Communist Leaders Go On Trial (1949)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown. Communist leaders go on trial. New York in the United States of America. Exterior view of the Federal Court in New York with people seen on pavement outside. LS Interior view of the Communists seated and facing a battery of cameras. MV Posed shot of the eleven Communist leaders: Robert Thompson, Henry Winston, Eugene Dennis, Gus Hall, John Williamson, Jack Stachel, Irving Potash, Carl Winter, Benjamin Davis, John Gates, Gilbert Green. CU Pan along the group. LS Pan from the Federal Court building to line of pickets. MS Line of pickets. CU Man in line carrying baby. CU Cameraman. CU Picket holding up copy of the Daily Worker with protest headline. MS Police ushering a picket away. CU Pan along picket line. One man sticks tongue out. LS Line of pickets with police in foreground. Note: American newsreel item. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES