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 Un-American 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 “Anti-Communism has been the Anti-Semitism of America.“ 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