This Universal newsreel focuses on HUAC and the Hollywood blacklist. Washington, D.C.: Hearings begin before the House Un-American Activities Committee regarding charges of Communist infiltration in Hollywood. Chairman J. Parnell Thomas outlines the scope of the probe, while Eric Johnston, head of the M.P.A., denies the threat of Communist influence and states that the Reds will never succeed in Hollywood.

"A cutting-edge look into a pivotal moment in U.S. history: McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists during the 1950's Red Scare. At the cusp of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. As Senator Joe McCarthy took up this mantle to hunt down "communists" in the U.S., citizens grew terrified of being accused, so they turned on each other--pointing fingers at neighbors,...

A semidocumentary of the year-long struggle by Chicano zinc miners in New Mexico striking against unsafe working conditions. When an injunction is issued against the workers from picketing, the wives take up battle with a fury, leaving the husbands to care for home and children. They finally overcome the forces of the mine owner and the law that backs them up.