War Film Hearings collection

Special Collections
Margaret Herrick Library © 2014


Descriptive Summary

Title: War Film Hearings collection
Date (inclusive): 1941
Collection number: 93
Creator: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Extent: 1 linear feet of papers.
Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages: English

Important Information for Users of the Collection

Access

Available by appointment only.

Publication rights

Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.

Preferred Citation

War Film Hearings collection, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Acquisition Information

Collected by the library, 1941

Biography

The War Film Hearings collection relates to the 1941 Senate Sub-Committee War Film Hearings chaired by Senator D. Worth Clark of Idaho, which investigated whether the film industry was guilty of anti-Nazi bias in its filmmaking efforts.

Collection Scope and Content Summary

The War Film Hearings collection spans the year 1941 and encompasses 1.0 linear foot. The collection consists of newspaper and magazine clippings of the hearings. The collection includes many clippings not found in the Academy published volume, edited by Academy Executive Director Donald Gledhill.

Arrangement

Arranged in the following series: 1. Subject files.

Indexing Terms

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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