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American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- Operation Correction (Part II)
- Year
- 1961
- Abstract
- In May 1960, students and progressive activists opposed to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) demonstrated when HUAC held hearings in San Francisco's City Hall. San Francisco police turned firehoses on the demonstrators, washing them down the main staircase of City Hall, and the resultant publicity did much to engender the social consciousness of the 1960s. HUAC sympathizers produced a film, "Operation Abolition," condemning the demonstrators as Communist-inspired activists. The ACLU produced this film as a rejoinder to and critique of "Operation Abolition," incorporating many of its sequences and disputing its distortions.
- Notes
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Produced: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California
Sponsor: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California
Run Time: 22:05
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W - Keyword
- Social issues: 1960s;Civil rights;San Francisco: Political activity;Civil rights;San Francisco: Political activity
- Theme
- He Said You Said
- Review
-
Quite an interesting historical piece narrated by a ACLU spokesperson (with a single piece of paper) about the hosing down of people as they were protesting the HUAC meetings in San Fransisco in 1960. The goverment made a film calling the protesters 'communists'. The ACLU has responded, and made this film, attempting to refute the claims made by the government.
Although it's next to impossible to gauge who's right in all of this, it's quite interesting to see the ACLU point fingers at the government for making a biased film, when they're making one themselves. No doubt edited down to make the ACLU look good, it's also interesting to note how the ACLU distances themselves from certain individuals they themselves see as 'Communists'. I mean, how ACLU is that?
(Reviewer: Spuzz) - Location
- A/V room, 2/F