American Federation of Labor Convention in Buffalo, New York. A band plays musical instruments and a bandmaster instructs the band in the parade. The president of American Federation of Labor (AFL) Samuel Gompers sitting in car. The car passes along the streets of the city during the parade. Railroad tracks on a road. Delegates participate in the parade with miniature flags of the U.S.
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson arrives and departs from the Convention Hall during the American Federation of Labor Convention in Buffalo, New York. President Wilson and his wife, the First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson arrive at the Convention Hall. Troops enter the hall (during World War I). The President and his wife leave the hall. They get into a car. The Labor convention moves through the streets of the city. Railroad tracks on a road. The troops march.
McCarthy hearings in New York City, United States, investigating alleged Communist infiltration of the United States Army Signal Corps laboratory at Fort Monmouth. (Senate subcommittee investigating Army Signal Corps Subversion and Espionage.) United States Army Colonel Ferry takes his seat and begins testimony. Photographers take photos. Officials seated in hearing room including Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn. View of other elected officials present. Officials stand at end of testimony and talk informally together during a break in proceedings.
Explosion of the first ever Atomic Bomb at Alamogordo, New Mexico in World War II. Brilliant flash at detonation of the Atomic bomb. Huge smoke cloud rises. Smoke all around. Narrator indicates that men 5 miles away were knocked down, that a pressure wave was felt and the sound and quake was noted in an area 300 square miles in size. He indicates that the testing platform was vaporized. He comments on the awesome power of the weapon, its ability to shorten the war, and the important responsibility that rests with those who know the secrets of the weapon.
American volunteers return to New York from action in the Spanish Civil War in Spain. American volunteers, who fought with Loyalist troops in Spain against General Francisco Franco's nationalist insurgents, aboard SS Paris. They all pose. Large crowds gather in streets to welcome them as they arrive. The Americans march along the streets of the city in a reception parade. They hold banners. A banner reads as 'American Youth welcomes veterans of Lincoln Brigade'.
A statement about atomic power and harnessing its use for good, and not for destruction, is read at Dr. Einstein's residence in Princeton, New Jersey. Interior of Albert Einstein's home. Harold C. Urey, Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard sitting at a table. Urey reading a written statement which is subscribed to by other scientists outlining their responsibility in harnessing the atom for peaceful uses. Albert Einstein states that he agrees with the statement.
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