House Hearing: Johnston Praises Motion Picture Code
House Hearing: Johnston Praises Motion Picture Code
Title card: House Hearing - Johnston Praises Motion Picture Code. Adult Caucasian males seated in gallery; middle-aged and elderly adult Caucasian males and Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan (D-PA) seated on the dais in a U.S. House of Representatives Postal Operations Subcommittee. Committee members seated on the dais, a couple of men in FG looking at camera. Middle-aged and elderly adult Caucasian men seated in gallery. Hands of adult Caucasian male typing on stenotype. President of the Motion Picture Association of America, Eric Johnston, speaking to the camera, explaining self-regulation by the motion picture association's is not a matter of "don't film that", but encourages filming by the basic standards of decency and morality. The MPAA code preserves diversity, variety, and keeps the screen open to the treatment of many subjects. Johnston decries the notion of government censorship of film, and appeals to Americans' ability to make their own choices and make up their own minds.