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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220991-01
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1935
Country: USA
Location:
TC Begins: 04:00:04
TC Ends: 04:08:57
Duration: 00:08:53
Huey Long Staged Reconstruction, rel. US 19Apr35? Group of men in men’s room / toilets in Gentleman’s club. Actor Walter Baldwin impersonates Huey Long having heated discussion / argument with others. Group standing in circle - shots of feet only as scuffle / fight breaks out - feet stamp on book. Medal inscribed w/ ‘By Public Acclaim for a Deed Done in Private - Sands Point Aug. 26 1933’. Sequence repeated. 04:02:02 Men and women in evening dress seated at tables in small-town nightclub; entrance to Gents visible. Door marked Gentlemen, man enters. 04:03:12 Interior everyday office scenes; law firm?; many women round large desk sorting through papers. Boxes. Man enters waiting room. Other people in waiting room. 04:04:09 Man in office / secretary to Huey Long speaks into dictaphone recording device re Old Age Pension bill. Man looks though letters piled on desk; on telephone. Group of women round desk sort letters, place in boxes. Male secretary comes in, takes some letters. Line of women working at typewriters. 04:06:50 Sign ‘We Regret We Cannot Receive Visitors Today’. CU crested medal, turns to reveal motto. INT mens room w/ CUs paper towels ‘Sands Point Club’. Sign on door ‘Mr Long’ with ‘We Regret We Cannot Receive Visitors Today’ underneath. Share Our Wealth Scheme. Depression. Economics. Prohibition? 1930s.