In response to a query by Marilyn Robinson concerning the existence of actuality film footage of court room trials, the Motion Picture Branch of the National Archives' earliest such footage is from 1933 with actuality scenes with sound shot in the court room of the verdict and sentencing of George "MachineGun" Kelly (scenes are included in a re-creation film, 35mm nitrate, titles "The Visualization of the Urschel Kidnaping Showing the Federal Government's Determined Drive on Crime" (1933). The archive item number is 21.08 as received as an exhibit item from the U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City, as part of case CR10478 "U.S. vs Bates, et.al" commonly known as the "MachineGun Kelly Case". Of course, the collection also has extensive court room actuality footage from newsreels and government sources of the Lindbergh/Hauptman Trial, and of the Nuremberg and Tokyo War Crimes trials. I am unaware of any earlier actuality court room footage, for example the Scopes Trial, but would greatly appreciate the verification of the existence of earlier film or audio coverage prior to 1933. Les Waffen Motion Picture, Sound & Video branch National Archives at College Park e-mail: [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]