________________________ _____________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ Worksheet and Hand-out Fred Friendly Sig Mickelson Bill Paley Edward R. Murrows Don Hollenbeck Shirley Wershba Joe Wershba Palmer Williams Directions: As you watch the movie, answer each of the questionquestionss bbelow.elow. Use additional sheets of paper if necessary.necessary. For your convenience, he questions have been divided up by DVD chapters, certain key terms have been defined and long pieces of dialogue have been included. 1. 1958, Prologue 1. Where and when does the movie start (location, month, day and year)? Why is everyone gathered together? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Words to know ESCAPISM MASS MEDIA The tendency to escape from daily reality or routine by Newspapers, motion pictures, radio, television, and magazines, all of indulging in daydreaming, fantasy, or entertainment. which have the technical capacity to deliver information to millions of people. 2. Are You Now? SCROLLING WORDS “Throughout the 1940s and 1950s America was overwhelmed with concerns about the threat of communism. Senator Joseph McCarthy made a public accusation that more than two hundred “card-carrying” Communists had infiltrated the United States Government. Few in the press were willing to stand up against McCarthy for fear they too would be targeted.” 2. The flashback takes us to…(Give the date, location and the city) __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 3. Isn’t It McCarthy? 3. What is it that the reporters are supposed to sign? What will happen if they don’t? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What is the major new story that Murrows has? What charges brought Murrow’s investigation? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Talking Cost OCTOBER 19, 1953. 5. NEWS REEL Concerning his discharge from the army, what important point does Radulovich make? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What does Ed Murrows want to do on his news program? Why doesn’t CBS want him to do this? What are Friendly and Murrows going to have to do about Alcoa (advertisements)? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Dangerous Waters 7. What is the Air Force saying Radulovich has done? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. NEW REEL What does Radulovich’s lawyer say has happened? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Running the Story 9. What is Air Force Regulation 35-62? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. What does the color ‘yellow’ symbolize? __________________________________________ 2 11. What does the color ‘red’ symbolize? ___________________________________________ 12. Why is Fred Friendly yellow ? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. What does the following quote mean: “We believe the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.” __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Words to know MAO TSE-TUNG 1893–1976, Chinese Communist leader: chairman of the People's Republic of China 1949–59; chairman of the Chinese Communist party 1943–76. 7. Poke with A Stick 14. Why does the movie show us the original Kent cigarette commercial? (Think of at least 2 reasons) __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. Why is Murrows interviewing Liberace? Is Murrows enjoying this interview? How can you tell? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. How is this show, Face to Face , different than See It Now , the show where he interviewed Milo Radulovich? (Think of at least 2 examples) __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. Who is Don Hollenbeck? Why is he upset? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Words to know PINKO 1936, derogatory slang form of pink, used of people whose social or political views "have a tendency toward 'red' (communism) " a metaphor that had existed since at least 1837. 3 8. Their 1 st Shot 18. What have we learned about Murrows from the man who corners Joe Wershba and gives him the manila envelope? Why was this information given to Joe? Is the information true? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 19. Who is Mr. Paley? Why is he mad? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Terror Right Here 20. What do Murrows and Friendly want to make sure their reporter’s haven’t ever done? How is this a witch-hunt? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 21. What is Murrows’ response? ____________________________________________________ 22. What do the reporters at See It Now need to do to prove McCarthy is falsely accusing people? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 23. What is McCarthy doing to people? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Words to know HUAC House Un-American Activities Committee; an investigative committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Originally created in 1938 to inquire into subversive activities in the U.S., it was reestablished in 1945 as the Committee on Un-American Activities, renamed in 1969 as the Committee on Internal Security, and abolished in 1975 10. See You At The Office 24. What type of information do the reporters have on McCarthy? What do they need to do with this information? Why can’t they wait to do this? Why should they wait? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Words to know AVA GARDNER Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress. She is listed as one of the American Film Institute's greatest stars of all time. 11. No Time to Keep Silent 25. What does Paley mean when he says, “I’m with you today Ed. And, I’m with you tomorrow.” __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 26. What are McCarthy’s two scare techniques? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 27. Explain the following quote: “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves…”—Cassius, Julius Caesar I.ii.140-141 __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 28. Summarize the following: No one familiar with the history of his country, can deny that congressional committees are useful. It is necessary to investigate before legislating. But the line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one, and the Junior Senator from Wisconsin has stepped over it repeatedly. His primary achievement has been confusing