- Title: F-A2905
- Summary: HUEY LONG: ACTUAL FILM FOOTAGE SHOWS THE CAREER OF HUEY LONG, AMBITIOUS POLITICIAN. LONG USED DEMAGOGIC METHODS & A POWERFUL POLITICAL MACHINE TO DOMINATE LOUISIANA FROM 1928 TO HIS ASSASSINATION IN 1935.
- Description:02:05:15 - HUEY LONG MAKING A SPEECH. PEOPLE LAUGHING. TALKING ABOUT BEING IMPEACHED. 02:05:24 - WELL-DRESSED THEATRE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS 02:06:09 - HUEY LONG SINGING AT OUTDOOR POLITICAL RALLY. 02:06:17 - STADIUM PEOPLE CHEER & WAVE AMERICAN FLAGS. 02:06:23 - CU HUEY LONG SPEAKING. THE SO-CALLED "CHAMPION OF THE COMMON MAN". 02:06:41 - 1930s PEOPLE IN STADIUM LISTEN TO HIS POWERFUL SPEECH. MEN WITH CIGAR STUBS. 02:07:10 - PHOTOS OF THE FAMILY MONTAGE. 02:08:20 - 1920s NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS PARADE AT NIGHT. 02:08:24 - THE ROARING 20s: BLACK JAZZ BAND 02:08:28 - WILD DANCING. 02:08:37 - CU MAN PEEKING THROUGH JUDAS WINDOW. "JOE SENT ME" SEEKING ENTRY TO SPEAKEASY. PEEPHOLE. 02:08:39 - CU ROULETTE WHEEL. GAMBLING 02:08:42 - ECU CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE POPPED OPEN, POURING CHAMPAGNE. 02:08:47 - 1920s NEW ORLEANS BAND IN COSTUMES. 02:08:52 - WILD JAZZ PARTY. 02:09:00 - BLACK SOUTHERN COTTON PICKERS BENT OVER IN FIELD HARVESTING CROPS. PICKING COTTON 02:09:06 - CU PAN POOR FARMERS, FARM FAMILIES. REDNECK FARMERS 02:09:17 - OLD MAN FEEDS CHICKEN. FARMYARD ANIMALS. 02:09:19 - FARMER AND SON IN CORN FIELDS, CARRY EARS OF CORN 02:09:21 - POOR HUSBAND LEAVES SHACK-HOME. WAVES GOODBYE, GOES TO WORK 02:09:25 - POOR WHITE SOUTHERN FAMILIES LIVING IN ONE ROOM SHACKS. POOR FARM FAMILIES. 02:09:32 - CU HUEY LONG'S FATHER. SPEAKING (MOS) 02:09:44 - CUTTING WOOD WITH TWO-MAN SAW. TANDEM SAW 02:09:47 - HUEY LONG IN COVERALLS CHOPPING WOOD, SPLITTING WOOD, STACKING CUT WOOD 02:10:01 - CU HUEY LONG IN SUIT AS COMMISSIONER IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. 02:10:09 - POV UNDER DERRICK WITH MACHINERY DROPPING HEAD ON OIL DERRICKS. OIL FIELD. 02:10:28 - PAN AUDIENCE. 02:10:34 - 1928: HUEY LONG RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA GIVES ANIMATED SPEECH USING FISTS TO EMPHASIZE POINTS. 02:11:16 - CU LATE 1920s AUDIENCE OUTDOORS LISTENING. 02:11:22 - HUEY LONG ON WHISTLE STOP CAMPAIGN. 02:11:25 - CROWD WAVES 02:11:28 - HUEY POSES IN FRONT OF TRAIN WITH TRAIN ENGINEER 02:11:34 - ECU TRAIN WHEELS, 02:11:35 - HS TRAIN MOVING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF MASSIVE CROWD PEOPLE FILL UP TRACKS AFTER TRAIN DEPARTS. 02:11:40 - POV ON CABOOSE, BOYS RUNNING BEHIND TRAIN 02:11:44 - CONSTRUCTION OF STEEL BRIDGE. PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM. 02:11:47 - WORKERS TOSSING RED HOT RIVETS 02:11:54 - STILLS MONTAGE 02:12:16 - LOUISIANA CONGRESS 02:12:20 - HUEY LONG "THE KING FISH" GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA 02:12:29 - 1930: HUEY LONG ON SENATE CAMPAIGN TRAIL 02:12:42 - SHAKING HANDS 02:12:49 - GOVERNOR OSCAR "OK" ALLEN, REPLACED LONG. 02:12:54 - GOVERNOR ALLEN POSING WITH LONG. 02:13:03 - PRESIDENT OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY DR. JAMES SMITH GETS OFF EASTERN AIRLINES PLANE. 02:13:17 - EARL LONG, HUEY'S BROTHER PETTING HORSE. WIPES SWEAT WITH BANDANA 02:13:27 - EARL LONG IN WHITE SUIT 02:13:44 - HUEY LONG IN BAR WITH CRONIES TAKES A DRINK, DRINKING. TALKS ABOUT HIS GRANDFATHER 02:13:48 - BARTENDER SHAKING-MIXING DRINK 02:14:27 - WORKERS IN SUITS LINED UP, PICKING UP CHECKS 02:14:33 - ROAD CREW DIGGING ROADS WITH SHOVELS & PICKS. 02:14:39 - HUGE CROWD WATCH MEN IN SUITS AT CEREMONY 02:14:47 - RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR OPENING OF NEW ROAD. HUGE CROWD GATHERED 02:14:52 - CROWDS MOVE THROUGH CARS WAITING FOR ROAD TO OPEN 02:14:57 - PAN MASSIVE CROWDS WATCHING HUEY LONG IN PARADE THROUGH BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 1930s. 02:15:10 - LOUSIANA STATE UNIVERSITY BUILDING. CROWD OUTSIDE HUGE BUILDING 02:15:20 - LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME. 02:15:23 - HUEY LONG SINGING AT GAME IN STANDS 02:15:36 - CROWD STANDS UP & WAVES FLAGS 02:15:52 - SENATOR HUEY LONG SPEAKING, REPORTERS WRITING ON NOTE PADS 02:16:03 - MONTAGE LOUISIANA MAYOR WOLMSLEY ?SP 02:16:14 - CITY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING INTERIOR 02:16:18 - WOLMSLEY'S CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS 02:16:22 - HUEY LONG WALKS TOWARD CAMERA, STOPS. 02:16:31 - HUEY LONG GIVES SPEECH, BANGING FISTS FOR EMPHASIS. 02:16:46 - MAYOR WOLMSLEY GIVING POLITICAL SPEECH. CUTS BACK & FORTH WITH HUEY LONE SPEECH. CAMPAIGNING. 02:17:37 - NATIONAL GUARD MARCHES IN NEW ORLEANS, SETS UP IN GOVERNMENT BUILDING. 02:17:50 - MAYOR'S BATTALION, MEN IN SUITS WITH MACHINE GUNS TOMMY GUNS, JUMP OFF THE BACK OF A TRUCK, RUN INTO CITY HALL. 02:18:00 - MEN IN SUITS WEARING GAS MASKS IN LINE PICK UP MACHINE GUNS & AIM. POISED FOR WARFARE. 02:18:04 - ANTI-LONG, ARMED CITIZENS OF THE SQUARE DEAL ASSOCIATION FILL UP STEPS OF GOVERNMENT BUILDING. 02:18:08 - HUEY LONG HOLDS UP "EVERY MAN A KING" LYRIC SHEET. PIANO PLAYER & HUEY SING SONG 02:19:19 - HUEY LONG GIVES POWERFUL SPEECH ABOUT 1936 PRESIDENTIAL RACE. 3RD PARTY CHOICE. SHAKING FISTS IN EMPHASIS 02:19:51 - LONG GIVES "SHARE-THE-WEALTH PROGRAM" SPEECH 02:20:32 - MONTAGE LONG SUPPORTERS, BLACK AND WHITE CITIZENS 02:20:47 - SMALL TOWN MEN READING NEWSPAPER IN FRONT OF GENERAL STORE 02:20:49 - WOMEN SIT IN GARDEN READING 02:20:50 - MAN-ON-THE-STREET INTERVIEWED ABOUT LONG 02:21:30 - GASSAWAY GETS ONTO HORSE, GALLOPS AWAY FROM CAPITOL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, DC 02:21:39 - PERCY GASSAWAY, OKLAHOMA CONGRESSMAN ON HORSEBACK AT THE CAPITOL BUILDING GIVES PRESS CONFERENCE ON HORSEBACK. ODD, UNUSUAL SPEECHES. ANTI-LONG SPEECH 02:22:16 - HUEY LONG HITS BAND MEMBER OVER THE HEAD WITH A VIOLIN, VIOLIN SMASHES. 02:22:24 - FEMALE BAND LEADER INA RAYE HUTTON SINGS LONG'S SONG "EVERY MAN A KING". LONG LOOKS ON 02:22:53 - HUEY LONG CONDUCTS TO HIMSELF 02:23:04 - CU FDR. ROOSEVELT RIDING ON CABOOSE, WHISTLE STOP CAMPAIGN. 02:23:30 - LONG GIVING SPEECH, SEPTEMBER, 1935 (MOS) 02:23:50 - NATIONAL GUARDSMEN AT THE LOUISIANA STATE CAPITOL ARMED CAMP. 02:24:04 - HUEY LONG SPEAKING. FLASH BULB EXPLODES. EVERYONE LAUGHS. 02:24:34 - CROWD APPLAUDS 02:24:55 - CU DR. CARL WEISS & WIFE 02:25:03 - TILT DOWN LOUISIANA CAPITOL BUILDING, BATON ROUGE 02:25:12 - INTERIOR LEGISLATIVE MEETING. 02:25:33 - LOUISIANA CAPITOL BUILDING. FLAG AT HALF MAST 02:25:43 - SENATE STANDS FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER IN LONG'S MEMORY. BANGS GAVEL SENATE ADJOURNED 02:26:07 - LONG SNAKING LINE OF MOURNERS WAITING TO PAY RESPECTS TO HUEY LONG. 02:26:22 - WOMAN LEAVE FUNERAL CRYING 02:26:31 - MOURNERS FILE SLOWLY PAST THE COFFIN OF HUEY LONG. 02:26:41 - PALL BEARERS CARRY CASKET 02:26:50 - CROWD OUTSIDE CAPITOL BUILDING
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1920
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: F-A2905