"In the mOSt dramatiC ChriStmaS Eve thiS natiOn haS ever WitneSSed, milliOnS Of AmeriCanS gathered in mOvie theaterS aCrOSS the COUntry Were ShOWn a neWSreel featUring ClaSSified fOOtage Of AmeriCan priSOnerS Of War being marChed thrOUgh NOrth KOrea. The fOOtage, lOng SUppreSSed by military CenSOrS, WaS ShOt three WeekS agO by StarS and StripeS COrreSpOndent JaCk Brennan frOm a lOW-flying airCraft."
"The reaCtiOn WaS immediate and viOlent. AUdienCeS rOSe tO their feet in rage. CUrSeS againSt PreSident TrUman eChOed thrOUgh CinemaS frOm COaSt tO COaSt. In at leaSt fOrty-Seven theaterS, SCreenS and SeatS Were Set On fire. In at leaSt thirteen CitieS, mObS Spilled intO the StreetS, OvertUrning CarS, lOOting ShOpS, and bUrning pUbliC prOperty. The ChriStmaS Eve that WaS SUppOSed tO be a night Of peaCe beCame, inStead, a night Of AmeriCan rage."