A diplomat stands inside an airport terminal before a microphone with his family in the United States. His son is given a drink by counterman standing behind the group. Cameramen recording the event. TWA (Trans World Airlines) Constellation airplane parked. The diplomat descending ladder from plane with his family . He is greeted by officials. Inside the terminal, again, the diplomat picks up his small son and waves and walks with his family toward a doorway. Views of a Douglas, DC-6 aircraft on wet parking ramp. A TWA Constellation aircraft taxiing on a wet ramp.The diplomat and his family descending the stairs from the airplane and being greeted by officials and representatives of news media.
David Sarnoff of RCA makes predictions regarding telecommunications and consumer electronics during a filming in New York. Television crew at work. Boom moving microphone. Cameraman at work. Sarnoff speaks and says newspapers, mails, magazines and mails will be sent through air at lightning speed and reproduced at home (could be seen as foreshadowing or predicting facsimile use and the Internet). He speaks about pocket size radio instruments enabling people to communicate with anyone anywhere (possible early forecast of portable radio proliferation, and later cell phone, mobile phone and mobile device usage). Cameraman and boom operator at work. Close up view of motion picture camera front and camera lenses.
A family watches television at home in New York. Family members watch television at home. Woman, girl and a boy look at television screen. Girl laughs as she watches television. Woman seated on sofa watches television. Man smokes pipe. Television screen on set.
First color television broadcast from Columbia Broadcasting Systems. Color Television Monitor Tube photographed at the National Guard Armory in Washington DC. Television broadcast shows "Patty Painter," (real name Patricia Stinnette) displaying colored pieces of cloth. (Note: Reportedly, the U.S. Naval photographic unit that did these tests tried to record color images from all three of the proposed color systems at the time: the CBS field-sequential system, RCA's dot-sequential system and CTI's line-sequential system.)
U.S. Army Secretary Kenneth C Royall visits Japan. Constellation aircraft getting ready to take off. Honor Guard standing in formation. The aircraft taxis away towards the take off strip. The aircraft takes off. Army band playing music in the background. Color Guard marching. Cars arrive at the air base.
Top United States communist leaders found guilty by the court in New York. The Reds convicted by the court with the criminal conspiracy of the Reds against the United States judge Harold Medina. The Reds gather at a place. A man addresses all the other men standing. A man records the speech. They discuss amongst themselves. A man holds a document in his hand. The communists advance towards the court. Men smoke. Men in United States marshal on the road. A car follows.