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People queue to buy U.S. Saving Bonds in the United States to contribute towards the development of the country.
A documentary depicts industrial development in the United States and urges the purchase of war bonds to preserve the American heritage and way of life. Water flows through a dam on a river to produce electricity. A power house. Electricity is supplied to houses and industries. A glass tumbler factory. Machines using electricity in operation. A line of finished articles. A man mixes a color in a mixer. A scene with lightning flashing. Neon lights of Times Square, New York City, at night, with many lit sign boards using electricity. A child with a dog. Farmer, doctors, a businessman at work. Scenes of New York City. A ferry in water. Skyscrapers in the city and traffic on busy city streets. A line of people to buy U.S. Saving Bonds. Savings bonds on a table. A view of Mount Rushmore. Two women serve small children seated in chairs. The U.S. flag flutters in breeze.
People join hands and walk towards the horizon in the United States.
A documentary depicts people in the United States. A group of people in a garden. Children seated together. A view of skyscrapers. People working on a farm. Two people sail a boat in a water body. Water falling from a spillway in an industrial area of a city. The Statue of Liberty. A political map of the U.S. Joining of hands with the map as the backdrop. People walk towards the horizon.
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.
During HUAC hearing in the United States, Herbert Biberman is questioned about his affiliation with the Communist Party
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.
War veterans learn the art of pipe making as they work on machines at Bertram's Pipe Shop in Washington DC, United States.
A dramatization about veterans of World War II as they learn to make pipes in Washington DC, United States. A World War II veteran Bob Ballad of 69th Infantry Division looks at a pipe. Bertram's Pipe Shop in Washington DC. A number of pipes being displayed in a window at the shop. Bob Ballad outside the shop. He goes there to learn the art of pipe making. Several war veterans learn to make pipes during a training course organized by the Bertram's. Partially disabled men work on machines and learn various operations involved in the process of pipe making.
Injured World War 2 veterans exercise and walk at the Lieutenant Ray Rehabilitation Clinic in New York, United States
Lieutenant Ray Rehabilitation Clinic in New York, United States to serve World War II veterans. Radio broadcasts mark the opening of Lieutenant Ray Rehabilitation Clinic. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt, graces the occasion as the guest of honor. Various Veterans Administration executives present on a podium at the opening ceremony. A statue of Lieutenant Ray being unveiled at the ceremony as his parents look on. Prosthetic artificial limbs being made at the clinic. Veteran soldiers work to make the prosthesis limbs to meet individual needs. A disabled veteran being fitted with an artificial prosthetic limb. Disabled veterans practice to walk with crutches at the clinic. A mock street at the clinic with traffic lights where the veterans practice to cross the road and time themselves according to the traffic lights. The veterans being made to exercise to strengthen their limbs. They ride exercise cycles. Disabled veterans practice to walk in a crowded street and transports. The veterans lift and place heavy pieces from one block of a floored checkered board to another as this helps to exercise their legs and backs.
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