Word: newsreelers
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...pictorial indictment of law enforcing agencies," the Paramount newsreel of the Republic Steel massacre in Chicago (TIME, July 12) was shown to ranking Manhattan police officers at a "command performance" by Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine. Said the Commissioner: "We don't want any shooting here...
...massacre last week in a tingling series of hearings. For nearly a month Senator La Follette had been building for this climax. All through the week a big screen and projection machine reminded audiences in the Senate Caucus Room that the finale was to be the suppressed Paramount newsreel of the riot outside the Republic Steel plant which cost the lives of ten men (TIME, June...
...last day of the hearings Senator La Follette had the Caucus Room darkened just before luncheon, showed the Paramount newsreel to a crowd of 700, including delegations of Senators and Congressmen. The audience was on the edge of its chairs. First the entire film was shown. On the second showing the first few scenes were run off at normal speed, the rest of the action at half speed with occasional stops to let the worst shots sink...
...after the personal testimony the newsreel was almost an anticlimax. Still shots used in the hearings had been sharper than the cinema versions...
...Cover the War (Universal). Newsreel cameramen abducted by rebellious desert chieftains in Arabia...