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The Trials of Alger Hiss

Title
The Trials of Alger Hiss [motion picture] / John Lowenthal.
Publication
New York : Corinth, 1979.

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Additional Authors
Lowenthal, John.
Description
4 film reels (166 min.) : sd. col.; 16 mm.
Summary
Examines the controversial trial of Alger Hiss, a former State Department official convicted of stealing government documents for a Communist spy ring. Interviews with participants of the 1949/50 trials, including members of Congress, witnesses, prosecutors, jurors and Hiss himself, are intercut with newsreel footage of the period.
Subject
  • Hiss, Alger
  • United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953
  • United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
Credits (note)
  • Producer, director, John Lowenthal.
Title
The Trials of Alger Hiss [motion picture] / John Lowenthal.
Imprint
New York : Corinth, 1979.
Credits
Producer, director, John Lowenthal.
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Lowenthal, John.
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M16 2628 T
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