Uploaded July 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video:

-Alger Hiss is accused of being a communist
-Whittaker Chambers testifies with his Pumpkin Papers
-The Pumpkin Papers are explained
-Alger Hiss is sentenced to 44 months in prison
-Hiss maintains his innocence
-Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are accused of aiding the Soviet Union's quest for an atomic bomb
-Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are put on trial
-Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are found guilty
-Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are executed