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International Longshoreman's Union President, Harry Bridges, is released from prison to appear before the U.S. District Court in San Francisco
Final attempts by Department of Justice, to deport International Longshoreman Union President Harry Bridges for labor organizing and alleged subversive activities. Film begins showing sign reading: "Department of Corrections,California State Prison, San Quentin." An automobile is seen driving toward the camera, out the gate of the prison. Guards open and close iron gates of the prison twice, as if for benefit of the camera. Distant view of front gates closed. Scene shifts to co-counsel of Harry Bridges legal defense team parking his car and stepping out carrying some legal papers. He walks to office at the entrance of San Quentin prison and speaks with guards. Scene shifts abruptly to Harry Bridges' lead defense attorney, Carol Weiss King, surrounded by reporters and others in the hall of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, in San Francisco. Next a car is seen driving down a ramp to enter the court building parking garage. Harry Bridges steps from the car and is escorted by two uniformed guards and other persons. They all enter an elevator. Camera focuses on a room identified as "Number 203, U.S. Marshal, Criminal Dep't." Two men come out and join others escorting Harry Bridgers in the Court building hall. Closeup of Bridgers as he passes the camera. Photographers are busy taking pictures. Officials thoroughly search Bridgers, and then they all enter a room.
Primer Mr Shigeru Yoshida addresses and signs peace treaty with representatives of other countries in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Peace Treaty conference with Japan, in San Francisco, California. Beginning shows the War Memorial Opera House and Van Ness Avenue. U.S. President Harry S Truman steps to a podium, at the Opera House, to address delegates at the conference. With him on the stage are Dr. Warren Kelchner, Temporary Chairperson of the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference, Governor Earl Warren of California, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Next, Dean Acheson is seen seated at the center of a table with Dr. Kelchner, at his right, as Soviet representative Andrei A. Gromyko steps to the microphone and speaks. (Narrator says he raises complaint about rules of procedure.) Dean Acheson removes his translating headset in frustration. Next, a representative of Poland comes to the microphone, and calls for delays. View of delegates in the audience. New Zealand representative, Sir Carl August Berendsen, takes the stand to renounce delaying tactics. Audience members applaud. Carlos P. Rómulo, of the Philippines, speaks in support of the treaty. John foster Dulles, of the United States, steps to the podium to speak for the treaty. Next, Japanese Premier, Shigeru Yoshida, referring to notes in a roll of paper, endorses the treaty. Audience applauds. Secretary of State Acheson is seen signing the treaty for the United States, followed by representatives of: Australia; Cambodia; Great Britain; Ceylon; France; Indonesia; Philippines; and Pakistan. Next, the Japanese delegation comes forward, and Prime Minster Shingera Yoshida, signs the historic document. Closeups of ordinary Japanese from all walks of life. Japanese people commuting to work.
Wounded American soldiers return home from France. Soldiers with new prosthetic limbs practice walking.
American Marines and Army troops return home from France after World War I. Wounded American soldier gets out of acar and is helped by women as he walks with crutches. Wounded soldiers and women walk in queue toward an event. Slate indicates the war resulted in 2500 leg amputations and 1100 arm amputations. View of wounded American soldiers on grounds of Letterman Hospital in San Francisco, California, wearing artificial prosthetic limbs and practicing walking with the new limbs. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Japanese American citizens of United States during World War II.
Documentary titled, 'Barriers and Passes' on the life of Japanese-Americans living in United States during World War II. View of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. Ships underway in harbor and Ferry Terminal of San Francisco seen. Skyscrapers, busy city streets and heavy vehicular traffic in city of San Francisco. Japanese-American children exit the Japanese Church of Christ. Three children pose with a banner reading, 'Japanese Church of Christ'. Children make handicrafts. Japanese-American students read in a library. Japanese-American men and women pose beside a movie camera. An American soldiers checks papers of a Japanese-American couple.
Children dance around Maypole and Marlene Rock is crowned as a queen of May in San Francisco, California.
Maypole time in San Francisco, California. Multiple maypoles decorated with several long ribbons suspended from the top. Children move and dance around the Maypole. Large crowd of children to celebrate May Pole. A group of girls pose. Roger Dearborn Lapham, Mayor of San Francisco crowns Marlene Rock as queen of May.
Cars parked outside a building and streetcars on road in San Francisco, California
Street cars in the city of San Francisco in California. Cars parked outside a building. Cars driven on road. Street cars in San Francisco on street.
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