People In The News (1949)

Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations may be unknown or unclear. Three stories from United States of America newsreel of ’People In The News’. Intertitles read ’General [Lucius D] Clay retires from army’. M/S of General and Mrs Clay stepping down from steps of house. M/S of General Omar Bradley, Chief of Staff shaking hands with Clay. M/S of Third Infantry troops saluting. L/S of guns firing salute. L/S of Clay standing up in open car, driving past lines of troops. Intertitles read: ’OPEN ALGER HISS PERJURY TRIAL’. Former State Department Officer Alger Hiss on trial as Communist Spy. L/S of photographers crowded round entrance to Court as Hiss leaves. Hiss (on left) with his lawyer, Lloyd Paul Stryker, posing on steps. C/U of Hiss. Back view of Hiss and lawyer with battery of press before them. Shots of Whittaker Chambers, confessed Communist spy who will testify at trial, walking along street. Hiss and wife walking down court steps. Intertitles read: ’D-DAY CORRESPONDE