A film titled ' Broadway & Union Square'. Two horse-drawn street cars in 1903. Passengers can be seen boarding and getting off the crowded cars, operating along Broadway, at Union Square (14th Street), in Manhattan, New York City, United States.
People gather in front of Bruno Richard Hauptmann's house (1279 East 222nd Street, Bronx, New York) while police dig for evidence near a shed. Marked ransom money found in a can is displayed. Phone number of Dr. Condon, ransom go-between is seen written on a door frame. Sketch of ransom suspect and Hauptmann are compared. Handwriting of the kidnapper compared as a match with Bruno Richard Hauptmann own handwriting. Mrs. Anna Hauptmann seen with her son, in a crib. J. Edgar Hoover, Norman H. Schwarzkopf, and police commissioner John F. O’Ryan at press conference. Document dated September 26, 1934, bearing the names of attorneys Samuel J. Foley and Charles McLaughlin, and detailing charges against Hauptmann is displayed. Scenes of courtroom trial of Hauptmann. Charles Lindbergh leaves the court, enters a waiting car, and departs.
Marshal Petain also known as Philippe Petain with General John Joseph Pershing reviews the march of U.S. Army cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh with his wife Anne Lindbergh prepare to fly to China. The plane is serviced and tested. Pontoons are added on the aircraft. Water rudders attached to the aircraft pontoon moving. Air rudder turning along the water rudders. A map shows the route from New York to Beijing, China over uncharted route to the Far East. Charles Lindbergh and Anne Lindbergh perform a test flight on the aircraft.
A hearing in front of the United States Senate's Kefauver Committee investigating crime in interstate commerce. Panel including Chairman Kefauver (Tennessee) in the hearing along with other committee members Herbert R. O'Conor (Maryland); Lester Hunt (Wyoming); Charles Tobey (New Hampshire); Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin).Rudolph Halley is Chief Counsel for the Committee. The defendant, Frank Costello, enters the room and is seated. Microphones are placed in front of the members of the Committee.
Excerpt from Kefauver Hearings. Senate's Kefauver Committee investigating crime and interstate commerce. Panel including Chairman Kefauver (Tennessee) in the hearing along with other committee members Herbert R. O'Conor (Maryland); Lester Hunt (Wyoming); Charles Tobey (New Hampshire); Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin). Jacob Guzik on the stand, indicates that he will not answer any questions. Committee members ask various questions, and Guzik continually answers "I refuse to answer." Guzik is asked to reappear at the end of March and remain under subpoena.
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