Developments in New York and Washington, DC, regarding allegations that Harry Dexter White of the Truman administration was a Soviet spy
Former Pres. Harry Truman sits down at desk for press conference in New York City to explain why he will not comply with a subpoena from the House Un-American Activities Committee, reporters gathered around him / Truman SOT: "The subpoena does not state the matters upon which you seek my testimony but I assume from the press stories that you seek to examine me with respect to matters which occurred during my tenure of the presidency of the United States. In spite of a personal willingness to cooperate with your committee, I feel constrained by my duty to the people of the United States to decline to comply with the subpoena" / EXT Senate Office Building in Washington, DC / VS audience at hearing held by the Senate Internal Security Committee / senators on committee at table / Theron Lamar Caudle, former assistant Attorney General, sits down to testify / closer shot of Caudle / Caudle testifying / photographers and cameramen taking pictures / Gen. Harry V. Vaughn, former Truman military aide, sitting down to testify / close shot of Vaughn / VS wider shots of Vaughn / senators at table / Vaughn as senator asks him question / closer shot of Vaughn as Senator asks him question, Vaughn answers question, Senator asks another question, Vaughn answers / audience listening / VS senators on committee / man testifying, SOT: "I can't speak for the committee, I can only speak as an individual. I see no reason for calling the former President, Harry Truman, before this committee because the record speaks for itself" / audience listening / senators on committee at table / shot from moving camera of audience and senators





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Editorial #:
2236905609
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
November 12, 1953
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Clip length:
00:02:18:06
Location:
New York City, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr006782_02_01
- 1950-1959,
- Archival,
- Army,
- Black And White,
- Camera Operator,
- Cold War,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Former,
- Former Soviet Union,
- HD Format,
- Harry Dexter White,
- Harry Truman,
- Horizontal,
- House Committee On Unamerican Activities,
- Journalist,
- Law,
- New York City,
- Newsreel,
- Photographer,
- Politics,
- Politics and Government,
- President,
- Press Conference,
- Produced Segment,
- Real Time Video,
- Russell Senate Office Building,
- Senator,
- Surveillance,
- Suspicion,
- Testimony,
- US Military,
- US President,
- USA,
- United States Senate,
- Video with Sound,