A hearing of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in the United States, under Congressman J. Parnell Thomas (the "Thomas Committee") . People seated during the hearing. Hollywood director and screenwriter Herbert Biberman is questioned about his occupation in the Screen Writer's Guild and his affiliation with the Communist Party. Biberman begins his response and does not directly or quickly answer the question, which draws an angry, heated response from J. Parnell Thomas pounding a gavel, shouting from Congressman Thomas and from Robert Stripling, and demanding an answer. Biberman is subsequently asked, "are you or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party" and Biberman begins a response in which he decries the work of the committee and its negative effects on the Hollywood film industry. Biberman, one of the "Hollywood Ten," is dismissed from the stand.
A U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain aircraft lays wires in the United States during World War II. Men work on an equipment as they prepare for aerial wire laying. A C-47 aircraft takes off. The aircraft in flight as it lays wires over a difficult terrain. A man speaks over a field phone after the communication wires have been laid.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman delivers a speech in the United States. President Truman speaks about a 20 billion dollar cut in the annual salary in the private industry. This would lead to a decrease in the salaries of workers and further lead to deflation. President Truman warns that such a situation would lead to unemployment.
Industrial production gets underway in the United States after the end of World War II. Men at work in an automobile plant. Men work on machines. Workers assemble cars. Tires being manufactured at a plant. Men and women work on refrigerators, radios and stoves in factories. A cordless iron being used to iron clothes. Refrigerators, cars, stoves and other gadgets on display in a store.
War bonds being sold in the United States during World War II. U.S. President Harry S. Truman opens a bond drive as he buys a war bond from Secretary of Treasury Fred M. Vinson. U.S. Army General Jonathan Wainwright with Governor Edward Martin of Pennsylvania during a ceremony to promote the sale of war bonds in Philadelphia. Wainwright's family at the ceremony. A bond rally at former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's home in Hyde Park. In a drive organized by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry, Hollywood stars sell war bonds. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt seated in a chair. Hollywood celebrities including Merle Oberon receives applications to register for the Roosevelt bond.
After effects of a sit down strike by General Motors workers in the United States. A man explains the terms of settlement of the strike. He says that the workers demanded the recognition of the Committee of Industrial Organization as the sole bargaining agency. But the demand was refused. He says that the strike has highlighted the importance of solidarity, cooperation and unity among workers.
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