Motion Picture MP76-78
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Administrative Information
Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
477 feet
Running Time
13 minutes 15 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
intermittent
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Unknown
Restrictions
Undetermined
Description
Drew Pearson interviews President Truman about Joseph McCarthy and the House on American Activities Committee.
Date(s)
September 1953
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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture
Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:20 | Washington Merry-Go-Round on Eisenhower and his picking of Richard M. Nixon. St. Lawrence Seaway legislation - foreign affairs, efforts to get American Korean POW’s. | |
| 3:00 | Drew Pearson and Truman on McCarthy and communists trials. | |
| 5:30 | On Alger Hiss and “red herring.” | |
| 6:45 | Which party has done most to weed out subversives? Democratic!!! | |
| 7:15 | Record of his administration on Reds. | |
| 8:45 | Ad for “Personal from Pearson.” | |
| 9:45 | “Pearson Predicts.” | |
| 12:45 | Closing credits. |