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Point Of Order!
''Point of Order!'' is a 1964 in film, 1964 American documentary film by Emile de Antonio, about the United States Senate, Senate Army–McCarthy hearings of 1954. Background The Army–McCarthy hearings came about when the United States Army, Army accused Senator Joseph McCarthy of improperly pressuring the Army for special privileges for Private G. David Schine, formerly of McCarthy's investigative staff. McCarthy counter-charged that the Army was holding Schine hostage to keep him from searching for Communists in the Army. The hearings were broadcast live on television in their entirety and also recorded via kinescope. This film was created from those kinescope recordings. Synopsis The film uses selections from the hearings to show the overall development of the trial, beginning with introductions from several main participants, such as Joseph N. Welch and McCarthy. Each participant is shown in a still image with a brief audio recording, except for McCarthy, who is introduced w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emile De Antonio
Emile Francisco de Antonio (May 14, 1919 – December 15, 1989) was an American director and producer of documentary films, usually detailing political, social, and counterculture events circa 1960s–1980s. He has been referred to by Randolph Lewis as, "…the most important political filmmaker in the United States during the Cold War." Early life De Antonio was born in 1919 in the coal-mining town of Scranton, Pennsylvania. His father, Emilio de Antonio, an Italian immigrant, fostered the lifelong interests of Antonio by passing on his own love for philosophy, classical literature, history and the arts. He attended Harvard University alongside future president John F. Kennedy. Despite this, De Antonio was familiar with the working class experience, making his living at various points in his life as a peddler, a book editor, and the captain of a river barge (among other duties). He would later go on to make a film about Kennedy's assassination called '' Rush to Judgment'' (196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |