Who was shown on the TV towards the end of the movie?

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Near the end of Good Night, and Good Luck., when Ed and Fred are leaving William Paley's office after he cut down their show, they walk past a TV screen (on which the camera focusses before cutting to the frame story of Ed Murrow's speech) showing a speech of someone in a smoking talking about the habeas corpus principle and its implications (obviously in relation to the McCarthy case).

I wonder who was speaking in this apparently historical footage. I'm asking because I thought that might even have been footage of the real Edward R. Murrow, which would have been quite an anachronistic reference. But given the lack of acquaintance with the historical background of the story and the real persons involved I wasn't sure about this nor able to verify this guess that easily.



Best Answer

This is a clip of President Dwight David Eisenhower from a speech he made after receiving the America's Democratic Legacy Award at a B'nai B'rith Dinner in honour of the 40th Anniversary of the Anti-Defamation League on November 23rd 1953 at 19:54 EST (according to the Eisenhower archives which is a US Government source).

The only video I can find of this is very low quality as it has been recorded with a camera from a screen, but you can tell it's original as it's much longer:

And a screenshot from the film to compare:

Image of Eisenhower in Good Night, And Good Luck




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