Reds March On Washington

Reds March On Washington 23Feb50? MS “Reds” picketing in front of Department of Justice w/ vars banners protesting conviction of Communists - Smith Act trials? Police stand guard. MS Civil Rights Sec. William Patterson, Mrs John Gates and defence lawyer O John Rogge. 02:00:47 EXT NYC court house; photographers on steps; Davis and others enter; CU reporters on steps make notes. CU man w/ pamphlet: ‘Not 12 men on trial...but EVERYBODY!’ LS crowds outside court house. Judge Medina on steps. MCU men w/ 16mm eyemo cameras. INT three prosecuting attorneys. MS Chief Prosecutor Gerson at microphone makes statement that trial affects rights of all. 02:02:21 Pan across 11 defendants. CU communist Henry Forbes; EXT building w/ ‘Freiheit’ sign; EXT drugstore w/ sign on upper storey ‘Communist Party Center: Chelsea & Waterfront Sections’. MS and CU sign above restaurant ‘Henry Forbes Lower East Side Center Communist Party 201 Second Avenue’. ‘East Midtown Communist Party’. Forbes speaking. HUAC; Anti-Communism; Witch hunts; 1950; Cold War; Anti-Communist;