- Title: F-A2906
- Summary: JOSEPH MCCARTHY: DEPICTS THE LIFE OF JOSEPH MCCARTHY FROM HIS BOYHOOD TO HIS DEATH, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FOUR YEARS HE WAS IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT AS A SENATOR. INDICATES THE EXTENT OF HIS EDUCATION AND HOW HE ENTERED POLITICS, HIGHLIGHTING HIS YEARS AS A POLITICIAN. BRIEFLY DEPICTS HIS HOME LIFE AND MENTIONS HIS DEATH.
- Description:00:00:04 - MCCARTHY MAKES A SPEECH ABOUT EXPOSING TRAITORS OF THIS COUNTRY. 00:02:27 - COMMITTEE SPEECH. HUAC, HOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE, MCCARTHYISM, COMMUNIST WITCH HUNT. 00:03:16 - PHOTO OF JOE AS A CHILD AND ON UP. 00:04:25 - I WANT YOU UNCLE SAM POSTER. 00:04:32 - PHOTOS OF HIM AS PILOT. 00:04:47 - MCCARTHY AS WISCONSIN SENATOR. LATE 1940s. ENTERS BUILDING GIVES PEACE SYMBOL. 00:05:13 - 1950. PEOPLE AT POLITICAL LUNCH, SITTING AT TABLES, LISTEN TO MCCARTHY STATE DEPT. INFESTED WITH COMMUNIST SPEECH, MOS. 00:05:41 - NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS. PUSHING TO TAKE PICTURES. 00:05:58 - OWEN LATTIMORE CASE. RUSSIAN SPY. LATTIMORE DENIES BEING A COMMUNIST AT HEARING. LATTIMORE WITH WIFE LEAVING COURT. SOF 00:08:14 - MCCARTHY GETTING OFF AIRPLANE. IN 1950s LIMO 00:08:32 - TRUMAN SHAKES HANDS WITH DEAN ACHESON AS HE GETS OFF PLANE. 00:08:47 - MONTAGE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GEORGE MARSHALL. 00:09:02 - TRUMAN MAKES SPEECH ABOUT MCCARTHY'S CHARACTER ASSASSINATION. SOF. 00:09:43 - MCCARTHY "ONE COMMUNIST TOO MANY" SPEECH AT POLITICAL RALLY. 1952 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. 00:10:48 - IKE PLACARDS AT TRAIN STATION. CROWD. IKE ON BACK OF TRAIN POLITICKING WITH MCCARTHY. WHISTLE STOP CAMPAIGN. PEOPLE APPLAUDING. 00:11:26 - MCCARTHY AS SENATOR ARRIVING AT HALL, TAKES OFF JACKET, READY TO SPEAK. 00:11:48 - CU HAND PULLING FILE OUT OF FILE FOLDER. 1953. SENATORS. SENATE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. 00:12:19 - EXTERIOR CAPITOL BUILDING. 00:12:26 - GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL HANDING OUT PAPERS. 00:12:31 - MCCARTHY'S WEDDING. CHURCH. BRIDE. JEAN KERR. RICHARD NIXON AND PAT ARRIVE. CUTTING WEDDING CAKE. 00:13:05 - ROBERT STEVENS, SECRETARY OF THE ARMY. INVESTIGATING THE ARMY. MCCARTHY SPEAKS, SOF. GROUP LAUGHING. CONFLICT WITH THE ARMY. STEVENS SPEAKS, SOF. FOLLOWED BY MCCARTHY. 00:15:01 - THE PRESS. TV CAMERAS AND FILM CAMERAS. SENATE SUB-COMMITTEE HEARINGS. G. DAVID SCHINE IS DRAFTED. CAMERA LIGHTS SET UP. DEMOCRATIC SENATOR. ARGUE WITH JOE. STUART SIMINGTON. TALKING AT THE SAME TIME. ARGUING ABOUT SIGNING A LETTER. ARMY ATTORNEY JOSEPH WELSH. MCCARTHY WITH POINTER AND MAP OF THE U.S. FILMING THE HEARING. 00:20:44 - MCCARTHY SURROUNDED BY REPORTERS. 00:20:52 - CAPITOL BUILDING AT NIGHT. 00:21:00 - SENATE MEETING, TRUMAN. DOOR CLOSES ON SENATORS. 00:21:15 - NOVEMBER 1954. SENATE WANTS TO CENSURE MCCARTHY. 00:21:42 - MCCARTHY WITH HIS ARM IN A SLING AT PRESS CONFERENCE. SOF. TALKS ABOUT BEING CENSURED 00:22:40 - IKE AND MAMIE EISENHOWER SOCIAL GATHERING OUTDOORS, PICNIC. IKE EATS. 00:22:53 - CU MCCARTHY SPEAKING, MOS. LISTENING AT HEARINGS 00:23:21 - 1957 MCCARTHY WITH ADOPTED BABY GIRL TIERNEY. ELIZABETH GIVES BABY A BOTTLE. 00:23:51 - MAY 2, 1957. MCCARTHY'S FUNERAL. LOW ANGLE SHOT OF CAPITOL DOME. U.S. AIR FORCE PLANE. VETERANS SALUTE. FUNERAL PROCESSION. MILITARY FUNERAL. PALL BEARERS CARRY CASKET UP STEPS 00:24:04 - PLANE BRINGS CASKET TO MCCARTHY'S HOME TO WISCONSIN. PEOPLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS MOTORCADE GOES BY.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-A2906