Algar Hiss Interview (1970)

Footage of Alger Hiss being interviewed intercut with older footage from the 1950s when he was accused of being a Communist spy. Colour and Black and White. Colour footage of Alger Hiss being interviewed intercut with older footage from the 1950s when he was accused of being a Communist spy. Algar Hiss denies being either a spy or a Communist. GV the American UnAmerican Activities enquiry where it was declared by Whittaker Chambers that Alger Hiss was a Communist spy. Shots of President Richard Nixon examining a hollowed out pumpkin where Hiss hid magnetic tapes. CU Whittaker Chambers and Hiss at the enquiry. Hiss states of the early 1950s McCarthey witch hunts AntiCommunism has been the AntiSemitism of He talks about Whittaker Chambers and about a book that is being written about his life. He calls him a fantasist and protests his own innocence. There is footage of President Richard Nixon during his election campaign. 16mm E, C and B, W positive. Sep. Magnetic Trac