If the movie is perhaps a documentary, then it is telling you factual information of actual events (includes pictures or pictures of actual documents or events); this makes it a primary source.
If the movie is based off of real events, has factual information, but also has added information to create a well-rounded plot, this makes it a secondary source.
I pretty sure it was “the inability of congress to raise an army”
HUAC was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and rebel activities on the part of private citizens, public employees and organizations suspected of having Communist ties. Citizens suspected of having ties to the communist party would be tried in a court of law.
B. The Red Scare
