Newsroom
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Evidence and details
Starts here: topic shift in dialogue. Sequence 26 · shots 314–315. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.
- Place
- newsroom (newsroom, interior) evidence: frame:1
- People
- man in light suit, dark tie, fedora, standing with hands in pockets visible
- man in dark suit, no hat, speaking emphatically visible, audible
- woman in dark coat and hat, standing beside p2 visible
- man in police uniform, standing in doorway visible
- Mother (named at t:81:23): woman in dark coat and hat, speaking to someone off-screen visible, audible
- man in police uniform, standing behind p4 visible
- Seen happening
- A man in a suit confronts police officers in a newsroom. [frame:1]
- A woman greets someone off-screen while police officers stand in a doorway. [frame:2]
- Also said
- “Confiscate this test. This is your last chance. This is a federal offense and you fellows will be accessible. We'll take a chance on that. Go ahead, boys. All right. Open up this door.” 81:12 · “Mother, I am glad to see you. Are you all right? I've been so worried. That's the man that did it right there.” 81:23
- Seen
- desk, police uniforms, fedora hat, newsroom equipment
- Interpretation
- Model opinion, not evidence: mood: tense and confrontational; themes: conflict between press and law enforcement, defiance of authority, gender roles in journalism; style notes: medium shots, high-contrast lighting, static camera framing
A man in a suit confronts police officers in a newsroom while a woman stands nearby; another frame shows a woman greeting someone off-screen as officers prepare to enter a room. The transcript includes dialogue about arresting individuals and impounding property from the Morning Post.
“Johnson, you're under arrest. What? And you too, Burns. Who's under arrest? Listen, you insignificant, square-toed, pimple-headed spy. Do you realize what you're doing? I'll show you what I'm doing. Burns, you're obstructing justice, and so is the Morning Post. And I'm going to see that you'll find $10,000. You'll see nothing of the kind. And I'm going to begin by impounding the Post's property. You'll see nothing of the kind.” 80:40 · “Is this your desk? No. Yes. What are you afraid of, Hildy? I dare you to move this desk out of here. Oh, you do? Yes, go ahead and try it. All right, I will. Now, I'm warning you. You move this desk out of this building and I'll put you behind bars. He can do it, too. Is that so? Yes. I'll see if the Roosevelt hears about it. All right, tell him. Come on, boys.” 80:58 automatic transcript, may be wrong
The record
No renewal found An automated finding, not a verdict. A renewal would have appeared in the Copyright Office's renewal registrations 27 to 29 years after the term began. Those volumes are loaded and our parse of them found no matching renewal. If that is right, a work published 1931–1963 that was not renewed entered the public domain at the end of its 28th year; the volumes are OCR of old print, and the method page reports how often the parse has been found to miss one. Evidence dossier. The finding concerns the US copyright record for the film; it is not clearance for any use, and this page's annotation is machine output.
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