Clips for POLS 201 "American Politics through Film"
Dr. Stuart Shulman - UMass Amherst - Spring 2010

Birth of a Nation (1915)
Scene: Gus chases Flora to a cliff and she jumps to her death

Triumph of the Will (1935)
Scene #8 & 9: "Congress Hall of the NSDAP" and "Reich Labor Service Review"

Casablanca (1942)
Scenes #9-14 "Ugarte's Arrest" "Sitting with Strasser" "Victor & Ilsa" "Tango Delle Rose" "Play it, Sam" & "Table for Four, Eyes for One"

America’s Atomic Bomb Tests (1998)[Operation Tumbler Snapper]
Scenes: #7, 8 & 9 "Defense Studies" "Effects on Troops" & "Re-Entering the Blast Area"

World at War, v. 24: The Bomb
Scenes #4 & 5 "A Final Ultimatum" & "Truman's Decision"

BBC History of WWII: Hiroshima  - Death Before Surrender
Scene:  #6

Cloak & Dagger (1946)
Scene: #3 "Cloak and Dagger Boys"

Failsafe (1964)
Scenes #3 & 22: "Washington: 5:30 A.M." & "The President's Proposal"

Them (1954)
Scenes #29 & 30: [The Last Two Scenes] {starts 1:27:52 - ends 1:32:25}

Thirteen Days (2000)
Scenes: # 14-16 "Presidential Address" "Rules of Engagement" & "Low Level Cuban Fly-By"

Judgment at Nuremburg (1961)
Scene #23: "The World's Guilt"

Path to War (2002)
Scene #12: "Over Budget"

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)
Scene #12: "The Firebombing of Tokyo"

The Panama Deception (1992)
Scenes #5 & 6 "The Invasion" & "Excessive Force"

First Blood (1982)
Scenes #26-28 "Revenge" "It's Over" & "Can't Forget"

Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)
Scenes #7 & 9 "The Mess at Berkeley" & "From Protest to Resistance"

Salt of the Earth (1954)
Opening scenes (15 minutes?) or the full movie if possible

American Thrift & American Women: Partners in Research (1962)
Full short movie available via Prelinger Archives

American Harvest (1955)
Full short movie available via Prelinger Archives

The Intruder (1962)
Scene #4 "Free, White & American"

Blood in the Face (1991)
Scenes 2 & 3 "Hall of Giants” and “George Lincoln Rockwell"

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Scenes #26-28 "The Other Hand" "Tom’s Truth" & "The Broken Code"

The Klansmen (1974)
Scenes #3 & 4

Network (1976)
Scenes #15 & 23 "Mad as Hell" & "Taking on the Arabs"

All the President's Men (1976)
Scenes #10 & 29-31 "Deep Throat" "What’s Riding on This?" "Inauguration Day" & "Across the Teletype"

You Can't Take it With You (1938)
Scene #18 "In the Drunk Tank"

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Scenes # 26 & 27 "Dr. Emile Von Hallor" & "Deeds' Two Cents"

CBS Reports: Harvest of Shame (1960)
Scene #4 "Academic Pursuits"

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Scene #5 "World News"

Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
Scenes: #16-18 & 22-26

Air Force One (1997)
Scenes: #22, 23 & 26

State of the Union (1948)
Scenes: #4, 12, 16 & 17

JFK (1991)
Scenes: #1 & 68 "Farewell Address" "The Zapruder Film"

The American President (1995)
Scenes: TBD

Advise & Consent (1962)
Scenes: #11 & 12 ""19th-Century State of Mind" & "Entitled to His Opinions"

Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Scenes: # TBD

Roger & Me (1989)
Scenes #18,19,20 & 21 "The Bunny Lady" "Blood Bank" "Police Blotter" "On the Links"

Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Scenes: #4-6 ""Chris Rock" "Michigan Militia" & "James Nichols"

Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Scenes # 5, 6, 16 & 17 "In the Classroom" "Grounded" "The Real Plan" & "The Ultimate Rush"

Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
Scenes: #5 & 49 "Vader Confronts the Princess" & "Medal Ceremony"

Return of the Jedi (1983)
Scenes: #44 Vader's Redemption

An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Scene: #6 "CO2 Measure Since 1958"