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Attorneys Robert Kenny and Bartley Crum seek motion to quash subpoenas to appear before House Un-American activities Committee

Attorneys Robert Kenny and Bartley Crum pursue motion to quash subpoenas, to appear before the HUAC, for clients John Howard Lawson and 18 other witnesses, on grounds of Committee illegality and unconstitutionality. Mr. Stripling of the Committee suggests pursuing the matter through the Courts. The attorneys appeal and the subcommittee exits to consider the matter in closed executive session. They return and announce unanimous decision to reject the request, on grounds that they are operating under Public Law 601 and have not the authority to deviate from their charter under that law. The attorneys then request that previous witnesses, whom they accuse of giving false testimony, be recalled. The motion is denied and John Howard Lawson is called to testify.

Date: 1947, October
Duration: 5 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026586
Hollywood actors George Montgomery, George Murphy and Ronald Reagan pose and talk in Washington DC during HUAC hearings

Actors Robert Montgomery and George Murphy chatting on a street in Washington DC. They are joined by actor Ronald Reagan, President of the Screen Actors Guild. This is during a break at the time of hearings before The House Committee of Un-American Activities (HUAC ) investigating Communism in Hollywood. communist propaganda. Pedestrians are surprised and delighted to recognize the three well known actors.

Date: 1947, October
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026588
Actor Ronald Reagan testifies before House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington DC

Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan, President of the Screen Actors Guild, is sworn in and testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).

Date: 1947, October
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026590
Louis B Mayer and Jack L Warner testify before HUAC in Washington DC.

The House Committee of Un-American Activities (HUAC) hears testimony from Hollywood Studio Heads, Louis B. Mayer of MGM Studios and Jack L. Warner of Warner Brothers Studios. . Cameramen shoot with cameras. Men work with recording machines. Louis B. Mayer poses, alone and then with attorney Paul V. McNutt, representing the Motion Picture Association of America. (MPAA). Members of the committee J. Parnell Thomas,Chairman, Richard B. Vail , John S. Wood and Richard Nixon sit while hearing. Committee chief investigator John E. Stripling questions witnesses. Three unidentified witnesses are seen briefly. Louis B. Mayer and attorney Paul V. McNutt prepare to testify. Jack L Warner , accompanied by Paul V. McNutt is sworn in as a witness. Eric Johnston, President of MPAA, is seen.

Date: 1947, October 27
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026591
A canine bitch named 'Maggie' with her pups in Washington DC.

A famous Polar bitch (canine) named 'Maggie' in Washington DC. The bitch sits with her pups. She holds one of her pups in mouth. Puppy dogs hung in woolen socks. A woman feeds them with bottle. The pups sleep in socks.

Date: 1931, April
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026602
Workers of a circus practice jumping aerobatics over elephants in Marietta, Georgia.

Circus clowns learn leaping in Marietta, Georgia. Men jump from raised wooden platform. Three elephants stand in middle. A man jumps from a springboard and leaps over a group of elephants standing shoulder to shoulder, then lands on a pad on the other side. Men show acrobatics while jumping. Spectators watch them.

Date: 1931, April 23
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026603