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Under Secretary of State George Messersmith gives testimony about the Hans Eisler case and Dorothy Thompson to HUAC commission
Excerpts of testimony by United States Under Secretary of State, George S. Messersmith, to the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) in Washington DC. Ambassador Messersmith raises his hand and is sworn in, and then seated beside his legal counsel, Norman M. Littell. Ambassador Messersmith gives testimony about Hans Eisler and Dorothy Thompson related to his own time in Berlin Germany in the 1930s on behalf of the U.S. State Department. He references his work with U.S. diplomat Sumner Welles. He says that he read the Eisler file to refresh his memory. He says that although they were not involved in the war at the time the responsibility on the State Department had increased. He talks about a case related to columnist Miss Thompson. He looks into his papers He talks about the time when he was posted in Berlin and Austria and she made a number of visits. He laughs. He tells about officers who showed prejudice in examining visa papers.
President Truman and Hollywood stars promote the sale of war bonds in the United States (WW2)
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.
siren is sounded and antiaircraft gun readied during training exercises near Hammond Army Air Field during World War II
U.S. Army anti aircraft artillery of the 55th Brigade AAA training Hammond Bombing and Gunnery Range, near Hammond Army Air Field during World War II. Bombs burst amidst trees and smoke rises. Aircraft spotters look through binoculars towards the sky. A soldier sounds a hand operated air raid siren. View from above as a soldier drops into a fox hole. An U.S. Army soldier puts on a gas mask. Crew members operate a gun. A 90 mm gun is elevated.
A camouflaged gun emplacement during training exercises near Hammond Army Air Field during World War II.
U.S. Army anti aircraft artillery of the 55th Brigade AAA, during training exercises at Hammond Bombing and Gunnery Range, adjacent to Hammond Army Air Field in Hammond Louisiana during World War II. A camouflaged gun emplacement with crew around antiaircraft gun. A Sergeant puts on a gas mask and sounds a gas alarm by striking it with a piece of iron. Scene shifts to a U.S. Army Air Force P-47D aircraft flying over the training area as it comes in for a landing at Hammond Army Air Field.
Japanese teach Borneo natives to signal with semaphore flags. Japanese operate float planes on river in World War II
The Japanese train natives Borneo during World War 2. Borneo natives practice semaphore signaling. An officer standing in front of a chart instructs a group of natives. He looks through binoculars. The trainees take notes during instruction. A group of trainees in front of an officer on a ship. They disperse after the instructions and climb to various places aboard the ship. . Two climb up to a gun position, where they are seen using binoculars to scan the horizon. Another sends semaphore signals. One is seen looking through a telescope. View from below of one trainee high up in the ship's crow's nest. Scene shifts completely to ground view of several Japanese Aichi E13A (Jake) float planes in water's edge. Mechanics use a chain hoist to remove an aircraft engine from a Nakajima E8N float plane (Dave). Group of Japanese fliers, in flight gear, being briefed on a mission. Closeup of the fliers. They salute their commander. A Nakajima E8N Float plane taking off from the water. Closeup view from airplane tail of its trailing wake on takeoff. View of the float plane in shallow climb, with small mountain in the background. Closeup of pilot in cockpit of plane. Closeup of the float plane in flight.
A group of U.S.Army airborne infantry officers at a sand table in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II.
The U.S. Army in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War 2. A group of officers of airborne infantry having a discussion at a sand table on a beach. The sand table depicts Tagaytay Ridge. Airborne troopers parachutes and equipment. Soldiers in a group being briefed. Potable water in cans. Rations and ammunition boxes stacked in piles. (Note: The sand table image is Tagaytay Ridge, located south of Manila where a road links it further south to where the U.S. Navy ferried a contingent of troops at Nasugbu beach in Batangas.)
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