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Hollywood Blacklist
Ring Lardner, Jr. on Being One of the Hollywood Ten

  By Witnify • November 25, 2013 Uncategorized
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Screenwriter Ring Lardner, Jr. recalls what it was like to testify in front of the House Committee on Un-American Activities and explains what life was like as one of the Hollywood Ten.
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Tagged   Arts and Culture, Communism, Film, Hollywood Blacklist, Protest, TV
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Hollywood Blacklist
Cast & Crew Recall Their Time on the Hollywood Blacklist

  By Witnify • November 25, 2013 Uncategorized
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Hollywood actors and crew members discuss what it was like to be on the Hollywood Blacklist and how being identified as communists changed their careers. Continue reading

Tagged   Arts and Culture, Communism, Film, Hollywood Blacklist, Political Scandals, Protest, TV
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Hollywood Blacklist
Herbert Biberman Speaks to the House Committee on Un-American Activities

  By Witnify • November 25, 2013 Uncategorized
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Watch director and screenwriter Herbert Biberman attempt to give his testimony to the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Continue reading

Tagged   Arts and Culture, Communism, Film, Hollywood Blacklist, Protest, TV
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Actress Betty Garrett on the Hollywood Blacklist

  By Witnify • November 25, 2013 Uncategorized
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Actress Betty Garrett recalls what her husband, Larry Parks, went through as an actor on the Hollywood Blacklist and how it affected their lives. Continue reading

Tagged   Arts and Culture, Communism, Film, Hollywood Blacklist, Protest, TV
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Fall of the Berlin Wall: ‘I Cried. It’s Quite Simple’

  By Ben Nussbaum • August 22, 2013 Uncategorized
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A West Berlin man talks about daily life and the mixing of East and West in the immediate aftermath of the fall of the wall. Continue reading

Tagged   Berlin Wall, Communism, Politics and History
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Germans Discuss Their Memories of That Moment in 1989

  By Ben Nussbaum • August 22, 2013 Uncategorized
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Residents of East Germany and West Germany recall their feelings when the wall came down in 1989. Continue reading

Tagged   Berlin Wall, Communism, Politics and History
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Footage of David Hasselhoff Performing on Berlin Wall

  By Ben Nussbaum • August 22, 2013 Uncategorized
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Curiously, David Hasselhoff had a huge hit in West Germany in 1989 with a song called "Looking for Freedom." He performed it on the remains of the wall a few weeks after it came down. Continue reading

Tagged   1980s, Berlin Wall, Communism, historical footage, Politics and History, Pop Music
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Berlin Wall
Anthony Suau, Time Photographer, Recalls Taking Iconic Images

  By Ben Nussbaum • August 22, 2013 Uncategorized
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Anthony Suau describes his experiences as the wall fell and joyous Berliners celebrated. He also recalls seeing a nearby village reunited as East Berliners crossed a bridge that had separated the nations. Continue reading

Tagged   Berlin Wall, Communism, Politics and History
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Berlin Wall
Tom Brokaw Live From Berlin

  By Ben Nussbaum • August 22, 2013 Uncategorized
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With revelers behind him, Tom Brokaw, the first American broadcaster on the scene, reports on the fall of the wall. Continue reading

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‘The First Thing We Heard Was This Sort of Tap, Tap, Tap Sound’

  By Witnify • August 1, 2013 Uncategorized
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Art Harman traveled to Berlin with three friends to watch the wall fall and returned to America with 1,000 pounds of rubble to sell. Continue reading

Tagged   Berlin Wall, Communism, People, Politics and History, Protest
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