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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 7
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film to substantiate the circumstances implied in the
scenes. For example, in the scene which purports to show
F.D.R. signing the recognition of Russia, it is clearly
former President NOOSLVELT who appears in the scene, but
whether he is actually signing the official egrcement
recognizing the U.S.S.R. cannot be told from thc scene
itself but is so doscribed by the commentary. Furthermore,
wnile the film does show Mrs. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT addressing
a group of young people, it is the accompanying commentary (uy)
whicn describcs the group as a groun of youns Communist
Leazuers oe. ;
T-1 advised that the film itself runs 120 minutes,
and thet the comnentary which accomoanies the film on the
sound treck was done by Mr, MYRON C, FAGAN himself. The
general theme of the picture purports to show the Government
pampering of Communists in the United States and the
appeasement of STALIN during the ROOSEVELT and TRUMAN regimes
in the United States. The film tells of the formation of
the Communist Party in the United States, the Communist
methods of causing internal strifo, and the pitting of
race agcinst race, To cmphasis this, the picture shows
sccnes of race wars in the United States, as well eas the
Communist methods of brecding dissatisfaction in the
United States.
Former President ROOSFVELT is shown to be a ~
‘ sick man at Yalta, ond ALGER EISS as "running the show."
The picturo was critical of General GEORGE MARSHALLts
"selling out" to the Chinese Communists. Mr. ROOSEVELTts
recognition of Russia is shown, as well es scenes of the -
Spenish Civil War. ?
During the film, the commentator gives ca discourse
on Communist infiltration of Hollywood, stating that SIDNEY
JILLNAN had given WILLI SENBERG (vossibly means
RG) $1,000,000 to start the Communist Red propaganda
vuspaign in Hollywood. This was done beccuse the Kremlin
had recognized the potentialities of the film meeting for
the imolementation of Red propaganda. In one of the scenes,
the Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee of Arts,
Sciences, and Professions in Hollywood was displayed. FAGAN, -
in his herration on the sound track, states that the HICCASP
43 the same organization which recently sent 2 bonquet of
flajiolss to thc Communist Red Chinese delegation which
ferred wor
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