the firehouse and pull fire engines out to hook them to horses. Next, they are seen riding on fire engines, each pulled by a pair of horses. Abrupt change of scene to costumed performer on stage singing a German song.
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