There was definitely still propaganda on the news, just not obvious, 1963 was around the height of the cold war remember, both sides had propaganda, NATO countries just had good propaganda and the communists had very bad propaganda. We still have propaganda today, it's just something all countries do regardless, even if its good gestures (to gane the favour of the public).
Valachi testified for about two weeks for these hearings so I hope we're able to see all of them. It's worthwhile American history worth preserving and sharing for everyone to see. Valachi was exposing a secret society on live television when Hoover and others insisted organized crime didn't exist.
This is fantastic, I've seen a handful of clips from these hearings over the years, but I've never come across an extended video close to this. Thank you so much for the upload! This is a relic of modern American history.
I also want to see the live televised McClellan Committee Labor Rackets Hearings in which Robert F. Kennedy was Chief Prosecutor. The hearings took place in the late 50s.
That's because he mentioned your great uncle Angelo haha..just kidding,but your your right it's better than the short reels we have been getting for years.. MUCH LOVE FROM SCOTLAND 🤍🏴🏴🏴
This is exactly what I was looking for; uninterrupted video hearings from the past, especially about crime. Thank so much for posting this, from my understanding it's difficult to find their outside of official archives. Much appreciated!! If you have more, on any range of topics, I know I'd love to see them!
Brilliant footage....please put up the other parts. This is amazing stuff and MOBFAX is the best at giving such historical impossible to find footage. Kudos.
Pure gold. Real American history. So overlooked by the youth because it was before our time. But what a glimpse we get to have. Best channel on UA-cam.
It's great history and Mobfax is a treasure for finding this footage. I have been very interested in mob history for a long, long time, and I have never seen this on the Internet before. Valachi was literally exposing a secret society on live television in a time when Hoover said organized crime doesn't exist. It's absolutely significant American history. I hope we can find all of Valachi's testimony for these hearings because he sat and spoke there for about two weeks.
@@-BUILT_LIKE_A_BAG_OF_MILKSo there’s a bar where your from that’s been open since the year 1500?? Ok I’m just gonna take a wild guess about the rest of the story they serve drinks there am I close??
@@nysports5085 Yeah I read a good book about Hoover, It said the mob had dirt on him and made him a lot of money from rigged horse racing. Can you imagine how many years it would take if you had access to all of Hoovers wiretaps? IDK when they first began wiretapping but it had to be at least 3 decades of his reign. I always wondered what he did with them?
This is fantastic. I've wanted more of the Valachi hearings for years. Next up I want to see more of the Frank Costello hearings. Pretty please Mobfax, make it happen.
@@meddem1744 Valachi's testimony went on for like a couple weeks. There is a lot that is oddly not freely available, but Mobfax pulled through with finding this hour of questioning which is the longest I have ever seen.
Love this pure mafia history footage. Back in the days were straight to the point & clear clarity questions & answers not like modern day court crap ! La Cosa Nostra
Yes but he laid out the whole organization which indirectly gave a ton of openings to arrest and convict many guys. He crushed a lot of guys with his testimonies.
I must say that the Crime Commission has ask Joe Valachi some very important questions of this "Thing Of Ours" to be so new to everyone from what we know today.... very intriguing this Joe Valachi to be the First to ever bring "This Thing" Of Ours to life... thank you so much *MOBFAX* for such a classic as this... Cosa Nostra inter workings from it's Beginnings to it's Endings...thank you so much MOBFAX 😉😎✨🎇
Attorney General Robert Francis Kennedy was the prime mover in having these hearings televised. These televised hearings brought "La Cosa Nostra" to the attention of the American people.
No one makes the connection, but Bobby Kennedy was the main mover to get Valachi to testify. His brother was murdered less than 2 months after this testimony.
@@SteveSmith-kd9if He literally exposed the whole thing and was proven mostly right about everything he elaborated. The guy was there and part of Cosa Nostra from its very beginning and although not a charismatic figure or higher-up, he was still an inducted made man who knew the history of what was most definitely a secret society at the time.
@@citypopFM He's full of shit, "you think a metal pipe is just going to be laying around in a prison yard"!!!? If you believe that you must have shit for brains!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@SteveSmith-kd9if actually everything he spoke about turned out to be very true.valachi was a real throwback.he was around to see the commission form ..he met or knew guys from the late 1800's -1900's he was around before the commission.. nothing he spoke on was tales.
His sister,Joan, was one of my neighbors for twenty five years. I once broached the issue with her. Her change to someone with huge, dilated pupils confirmed all my questions. I told her I was out of line and named the high ranking Bufolino associates who lived where I grew up. I also said " I have been instructed to not talk about goes on in our house, OR OUR NEIGHBORS HOUSES..
The Kiss of Death. Vito Genovese gave one to Joe Valacchi, and Joe gave one back to Vito. Then all night long in the darkened cell block, across from each other in their bunks, they kept an eye on one another.
exactly. Its irritating that he has to keep repeating himself because they can't hear anything. I had to pause it because it was starting to piss me off. 🤬
When making the movie Valachi papers with Charles Bronson filmmakers got a call warning them to stop filming and they move the whole production to Italy
This is a stellar piece of American history How this Valachi is not the subject of modern movies is hard to believe what an interesting character he was He goes back tp every major mob figure including Capone Lucky Vito Marrazzanp and even Lansky The stories this guy could have told would have been priceless to Hollywood
@@xtraspecialj At that time they were first generation immigrants, they spoke half the time Italian and the other half English. Most straight guys dropped out of school so no wonder gangsters even dropped out. I think he is intelligent but his limited vocabulary gave you this perception.
I love these. Back in that time they say certain words that I find hilarious. Like how he says “first”. He says “foist” lol. Senator Curtis looks like a mobster as well. Sitting back smoking a cigar like that during a court hearing.
The way Valachi soooo casually says he killed for the organization without any emotion is bone chilling. Why the senator announces to the world that three painters saw a Mafia murder thus putting the witnesses lives in danger I will never know. He is chastising the Policeman Salerno while giving this information to everyone on live television.....jeeeeez.
Listening to him - Valachi - describe the methods of his gang's operations in the robberies of jewelry stores , fur stores , and the like , reminds me of the way gangs of youths stage robberies of shops and boutiques today , in 2023 . Valachi and the young criminals that he ran with were pulling these very similar sounding type crimes in the years 1922 , and 1923 . About 100 years ago .
I'd be curious if he went into more detail about what trouble Luciano and Genovese helped Meyer Lansky with after the murder of Maranzano. Anyone know what he's referring to?
I'm sorry but Joe Valachi was a charismatic man. Even his FBI handler said after his death "he was a great guy". There are no button men left like this. He's a genuine historical figure.
They would have been killing their own family members if what you suggested was implemented. Valachi's wife was first cousin to Tommy Lucchese I believe. Her father was Gaetano Reina and was Maranzano's underboss. Many inducted members have familial relations amongst their own crime family and others. I'll also add that Joseph Valachi is probably one of the most misunderstood figures in Cosa Nostra history. He was screwed royally by the former Luciano/Genovese family administration and boss (under Vito's reign). Valachi represents the first publicly acknowledged false wire on a stand-up guy. If you have NOT read Joseph Valachi's original manuscript, "The Real Thing" (almost 1400pages?) Then you should read it. This man was front and center in the life during black hand era, Masseria and Maranzano Castellamarese War and finally the Creation of American Cosa Nostra under Lucky Luciano, inducted original member. HE KNEW THE LIFE BETTER THAN MANY IF NOT MOST. HIS INSIGHT IS TOTALLY UNDERRATED.
It's annoying how both of them keep not fully understanding what the questions being asked are and not fully understanding the answers. I keep wanting to jump in and clarify.
Back when the television news organizations sought to INFORM the public, not spread propaganda.
exactly and to be able to smoke in the courtroom.
F',n sweeeeet
There was definitely still propaganda on the news, just not obvious, 1963 was around the height of the cold war remember, both sides had propaganda, NATO countries just had good propaganda and the communists had very bad propaganda. We still have propaganda today, it's just something all countries do regardless, even if its good gestures (to gane the favour of the public).
such a dumb comment 😂
Turn on a congressional hearing now and it’s trans evil fighting over bathrooms what a bunch of evil clowns lol 😂traitors
Before faux koolaid machine
This is better than a movie…straight, no chaser!
Finally, I have waited years to see all this and not just the same old short clips. Thanks
Fact.
Valachi testified for about two weeks for these hearings so I hope we're able to see all of them. It's worthwhile American history worth preserving and sharing for everyone to see. Valachi was exposing a secret society on live television when Hoover and others insisted organized crime didn't exist.
Und ich warte immer noch auf Deutsch..seit jahren
This is fantastic, I've seen a handful of clips from these hearings over the years, but I've never come across an extended video close to this. Thank you so much for the upload! This is a relic of modern American history.
What about the book
@@darrenmcg97 The book by Maas is one thing but seeing footage from the hearings is certainly worth watching and preserving.
@@citypopFM yes I've watch it on mobfax '
Just a month later Kennedy was murdered
I also want to see the live televised McClellan Committee Labor Rackets Hearings in which Robert F. Kennedy was Chief Prosecutor.
The hearings took place in the late 50s.
The quality is phenomenal, thx so much for posting!!
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I’ve been looking for this footage for years, can’t beloved you found it. Thanks!
That's because he mentioned your great uncle Angelo haha..just kidding,but your your right it's better than the short reels we have been getting for years.. MUCH LOVE FROM SCOTLAND 🤍🏴🏴🏴
This is exactly what I was looking for; uninterrupted video hearings from the past, especially about crime. Thank so much for posting this, from my understanding it's difficult to find their outside of official archives. Much appreciated!! If you have more, on any range of topics, I know I'd love to see them!
Exactly
This channel and oc shorts are the best ,most informative and the upmost quality by a country mile.. much love from Scotland 🏴🤍
OC shortz is amazing, how he got all of the socuments, snitch 302s,...
OC the goat 🐐 of this mob sh!t
Thanks for all your work this is a fantastic video The archives
Simply fascinating!!! Just love the way Valachi says "Huh?" when something is unclear at times. Loooooove it! Sooooo original!
Hope you have the rest of it. Great stuff!
Brilliant footage....please put up the other parts. This is amazing stuff and MOBFAX is the best at giving such historical impossible to find footage. Kudos.
Incredible footage, fantastic!
So glad this upload is back on this channel!
Awesome. Just incredible history unfolding here
Thank you for posting
My introduction to my lifelong interest in cosa nostra began after reading the book as a child
yoo i appperciate this! I've been searching everywhere for the full hearing salute mobfax
Fantastic thank you great footage 💪🏽
First hand knowledge from someone who was there at the beginning, waiting for pt 2
Brilliant upload thanks.
Awesome upload! MOBFAX as always awesome job! 👍
Pure gold. Real American history. So overlooked by the youth because it was before our time. But what a glimpse we get to have. Best channel on UA-cam.
It's great history and Mobfax is a treasure for finding this footage. I have been very interested in mob history for a long, long time, and I have never seen this on the Internet before. Valachi was literally exposing a secret society on live television in a time when Hoover said organized crime doesn't exist. It's absolutely significant American history. I hope we can find all of Valachi's testimony for these hearings because he sat and spoke there for about two weeks.
Your American history? There's bars where I'm from which have been open since the 1500's. It's always funny hearing an American talk about 'history'.
@@-BUILT_LIKE_A_BAG_OF_MILK learn to read.
@@-BUILT_LIKE_A_BAG_OF_MILKSo there’s a bar where your from that’s been open since the year 1500?? Ok I’m just gonna take a wild guess about the rest of the story they serve drinks there am I close??
@@scottbuono2507yeah. Its a bar. What'd you expect?
Whoa! I’ve been wanting to see this for so long
His voice, slang and linguistics are very similar to Jackie Gleason's (Ralph Kramden). The same time frame . Very interesting
J Edgar Hoover denied the Mafia existed ,So when Joe testified Hoover had to come up with some story to set the record straight
Hoover was a yutz
It’s legend that the mob had pictures of him cross dressing
@@nysports5085 Yeah I read a good book about Hoover, It said the mob had dirt on him and made him a lot of money from rigged horse racing. Can you imagine how many years it would take if you had access to all of Hoovers wiretaps? IDK when they first began wiretapping but it had to be at least 3 decades of his reign. I always wondered what he did with them?
THESE ARE AMAZING!!
This is fantastic. I've wanted more of the Valachi hearings for years. Next up I want to see more of the Frank Costello hearings. Pretty please Mobfax, make it happen.
Have you read the book and if so was it good
I paint houses
This was amazing. I’ve been wanting see this since I read the Valachi Papers 35 years ago. I hope you can find the rest of his testimony.
me too
How much is missing?
IT'S ALL FAKE!!!!!!!
@@meddem1744 Valachi's testimony went on for like a couple weeks. There is a lot that is oddly not freely available, but Mobfax pulled through with finding this hour of questioning which is the longest I have ever seen.
Has anyone ever seen 'The Valachi Papers' movie from 1972 starring Charles Bronson?
Yeah, it was okay but would be nice to see a good remake. He was an interesting character with a good memory.
Great film!!
I watched it was a good movie
Good some graphic stuff but good old skool gangster film
Dawm i didn't know there was a movie like that charles bronson one of my favorites
Thank you
Have watched it several times. Very interesting.
This a treat to say the least. Didn't know it existed
Excellent post !!!
The good old days when you could leave iron pipes laying around in a prison yard.
Loooooool! Good one 😂
*And permitted to hold on to it until you get some quick face time with the warden. 😂
Nice one 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Just ask Christopher Scarver
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A member of an organized crime family explaining criminal details to members of organized criminal political parties. 🤣 They were taking notes!!
for sure. they were probably saying here here smoke up guy
brilliant video thanks
Amazing thanks
Wow. How did you get this. I’ve been wanting to see this for years!! Thank you.
They know people. Capeesh? 😉
Absolutely riveting...
This is amazing footage
Love this pure mafia history footage. Back in the days were straight to the point & clear clarity questions & answers not like modern day court crap ! La Cosa Nostra
Quite interesting about Valachi...he did inform but no one went to jail directly from his testimony. Great footage here Mobfax this is awesome.
Yes but he laid out the whole organization which indirectly gave a ton of openings to arrest and convict many guys. He crushed a lot of guys with his testimonies.
I must say that the Crime Commission has ask Joe Valachi some very important questions of this "Thing Of Ours" to be so new to everyone from what we know today.... very intriguing this Joe Valachi to be the First to ever bring "This Thing" Of Ours to life... thank you so much *MOBFAX* for such a classic as this... Cosa Nostra inter workings from it's Beginnings to it's Endings...thank you so much MOBFAX 😉😎✨🎇
The government knew much about lcn before valachi doh.
@@mikehunt3746no doubt but this was the first time the public really heard about lcn
It’s hilarious the way he keeps correcting their pronunciation of Masseria to MASSeRI😂
This was in Oct of 1963 before Kennedy was assassinated in Nov of 1963. Now it makes sense.
Cia and the mob no doubt!
Cab Sav and MOBFAX. Excellent video. Salud.
Attorney General Robert Francis Kennedy was the prime mover in having these hearings televised.
These televised hearings brought "La Cosa Nostra" to the attention of the American people.
he wasn't trying to get revenge he was trying to survive he knew if he wasn't in protective custody he wasn't going to survive
Thank you for this video What a piece of history of the american mafia keep up the great work cheers 😎👍
love how you watermark your stuff, don't let the fakers get you! good work.
No one makes the connection, but Bobby Kennedy was the main mover to get Valachi to testify. His brother was murdered less than 2 months after this testimony.
Awesome post. One of the best mobfax has uploaded. Great ty
Even to this day his testimony is gripping and still relevant. Valachi though not well spoken could take over a room with his tales.
That's exactly what they are, "tales"!!!!!!!!
@@SteveSmith-kd9if 😅😅😅😅👍
@@SteveSmith-kd9if He literally exposed the whole thing and was proven mostly right about everything he elaborated. The guy was there and part of Cosa Nostra from its very beginning and although not a charismatic figure or higher-up, he was still an inducted made man who knew the history of what was most definitely a secret society at the time.
@@citypopFM He's full of shit, "you think a metal pipe is just going to be laying around in a prison yard"!!!? If you believe that you must have shit for brains!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@SteveSmith-kd9if actually everything he spoke about turned out to be very true.valachi was a real throwback.he was around to see the commission form ..he met or knew guys from the late 1800's -1900's he was around before the commission.. nothing he spoke on was tales.
I love this! Fantastic news
His sister,Joan, was one of my neighbors for twenty five years. I once broached the issue with her. Her change to someone with huge, dilated pupils confirmed all my questions. I told her I was out of line and named the high ranking Bufolino associates who lived where I grew up. I also said " I have been instructed to not talk about goes on in our house, OR OUR NEIGHBORS HOUSES..
amazing to watch
Amazing
The Family had a lot of buffers!
Yeah that it buffers. 😅😅 lol
I'd LOVE to see and hear some of our government employees testify to what THEY have done!
Good find. Valachi did inform if you read the book. Tries to minimise it, though.
Gallos...."Are them the guys that make the wine?"
ANOTHER GOOD ONE MOE..
In 1963, he was already an OG. Can you imagine that
The Kiss of Death. Vito Genovese gave one to Joe Valacchi, and Joe gave one back to Vito. Then all night long in the darkened cell block, across from each other in their bunks, they kept an eye on one another.
Yes it was so Romantic how they couldnt take their eyes off each other after kissing. Thinking about each other into the long night.
@@ChosenOne1991😂😂
@@ChosenOne1991🤣
@@ChosenOne1991🤣
Yes. It was a great movie!
It seems like these senators ,or whatever they were, wasnt even paying attention to the answers he's giving to their questions.
exactly. Its irritating that he has to keep repeating himself because they can't hear anything. I had to pause it because it was starting to piss me off. 🤬
When making the movie Valachi papers with Charles Bronson filmmakers got a call warning them to stop filming and they move the whole production to Italy
You can see Valachi is a lot more credible than I had believed before seeing this. Guy was definitely telling the truth.
Valachi had a really clean haircut in this, even by today’s standards. I might hit the barber tomorrow for a taper fade w/ short crew cut.
luciano rocked that taper fade cut since the 20s. just no crew cut on top
Bro fuck yeah! You always got the good shit!
Just Beautiful
I would love to hear the thoughts of the lady secretary in the room. She heard every grumble and whisper, probably before, during and after.
This is great
When your fitted for cement shoes. It's hard to get out of them.
This is a stellar piece of American history How this Valachi is not the subject of modern movies is hard to believe what an interesting character he was He goes back tp every major mob figure including Capone Lucky Vito Marrazzanp and even Lansky The stories this guy could have told would have been priceless to Hollywood
He doesn't come across as a very intelligent guy. He doesn't know what the word "significance" means and just seems not super intelligent.
There was a movie that came out in the early seventies starring Charles Bronson. It was Italian made.
@@xtraspecialj At that time they were first generation immigrants, they spoke half the time Italian and the other half English. Most straight guys dropped out of school so no wonder gangsters even dropped out. I think he is intelligent but his limited vocabulary gave you this perception.
@@sampsonroofing7377 Right, "The Valachi Papers". Very well known movie back then.
@@sampsonroofing7377 thanks sampson roofing they gave it bad reviews but i love bronson and thought it was good !!
I love these. Back in that time they say certain words that I find hilarious. Like how he says “first”. He says “foist” lol. Senator Curtis looks like a mobster as well. Sitting back smoking a cigar like that during a court hearing.
"Nineteen Thoity One"
“Dey put me in da clink fuh moida in da foist degree”
The way Valachi soooo casually says he killed for the organization without any emotion is bone chilling. Why the senator announces to the world that three painters saw a Mafia murder thus putting the witnesses lives in danger I will never know. He is chastising the Policeman Salerno while giving this information to everyone on live television.....jeeeeez.
The way he testified so nonchalant is bone chilling
The 3 painters they haven't been able to contact? I doubt they were ever contacted.
L pm
Listening to him - Valachi - describe the methods of his gang's operations in the robberies of jewelry stores , fur stores , and the like , reminds me of the way gangs of youths stage robberies of shops and boutiques today , in 2023 . Valachi and the young criminals that he ran with were pulling these very similar sounding type crimes in the years 1922 , and 1923 . About 100 years ago .
I'd be curious if he went into more detail about what trouble Luciano and Genovese helped Meyer Lansky with after the murder of Maranzano. Anyone know what he's referring to?
And to think before this people believed the Mafia was just an urban legend. I always point to this whenever I get heat for my "conspiracy theories".
Whenever I get attacked for conspiracy theories, I tell them about organized crime back then. The mob was a huge criminal conspiracy.
All peoples in this video already in their grave now. How fast times gone. 😟😟😟
Suspicious kiss is killing me- the apple was touched. Lol 😂
I'm sorry but Joe Valachi was a charismatic man. Even his FBI handler said after his death "he was a great guy". There are no button men left like this. He's a genuine historical figure.
FINALLY!!!!!
Love this stuff
Reality exposure in the voice of players
Cool to hear what these original cosa Nostra members sounded like.
WOW. Just saw Detective Ralph Salerno as a young man. He saw so and lived so much of the NYC 🗽 underworld. Especially LCN. May he RIP 🙏🏾.
Love all the nicknames they had for each other lol
This was practically used in the movie Godfather Part II.
They would have been killing their own family members if what you suggested was implemented. Valachi's wife was first cousin to Tommy Lucchese I believe. Her father was Gaetano Reina and was Maranzano's underboss.
Many inducted members have familial relations amongst their own crime family and others.
I'll also add that Joseph Valachi is probably one of the most misunderstood figures in Cosa Nostra history. He was screwed royally by the former Luciano/Genovese family administration and boss (under Vito's reign).
Valachi represents the first publicly acknowledged false wire on a stand-up guy.
If you have NOT read Joseph Valachi's original manuscript, "The Real Thing" (almost 1400pages?) Then you should read it. This man was front and center in the life during black hand era, Masseria and Maranzano Castellamarese War and finally the Creation of American Cosa Nostra under Lucky Luciano, inducted original member. HE KNEW THE LIFE BETTER THAN MANY IF NOT MOST. HIS INSIGHT IS TOTALLY UNDERRATED.
Where can this manuscript be found?????
@@danevertt3210 mafiahistory.us/a023/therealthing.htm
Are you saying Valachi had the black hand tattoo?
@@misterslats he wasn't blackhand, he observed the tail end of that era and was thick in the castellamarese.
The Senator from Boston has an accent mivj closer to one you'd hear today.
It's annoying how both of them keep not fully understanding what the questions being asked are and not fully understanding the answers. I keep wanting to jump in and clarify.
Valachi is a talker for real, and the senator cuts him off alot.
great stuff
Is anyone aware of where additional footage of this testimony can be watched?
Historical Documentary on Cosa Nostra.
Valachi was an old time Gangster he knew the 25 Mafia families and more
GOLD
I think DeNiro could play Valachi in a new film
If this channel doesn't have the rest of his testimony I guess it's not out there, or easy to find