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Archive - October 20th 2022, 75 Years Since House Un-American Activities Committee Investigates Hollywood 

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The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives created to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having either fascist or communist ties.

In 1947, the committee held nine days of hearings into alleged communist propaganda and influence in the Hollywood motion picture industry. After conviction on contempt of Congress charges for refusal to answer some questions posed by committee members, "The Hollywood Ten" were... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1946

USA. New York City. 1947. Dorothy PARKER. 

Dennis Stock 1951

USA. New York City. 1951. Protesters outside the trial of accused... 

Eve Arnold 1952

USA. IIlinois. Chicago. Senator Joe McCarthy speaks at the Republican... 

Elliott Erwitt 1953

USA. 1953. American journalist Edward R. MURROW. 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1953

FRANCE. Alpes-Maritimes. Cannes. 1953. The opening ceremony of... 

David Seymour 1953

Peter Lorre (left) and Humphrey Bogart film "Beat the Devil",... 

Elliott Erwitt 1953

USA. Washington D.C. 1953. Demonstrator during the trial of Julius... 

Elliott Erwitt 1953

U.S.A. New York. 1953. Rosenberg trial. 

Elliott Erwitt 1953

USA. Washington D.C. 1953. Demonstrators during the trial of... 

Eve Arnold 1953

Written by Miller, the play condemned the histeria of the McCarthy... 

Elliott Erwitt 1953

USA. Hoboken, New Jersey. 1953. American actor Marlon BRANDO... 

Erich Hartmann 1954

USA. Washington D.C. 1954. Joseph N. WELCH, special councel for... 

Erich Hartmann 1954

USA. Washington, D.C. 1954. Senator Joseph MCCARTHY is sworn... 

Erich Hartmann 1954

USA. Washington, D.C. 1954. Army-McCarthy hearings.

Dennis Stock 1954

USA. Filming of "The Caine Mutiny" by Edward DMYTRYK, here with... 

Philippe Halsman 1954

USA. 1954. Singer and actress Lena HORNE.
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Philippe Halsman 1954

1954. American television show host Ed SULLIVAN. 
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Eve Arnold 1954

USA. Washington D.C. Roy Cohn and Senator McCarthy. 1954. 

Elliott Erwitt 1956

USA. New York. 1956. Alger HISS. 

Bruce Davidson 1958

USA. New York City. 1958. Aaron COPLAND conducting at Carnegie... 

Burt Glinn 1959

Otto Preminger, director of "Exodus", sparked controversy by... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1960

Sviatoslav RICHTER, Soviet pianist and Leonard BERNSTEIN, US... 

Constantine Manos 1961

USA. 1961. American journalist Edward R. MURROW.

Eve Arnold 1961

USA. Harlem, NYC. 1961. Photographer Alan Lomax making black... 

Inge Morath 1963

USA. 1963. Elia KAZAN. 

Inge Morath 1962

USA. Washington D.C. 1962. Arthur MILLER and his lawyer Joseph... 

Inge Morath 1963

USA. 1963. Arthur MILLER and Elia KAZAN. 

Cornell Capa © International Center of Photography 1964

USA. 1964. Novelist Ayn RAND.

Bruce Davidson 1965

USA. Beacon, New York. 1965. Pete SEEGER with his banjo at his... 

Nicolas Tikhomiroff 1967

Orson WELLES at the editing table (Steinbeck) during the making... 

Nicolas Tikhomiroff 1967

Shooting of the film : Dead Reckoning. Yugoslavia. Dalmatian... 

Constantine Manos 1970

USA. 1970. Conductor Leonard BERNSTEIN. 
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