A newsreel titled 'Hitler's big bust costly' shows bust statue of Hitler being auctioned at a ceremony in Germany. Nazi paraphernalia such as flags and a dining set and glassware are also examined by auction bidders. Several views of the Hitler bust art work. Auctioneer invites people to bid for the auction as he speaks from a podium.
People carrying flags and banners during a Communist Party demonstration march in New York City. Workers march carrying various signs, including: "Fur workers demand a better union contract", and "Furriers Women's Community". Other signs include: "Defend the Twelve," and "Save Willie McGee" (African American convict accused of raping a white woman), and "Repeal McCarran Law", and "Willie McGee shall not die". Anti-Communist crowd on sides of street yells at protestors and taunts them. Crowd suddenly surges as a fight breaks out on a street corner. Police break up the fight. The protestors are marching under the auspices of New York State Communist Party in New York, United States. More shots of onlookers yelling at demonstrators and jeering, as they stand in front of a Newman's 5 and 10 cent store. Horse mounted police restrain crowd yelling and pushing toward the marching demonstrators. More marchers and a sign "Art students for peace." Some people march with American flags in their hands.
Girls of the Hitler Youth,a Nazi Party paramilitary organization, work on art and sculpture in Germany as part of classes in Virtue and Beauty. The women learn how to make various sculptures and artwork, and learn interior design techniques for a beautiful and practical home before they are married.
Prime Minister of Israel Levi Eshkol at a meeting on board the USS SEQUOIA,Presidential yacht during his visit to United States. He converses to a statesman and also looks at some works of art. Prime Minister Eshkol and the statesman at a ceremony with White House in background. A helicopter flies towards Washington monument.
A young Roman Catholic woman with her head covered by a veil, opens gate and enters cross-marked doors of adobe St. Thomas Church (1, Church Plaza, Abiquiu, NM 87510, United States). A crucifix stands in the courtyard, opposite the door. A bell tower and bell is seen atop the building. Inside, the woman is seen approaching an elaborate altar, behind which are depictions of saints and other works of local art. Closeups of religious figurines adorning shelves beside altar. The girl kneels and prays before the altar. Closeup of crucifix at center of wall behind altar. Closeups of other religious figurines and paintings decorating space around the altar. The woman bends down to light a candle.
Opening of film shows image of famous statue being projected on a screen. The statue depicts a Soviet worker and a collective farm woman, respectively, raising a hammer and sickle high above their heads. The statue is a stainless steel art work created by Vera Mukhinafor the 1937 World's Fair in Paris, France. (It was later moved to Moscow, Russia.) Next a field and forest is shown on the Western front of the Soviet Union (Eastern Front of World War 2, in Europe). Soviet soldiers are preparing for combat during a temporary lull in their defense against German forces in their Operation Barbarossa offensive ,begun in June, 1941. Soviet soldiers place branches and foliage upon a BT tank as camouflage. Others assemble loose ammunition rounds into machine gun belts. Soldiers camouflaging an artillery field piece with foliage. Soviet soldiers refueling a tank. Soldiers moving through wooded area past another camouflaged gun. Several Soviet soldiers at a shelter in the woods, placing ammunition rounds in a clip. A printer producing a daily newspaper for soldiers. A soviet soldier picks one up to read. Closeup of the newspaper. Soviet munitions handlers inserting fuses into noses of artillery shells. A T-34 tank sitting in foliage. Soldiers looking at charts as they sit in the woods. A Soviet soldier running (possibly to deliver a dispatch).
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