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This Longines Chronoscope interview from December 1951 focuses on the issue of McCarthyism and the threat of communism in the United States. Arthur Garfield Hays was co-founder and general c…

This is a 1952 episode of a public affairs interview program called “Longines Chronoscope” which aired on CBS between 1951 and 1955. Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) is the guest. He discussed…

George Meany, secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), appeared on the “Longines Chronoscope” interview program. He talked about his stance on the Taft-Hartley Act and …

Former U.S. Deputy Representative to the United Nations Ernest Gross was interviewed about the state of the peace negotiations to end the Korean War. Other topics included troop contribution…

Senator Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) appeared on the “Longines Chronoscope” interview program. Topics included the growth of communism, President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s foreign policy, and what is…

From 1952, this archival film previews the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Asa Bushnell, Secretary of the U.S. Olympic Committee, is interviewed on a weekly news program aired on CBS c…

Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, a former delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, appeared on the “Longines Chronoscope” interview program. Topics included the United Nations, f…

Representative Frederic Coudert (R-NY) discussed taxes and the House Resolution he introduced to halt federal government spending at seventy one billion dollars. This fifteen minute intervi…

Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) appeared on the “Longines Chronoscope” interview program. Topics included the presidential and senatorial campaigns in Wisconsin, communists in the federal gov…

Egyptian Ambassador to the United States Mohammed Kamil Abdul Rahim appeared on the “Longines Chronoscope” interview program. The ambassador discussed Middle East politics including Egypt’s …

Governor Earl Warren (R-CA) appeared on the “Longines Chronoscope” interview program. Topics include the internal discord in the Republican Party, Governor Warren’s campaign to be the 1952 p…