MISCELLANEOUS SCENES FROM "SPOTLIGHT ON CONGRESS" Part 1

Description

Summary: LS, side view, entrance to the Capitol, Washington, DC. HMLS, Rep Joe Martin addressing group. CU, sign on door: "Post War Committee". LS, meeting of Post War Committee. Short flashes of door signs: "Entrance", "Finance Committee", "Agriculture & Forestry", "Office Banking & Currency Committee", "Indian Affairs", "Privileges & Elections Committee Room", "Spec Sub Committee on War Mobilization of Military Affairs Committee", "Committee on Small Business". CU, pencilling note: "check with Agriculture for oranges for school lunches" LS, man entering doorway "Committee on Post War Economic Policy & Planning." LS, man entering meeting room and taking a seat. MSs, man at table testifying; man at bench listening. CU, sign: "Committee on Agriculture". LS, meeting of agriculture Comm. CU, man talking. Int, barber shop: man reading papers while barber cuts his hair. MS, same man in office, picking up telephone and speaking. CU, clock over doorway. LS, two men walking in corridor, entering doorway. Insert: copies of congressional resolutions placed on top of one another. LS, public dining room. MS, three men and a woman talking during lunch. MS, two men in office, talking. LS, people walking down Capitol steps. MS, man sleeping in bed; woman's hand comes in, shakes him. Shot of dancing feet on dance floor - woman wear evening gowns and some men wear cowboy boots. CUs, putting bread in toaster; finished toaster popping up. CU, coffee percolator. Loading newspapers on truck; vehicle in bg with sign, "World-Telegram". LS, news truck in traffic passes camera. Sign on truck advertises Grafton column in NY Post. "LS, several men buying "Variety" at newsstand in Times Square, NY; Hotel Astor in bg.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities