George Meany of AFL-CIO Appears Before Democratic Platform Committee
Film Identifier: F.2012-03-1200
Run Time
0h 7m 12s
0h 7m 12s
Format
16mm
16mm
Color
B&W
B&W
Sound
Optical
Optical
Date Produced
August 1956
August 1956
Abstract
George Meany of the AFL-CIO attends the Democratic Platform and Resolutions Committee in 1956.
Description
This film shows George Meany, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, as he reads a statement concerning AFL-CIO recommendations to the Democratic Platform and Resolutions Committee at the Sheraton Blackstone Hotel in Chicago on August 10, 1956. The film concludes with a press conference wherein reporters ask former Governor Adlai Stevenson and former President Harry Truman to pose for photographs and to comment on the convention activities.
Main Credits
Koza, Frank (is filmmaker)
Actors, Performers and Participants
Meany, George (is participant)
Adlai Stevenson (is participant)
Truman, Harry S. (is participant)
Related Place
Chicago (represents)