Johnson and reconstruction

Duration: 0:36:00

Year Published: 1942

Creator: Hawaii: Distributor | Teaching Film Custodians: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Teaching Film Custodians classroom film of excerpts from the 1942 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film, "Tennessee Johnson". Dramatizes the conflict between President Andrew Johnson and the Republicans in Congress over policies of reconstruction. Traces Johnson's career from the time of secession, showing him as a military governor of Tennessee, as Lincoln's running mate in 1864 and as President. His trial for impeachment and acquittal are presented in detail., Abridged from the feature film Tennessee Johnson. Tells the story of Andrew Johnson's refusal to join Tennessee when it seceded from the Union during the Civil War, his career as Vice-president and then President after Lincoln's assassination. Dramatizes Johnson's conflict with the Republicans in Congress on the issue of reconstruction, the subsequent attempt to impeach him, and his acquittal. Shows his return to Congress seven years later as a senator from Tennessee.

Complete Record: , Abridged from the feature film Tennessee Johnson. Tells the story of Andrew Johnson's refusal to join Tennessee when it seceded from the Union during the Civil War, his career as Vice-president and then President after Lincoln's assassination. Dramatizes Johnson's conflict with the Republicans in Congress on the issue of reconstruction, the subsequent attempt to impeach him, and his acquittal. Shows his return to Congress seven years later as a senator from Tennessee.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.