The Trials of Alger Hiss
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Alger Hiss was one of FDR's aides who served on the United States delegation at the Yalta Conference at the end of World War II. During the anti-Communism era that followed, Hiss was targeted by Whittaker Chambers, a former Communist Party member who had become a senior editor at Time Magazine. Cham
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John Lowenthal
Director
Alger Hiss
John Lowenthal
Gussie Feinstein
Robert E Stripling
F Edward Hebert
Film Details
Also Known As
Trials of Alger Hiss
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1979
Production Company
History On Film Company
Distribution Company
Bufc Higher Education Film & Video Library; History On Film Company
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 46m
Synopsis
Alger Hiss was one of FDR's aides who served on the United States delegation at the Yalta Conference at the end of World War II. During the anti-Communism era that followed, Hiss was targeted by Whittaker Chambers, a former Communist Party member who had become a senior editor at Time Magazine. Chambers accused Hiss of being a Communist while working for the US government and although Hiss denied it, he was tried twice and served time in prison. The cases are examined through archival footage and interviews with many of those who were involved.
Director
John Lowenthal
Director
Cast
Alger Hiss
John Lowenthal
Gussie Feinstein
Robert E Stripling
F Edward Hebert
Nathan Witt
Raymond S Catlett
Richard M Nixon
O Edmund Clubb
Ralph Detoledano
Whittaker Chambers
Malcolm Cowley
Samuel Krieger
Reverend John F Cronin
Harold Rosenwald
Jerome Doyle
Claudie M Catlett
Isaac Don Levine
David Zablodowsky
Vincent H Shaw
Ramos C Feeham
Harold Shapero
Perry M Catlett
Burnetta P Catlett
Crew
Steven L Alexander
Cinematographer
Charles A. Bangert
Camera Operator
Richard Brick
Production Manager
Richard Brick
Sound
Iris Cahn
Assistant Editor
Francis Daniel
Sound
Mona Davis
Production Assistant
Emile De Antonio
Technical Consultant
John P Feher
Assistant Editor
Kenneth Fink
Camera Assistant
Robert Funk
Sound
Adam Giffard
Cinematographer
Edward Gray
Other
Johanna Heer
Camera Assistant
Marion Kraft
Editor
Susan Lazarus
Assistant Editor
Vic Losick
Cinematographer
John Lowenthal
Screenwriter
John Lowenthal
Producer
William G Markle
Cinematographer
Douglas Maxwell
Camera Assistant
Maggi O'bryan
Production Assistant
Mark D Obenhaus
Cinematographer
Deborah Staats
Production Assistant
Justus Taylor
Camera Assistant
Richard Vorisek
Sound Department
Ron Yoshida
Sound
Film Details
Also Known As
Trials of Alger Hiss
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1979
Production Company
History On Film Company
Distribution Company
Bufc Higher Education Film & Video Library; History On Film Company
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 46m
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16mm
b&w
5950 feet
