Fury (Trial Sequence)

Duration: 22

Year Published: 1952

Creator: Teaching Film Custodians

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Excerpted from the feature film. Shows the aftermath of the lynching of the innocent Joe Wilson. The defendants all have alibis, which the townspeople support. Motion pictures of the lynching, which show the actions of each of the accused, finally end the impasse., Teaching Film Custodians classroom film of excerpts from the 1936 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film, “Fury”. Portrays the shame and remorse of an entire community proven guilty of mass perjury in a selfish effort to protect twenty-two of its members on trial for lynch murder.

Complete Record: Excerpted from the feature film. Shows the aftermath of the lynching of the innocent Joe Wilson. The defendants all have alibis, which the townspeople support. Motion pictures of the lynching, which show the actions of each of the accused, finally end the impasse., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.


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