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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington : Closing Sequence

On the last legs of his filibuster, Jeff (James Stewart) gives it his all against Paine's (Claude Rains) attempts to throw him out of the Senate.

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acting, close-up, dissolve, extreme long shot, eyeline match, high angle, long shot, low angle, match on action, medium close-up, medium long shot, medium shot, pan, reaction shot, set, shallow focus, shot/reverse shot, soft focus, soft lighting, three-point lighting, tilt

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

"Closing Sequence" in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Directed by Frank Capra, Columbia Pictures, 1939, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3811

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