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SUPREME COURT, THE

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Title: SUPREME COURT, THE
File Number: AFP-29R 16mm
Color: B W
Type: Educational
Year: 01/01/1954
Description: B W 1954 Traces historical development of exercise of judicial review by the Supreme Court, uses dramatized scenes to show the significance of Chief Justice Marshall's establishment of judicial review in the Marbury-Madison case & the controversial Dred Scott decision Lincoln's relationship to the Court thru government by martial law & executive decree, the nullification of some New Deal measures & the attempt to 'pack' the Court, & the gradual emergence of a more liberal POV thru normal turnover of personnel Indicates constitutional provisions for the Supreme COurt, its jurisdiction, the nature of unconstitutional acts & the paths by which cases reach the Court (EFL) 00:29:54:00 B W 1954 - MS - Newsboy on street sells papers with headline of a Supreme Court decision on Court Kills NRA and Codes 00:30:13:00 B W 1954 - MS - Men heatedly discussing a court case 00:30:25:00 B W 1954 - MS - Newspaper reporters on telephone with scoops 00:30:55:00 B W 1954 - WS - The Supreme Court building with PAN into the INT the court 00:31:13:00 B W 1954 - MS - The supreme court bench with empty chairs of the justices with PAN around the courtroom 00:32:01:00 B W 1954 - MS - Retrospective of court's history with period piece dramatizations extending from John Marshall onwards includes recreation of Abraham Lincoln taking the oath of office as President, and Lincoln cabinet meeting 00:41:45:00 B W 1954 - MS - Recreation and dramatization of the NRA case of 1936 00:44:52:00 B W 1954 - MS - FDR speaks before Congress 00:45:48:00 B W 1954 - WS - Repeat of the Supreme Court - outside and INT views
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