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The testimony of Walt Disney Studios owner Walt Elias Disney before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

Owner of Walt Disney Studios Walt Elias Disney at hearings of House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) in the United States. Walt Disney Studios owner Walt Elias Disney answers upon being questioned about having any conversations with organizer Herbert Sorrell relating to communism and states that Mr. Sorrell mentioned about the funding of 1937 strikes against major studios. Walt Disney gives his personal opinion about the Communist Party and says he does not believe it is a political party. He also expresses his views about the bills pending before the committee to outlaw Communist Party and further states that American labor unions should be kept clean and should not be affected by communism. Location: United States. Date: 1947.

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