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Clip: 489977_1_1

Year Shot: 1947 (Actual Year)

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Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1773

Original Film: 020-092-03A

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Speech given by unidentified man standing at podium under large sign "Picture Pioneers Class of 1947" re; boycott. Talks about how the American movie industry has come under fire from several angles, including the House Un-American Activities. Cites American paranoia about communism in the film industry and Russia's disdain for American film as capitalist propaganda as the greatest paradox. Goes on to denigrate and stereotype communist ideology and preach capitalist democracy with religious fervor.