The Case of the Disappearing Presumption

Duration: 35 min

Year Published: 1966

Creator: University of California, Extension Media Center, Berkeley, California

Color: B&W

Credits: Direction, Script: Clyde B. Smith; Photography: Tony Gorsline, Ernest D. Rose; Content Supervision: Ronan E. Degnan, Curtis Karplus, G. Blandin Colburn; Editing: Chris Christensen; Sound: Bob Hansen; Cast: George Ede, Kermit Sheets, John Argue, Jane Steckle, Connie Dennis, Timothy Near, Stefani Priest, Elisabeth Keller, William Wilson. Narrator: Anthony Ostroff; Art Director: Alan Atkins; Producer: Clyde B. Smith.

Description: Based on the presumptions provisions of the new California Evidence Code but of educational value to lawyers and law students in all states. Informative and entertaining, the film shows how presumptions operate and can be used. It deals with presumptions that affect the burden of producing evidence, conclusive presumptions, and presumptions that affect the burden of proof. Produced for Continuing Education of the Bar, University of California Extension.

Metadata Source:Representative University Produced Films 1964-1967 (Journal of the University Film Producers Association, Vol.19 No.3/4, 1967)