Lavrentiy Beria, former First Deputy Premier and head of the Soviet secret police, on trial in Moscow for being a traitor

Title card: "Beria out - Soviet purges head of Secret Police" / shot of Moskva River and Kremlin next to it / close shots of several newspapers with headlines about Lavrentiy Beria's trial / close shot of newspaper with headline reading "Malenkov jails Beria as traitor" with "X" drawn over Beria in photo // file footage compiled at time of Beria's trial: from left to right Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov, Beria, and Soviet Premier Georgy Malenkov walking along in hats and overcoats / Beria and Molotov standing next to one another posing for photo opportunity; both wear armbands, presumably for the recent death of Joseph Stalin / three shots of Beria and Malenkov and other officials at conference / Soviet soldiers with bayoneted rifles marching in formation past Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square / Beria, Malenkov, and Anastas Mikoyan wave from the tribune of Lenin's Mausoleum / bayoneted rifles move past the tribune and the officials looking on / Molotov, Beria, Malenkov, and Mikoyan on the tribune / Malenkov, Kliment Voroshilov (in uniform) and Beria with another official on the tribune, all saluting / Note: exact day not known