Algar Hiss Interview (1970)

Footage of Alger Hiss being interviewed intercut with older footage from the 1950s when he was accused of being a Communist spy.

Colour and Black and White.



Colour footage of Alger Hiss being interviewed intercut with older footage from the 1950s when he was accused of being a Communist spy. Algar Hiss denies being either a spy or a Communist.



GV the American Un-American Activities enquiry where it was declared by Whittaker Chambers that Alger Hiss was a Communist spy. Shots of President Richard Nixon examining a hollowed out pumpkin where Hiss hid magnetic tapes. CU Whittaker Chambers and Hiss at the enquiry.



Hiss states of the early 1950s McCarthey witch hunts "Anti-Communism has been the Anti-Semitism of America." He talks about Whittaker Chambers and about a book that is being written about his life. He calls him a "fantasist" and protests his own innocence.



There is footage of President Richard Nixon during his election campaign.



16mm E/C and B/W positive.



Sep. Magnetic Track. 4554 F.
FILM ID:3063.07

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