Owner of Walt Disney Studios Walt Elias Disney at hearings of House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) in the United States. Walt Disney Studios owner Walt Elias Disney answers upon being questioned about having any conversations with organizer Herbert Sorrell relating to communism and states that Mr. Sorrell mentioned about the funding of 1937 strikes against major studios. Walt Disney gives his personal opinion about infiltration of labor unions by Communists, and about the Communist Party, and says he does not believe it is a political party. He also expresses his views about the bills pending before the committee to outlaw Communist Party and further states that American labor unions should be kept clean and should not be affected by communism.
U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt addresses the nation. Roosevelt seated at a desk in his office in the United States. He states that democracy has disappeared in many nations because of the unemployment, insecurity and government weakness and confusion. He further states that the democratic institutions can be preserved in the U.S.
An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. General Eaker talks about problems of the air corps during World Wars I and II. He says that achievements have to be in keeping the idea of air power alive. He talks about experiments in aviation done by them. He talks about the Question Mark flight. He also talks about opportunities to be exposed to several leaders which they got as fliers. He talks about the cancellation of United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft. Maneuvers were organized by them.
An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. General Eaker talks about the 'Question Mark' flight and its major significance. He says that they were having a few ideas in their minds. One was to call the attention of the people in the country towards aviation. The second was that they realized that there were no possibilities of getting aircraft overseas in time or in condition for early mission to combat. He further states that when they returned from the Question Mark flight, they realized they have made various discoveries. They came to know more about aircraft and their maintenance. Technical discoveries and extension of the range of aircraft by refueling them in flight. He talks about refueling the aircraft.
An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. General Eaker talks about the court-martial of United States Army General William Lendrum Mitchell. He says that the President announced that General Mitchell would be courtmartialed. He says that all young officers including him had a tough decision to take. He says that they realized that from the standpoint of military discipline and morale the war department can take an action against him. They spent the whole evening preparing a presentation for the next day before the court martial. He says that they consider Mitchell as a great hero and a gallant citizen. Mitchell died of influenza in the early periods of World War II.
An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. General Eaker talks about why had he said that the United States Army Air Force was inferior to certain European air forces in the beginning of World War II. He said that European air forces were in operation during the war. He says that very few people in the U.S. had visualized that the country would get involved in the war. European Air Forces were in urgent need of advanced air forces and further efforts to win against the enemy. U.S. was not in the same position. Their aircraft production was also limited.
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