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Point of Order! is a 1963 American documentary film by Emile de Antonio about the Senate Army–McCarthy hearings of 1954.
Point of Order!: Directed by Emile de Antonio. With John G. Adams, Roy M. Cohn, Ray Jenkins, Joseph McCarthy. An unfiltered, unflinching document of the notorious 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings, compiled entirely from raw TV footage (with no narration, music, or added scenes).
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- Documentary
- Emile de Antonio
- 1964-01-14
Emile de Antonio's searing visual document is an expertly edited compilation of 1954's televised Army-McCarthy hearings, which were famous for bringing down the nefarious junior senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy, after his long, corrosive Communist witch-hunt ruined scores of lives.
Point of Order is a 1964 film directed by Emile de Antonio. It is a documentary about the dramatic Army-McCarthy hearings of 1954.
This editorial condensation of 188 hours of television kinescopes chronicles the United States Senate's Army--McCarthy Hearings, which occupied 36 days between 22 April and 16 June 1954 in the Senate Caucus Room. As the film begins, Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin, chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (known as ...
Point of Order! is a fascinating slice of remembered history. Producers Emile de Antonio and Daniel Talbot have edited miles and miles of the 1954 Army-McCarthy kinescopes into a compact 97-minute Punch-and-Judy political spectacle ending in the pratfall of a demagogue.
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Overview. Point of Order is compiled from TV footage of the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings, in which the Army accused Senator McCarthy of improperly pressuring the Army for special privileges for Private David Schine, formerly of McCarthy's investigative staff.
