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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington : First Day in the Senate

Senator Jeff Smith (James Stewart) starts his first day at the Senate.

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canted frame, dissolve, dolly in, dolly out, dolly shot, eyeline match, following shot, long shot, match on action, medium close-up, medium long shot, medium shot, montage, music, nondiegetic, overhead shot, pan, reaction shot, set, shot/reverse shot, tilt, tracking shot, wipe

Diversity in Media Representation

LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White: White American

"First Day in the Senate" in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Directed by Frank Capra, Columbia Pictures, 1939, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3807

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