Back when the television news organizations sought to INFORM the public, not spread propaganda.

@Johnny2Bags47

3 ай бұрын

exactly and to be able to smoke in the courtroom. F',n sweeeeet

@Elbowbanditest2003

2 ай бұрын

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).

@cr3mAze

Ай бұрын

such a dumb comment 😂

@user-bt6qd8it1d

29 күн бұрын

Turn on a congressional hearing now and it’s trans evil fighting over bathrooms what a bunch of evil clowns lol 😂traitors

@maganazikaren2211

6 күн бұрын

Before faux koolaid machine

Finally, I have waited years to see all this and not just the same old short clips. Thanks

@meddem1744

Жыл бұрын

Fact.

@citypopFM

Жыл бұрын

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.

@darrenmcg97

Жыл бұрын

What about the book

@citypopFM

Жыл бұрын

@@darrenmcg97 The book by Maas is one thing but seeing footage from the hearings is certainly worth watching and preserving.

@darrenmcg97

Жыл бұрын

@@citypopFM yes I've watch it on mobfax '

@amerigovespucci3956

Жыл бұрын

Just a month later Kennedy was murdered

@raulmacias6146

Жыл бұрын

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.

This is better than a movie…straight, no chaser!

The quality is phenomenal, thx so much for posting!!

@VAcreeper

Жыл бұрын

💯

I’ve been looking for this footage for years, can’t beloved you found it. Thanks!

@dennisclancy6729

Жыл бұрын

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@gasperstarina9837

Жыл бұрын

OC shortz is amazing, how he got all of the socuments, snitch 302s,...

@rjjaxx9135

2 ай бұрын

OC the goat 🐐 of this mob sh!t

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!

@DavidRualeo

8 ай бұрын

Exactly

A member of an organized crime family explaining criminal details to members of organized criminal political parties. 🤣 They were taking notes!!

@Johnny2Bags47

3 ай бұрын

for sure. they were probably saying here here smoke up guy

The good old days when you could leave iron pipes laying around in a prison yard.

@samc5588

Жыл бұрын

Loooooool! Good one 😂

@artieborko4988

Жыл бұрын

*And permitted to hold on to it until you get some quick face time with the warden. 😂

@rogerlewis7770

Жыл бұрын

Nice one 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@hugosophy

Жыл бұрын

Just ask Christopher Scarver

@vincentmoran7592

Жыл бұрын

😅

Simply fascinating!!! Just love the way Valachi says "Huh?" when something is unclear at times. Loooooove it! Sooooo original!

First hand knowledge from someone who was there at the beginning, waiting for pt 2

Incredible footage, fantastic!

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 KZread.

@citypopFM

Жыл бұрын

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_MILK

10 ай бұрын

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'.

@jacksonwhite421

10 ай бұрын

@@-BUILT_LIKE_A_BAG_OF_MILK learn to read.

@scottbuono2507

9 ай бұрын

@@-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??

@JimmyBoy9878

9 ай бұрын

​@@scottbuono2507yeah. Its a bar. What'd you expect?

Hope you have the rest of it. Great stuff!

Thanks for all your work this is a fantastic video The archives

So glad this upload is back on this channel!

Has anyone ever seen 'The Valachi Papers' movie from 1972 starring Charles Bronson?

@ralphiewigs2208

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was okay but would be nice to see a good remake. He was an interesting character with a good memory.

@hugosophy

Жыл бұрын

Great film!!

@keithbyrd-MysticRuby0117

Жыл бұрын

I watched it was a good movie

@sonnygarcia353

Жыл бұрын

Good some graphic stuff but good old skool gangster film

@warriorv9359

Жыл бұрын

Dawm i didn't know there was a movie like that charles bronson one of my favorites

Fantastic thank you great footage 💪🏽

Brilliant upload thanks.

Awesome. Just incredible history unfolding here

Gallos...."Are them the guys that make the wine?"

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.

The Family had a lot of buffers!

yoo i appperciate this! I've been searching everywhere for the full hearing salute mobfax

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.

@eddiesoto2677

Жыл бұрын

me too

@meddem1744

Жыл бұрын

How much is missing?

@SteveSmith-kd9if

Жыл бұрын

IT'S ALL FAKE!!!!!!!

@citypopFM

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

His voice, slang and linguistics are very similar to Jackie Gleason's (Ralph Kramden). The same time frame . Very interesting

Awesome upload! MOBFAX as always awesome job! 👍

Excellent post !!!

J Edgar Hoover denied the Mafia existed ,So when Joe testified Hoover had to come up with some story to set the record straight

@chrisguerra355

Жыл бұрын

Hoover was a yutz

@nysports5085

9 ай бұрын

It’s legend that the mob had pictures of him cross dressing

@lovedove6751

9 ай бұрын

@@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.

@darrenmcg97

Жыл бұрын

Have you read the book and if so was it good

@idiotwind2248

4 ай бұрын

I paint houses

THESE ARE AMAZING!!

brilliant video thanks

It’s hilarious the way he keeps correcting their pronunciation of Masseria to MASSeRI😂

Thank you

Amazing thanks

Wow. How did you get this. I’ve been wanting to see this for years!! Thank you.

@SniffMyDeadwax

3 ай бұрын

They know people. Capeesh? 😉

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

Whoa! I’ve been wanting to see this for so long

Have watched it several times. Very interesting.

This is amazing footage

Even to this day his testimony is gripping and still relevant. Valachi though not well spoken could take over a room with his tales.

@SteveSmith-kd9if

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what they are, "tales"!!!!!!!!

@currypablo

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveSmith-kd9if 😅😅😅😅👍

@citypopFM

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@SteveSmith-kd9if

Жыл бұрын

@@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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@swampghost72

Жыл бұрын

​​@@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.

Thank you for posting My introduction to my lifelong interest in cosa nostra began after reading the book as a child

Absolutely riveting...

This a treat to say the least. Didn't know it existed

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.

@coreywolcott8459

Жыл бұрын

The way he testified so nonchalant is bone chilling

@jbgibson2026

Жыл бұрын

The 3 painters they haven't been able to contact? I doubt they were ever contacted.

@dondevine7272

Жыл бұрын

L pm

It seems like these senators ,or whatever they were, wasnt even paying attention to the answers he's giving to their questions.

In 1963, he was already an OG. Can you imagine that

Amazing

love how you watermark your stuff, don't let the fakers get you! good work.

Cab Sav and MOBFAX. Excellent video. Salud.

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.

@ChosenOne1991

3 ай бұрын

Yes it was so Romantic how they couldnt take their eyes off each other after kissing. Thinking about each other into the long night.

@stockstock6805

16 күн бұрын

​@@ChosenOne1991😂😂

@abovetheclouds1029

13 күн бұрын

​@@ChosenOne1991🤣

@abovetheclouds1029

13 күн бұрын

​@@ChosenOne1991🤣

amazing to watch

Quite interesting about Valachi...he did inform but no one went to jail directly from his testimony. Great footage here Mobfax this is awesome.

@joeogdan5285

Жыл бұрын

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.

Awesome post. One of the best mobfax has uploaded. Great ty

ANOTHER GOOD ONE MOE..

You can see Valachi is a lot more credible than I had believed before seeing this. Guy was definitely telling the truth.

I'd LOVE to see and hear some of our government employees testify to what THEY have done!

I love this! Fantastic news

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.

@NIKMMUSIC

Жыл бұрын

luciano rocked that taper fade cut since the 20s. just no crew cut on top

This was in Oct of 1963 before Kennedy was assassinated in Nov of 1963. Now it makes sense.

@MitchClement-il6iq

25 күн бұрын

Cia and the mob no doubt!

Cool to hear what these original cosa Nostra members sounded like.

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 😉😎✨🎇

@mikehunt3746

Жыл бұрын

The government knew much about lcn before valachi doh.

@C.O-EDITS

Ай бұрын

@@mikehunt3746no doubt but this was the first time the public really heard about lcn

This is great

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.

Thank you for this video What a piece of history of the american mafia keep up the great work cheers 😎👍

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.

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

Жыл бұрын

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.

@sampsonroofing7377

Жыл бұрын

There was a movie that came out in the early seventies starring Charles Bronson. It was Italian made.

@AzizTastic

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@mitchellbaker9434

Жыл бұрын

@@sampsonroofing7377 Right, "The Valachi Papers". Very well known movie back then.

@josephdougherty3653

Жыл бұрын

@@sampsonroofing7377 thanks sampson roofing they gave it bad reviews but i love bronson and thought it was good !!

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.

@danevertt3210

6 ай бұрын

Where can this manuscript be found?????

@David-zx3dr

6 ай бұрын

@@danevertt3210 mafiahistory.us/a023/therealthing.htm

@misterslats

5 ай бұрын

Are you saying Valachi had the black hand tattoo?

@David-zx3dr

5 ай бұрын

@@misterslats he wasn't blackhand, he observed the tail end of that era and was thick in the castellamarese.

great stuff,do you have the other half

Valachi is a talker for real, and the senator cuts him off alot.

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.

@robj2027

Жыл бұрын

"Nineteen Thoity One"

@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820

Жыл бұрын

“Dey put me in da clink fuh moida in da foist degree”

great stuff

Yes. It was a great movie!

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

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".

@larrywheels762

Жыл бұрын

Whenever I get attacked for conspiracy theories, I tell them about organized crime back then. The mob was a huge criminal conspiracy.

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..

Historical Documentary on Cosa Nostra.

I think DeNiro could play Valachi in a new film

Bro fuck yeah! You always got the good shit!

Valachi really did testify out of spite and revenge. He was doing life anyway at that point.

@antoinesilva1527

Жыл бұрын

It was said that he was possibly facing the electric chair (or whatever the hell they used for execution then). Massino also testified to avoid fighting death charges.

@anthonydelgrosso4818

Жыл бұрын

He got life

@joeogdan5285

Жыл бұрын

Massino wasn't getting the death penalty he was getting the economic death penalty. He testified to Dave all the money, gold bars and the houses under his wife's name. He got little time and kept most of his money. The death penalty wasn't used in NY when Massino testified that's an excuse he used to justify him ratting.

Just Beautiful

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?

Good find. Valachi did inform if you read the book. Tries to minimise it, though.

This man goes all the way back to Maranzano who he was under. He warned Maranzano not to be at his office unarmed and without armed bodyguards. The mafioso ignored his warning and was murdered by hitmen posing as IRS agents I believe. I am kind of surprised that Luciano and Lansky got the best of him because he was very smart and a true warrior. Lansky was smart as they come though....Luciano said he could "see around corners."

@juancervantes4085

Жыл бұрын

@ Booklover If Lansky was so smart how could he not see the overthrow of Batista coming and cashing out in Cuba before the Revolution. As a matter of fact his own pet project the Riviera Casino was also lost. He crapped out in Cuba!

@adrianotero7963

Жыл бұрын

@Juan Cervantes lots of people did not see the overthrow of Batista.....Lansky was just one of many......only smart gangster that saw it was Michael Corleone......Lol

@danevertt3210

6 ай бұрын

I’ve always wondered how he went from Maranzano/Bonanno to eventually being a solder for Genovese

@str8kronic

Ай бұрын

4 Jews lol

Valachi got a raw deal. Outlined the hierarchy of damn near every family in the country then spent the rest of his life in prison anyways 😂

@deanmartin7924

Жыл бұрын

Some deal i made 'Frenky Pentangelli'

@starguy2718

Жыл бұрын

@@deanmartin7924 They made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

@citypopFM

Жыл бұрын

They didn't know how to deal with this stuff back then. Remember, Valachi was exposing a secret society that Hoover and others publicly said didn't exist. They outright denied that organized crime even existed under this notion that all crime is lone, random, and committed solely by misfits to society. To the eyes of the police and law, Valachi was still a thug, heroin dealer, and murderer who was saving his own skin by giving testimony about something these people at the time were certainly interested in but were still very skeptical. He was definitely given some treatment during his testimony at DC but otherwise, you're right, he was given a raw deal. Still, there was no WITSEC back then, no precedents for this, no protocols, and they didn't know what to do with him because he was literally the first to talk about something they were told was a fairytale.

@BostonsF1nest

Жыл бұрын

@@citypopFM You’d think common sense would throw him a fuckin bone

@BigBand1942

Жыл бұрын

He got a good deal he didn't get executed he was a murderer he murdered at least over 50 people Mike from Utica

Not sure where I read it but there is speculation that Valachi was fed information that was picked up on illegal wire taps because he knows too much about the national structure for just being a soldier.

@willmosse3684

Жыл бұрын

It’s most likely true. Not for the stuff he was talking about here, because this is stuff he was actually involved in or close to. But when it comes to organisational structure stuff for sure. He said who was in what position on the Commission, and spelt out the administration of all 27 families around the country. No way some soldier in NY should know who was consiglieri in Houston or LA or Kansas City. He might happen to hear about any particular place, but all of them?

@darkstar92772

Жыл бұрын

@@willmosse3684 I commented before I watched the whole video. I anticipated him talking about all that other stuff. I agree. He knew way too much about the national structure for a soldier. I’d this is out there I’m sure the other stuff is somewhere.

@willmosse3684

Жыл бұрын

@@darkstar92772 The written transcripts are out there, but I’ve not seen more footage than this elsewhere. MOBFAX has two or three other 30 minute segments of the hearings, including Valachi talking about his making ceremony iirc, though I think quite a bit of it overlaps with this. I haven’t found more footage than that anywhere else, and I’ve dedicated some effort to trying. Props to MobFax for scouring the archives for us!

@darkstar92772

Жыл бұрын

@@willmosse3684 Thanks for the heads up. The transcripts would be an interesting read. Your right though, mobfax is doing a great job.

@hugosophy

Жыл бұрын

Soldiers are still made men.

FINALLY!!!!!

Love this stuff Reality exposure in the voice of players

Love all the nicknames they had for each other lol

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 .

Back when Senate hearings were taken seriously. Can you imagine Kamala Harris walking in in the middle of this?

@danevertt3210

6 ай бұрын

Do you see the vice president in this video?

@MitchClement-il6iq

25 күн бұрын

​@@danevertt3210smarten up

back when they had lead pipes just lying around the prison yard

When your fitted for cement shoes. It's hard to get out of them.

Great history lesson 👏

Is anyone aware of where additional footage of this testimony can be watched?

The Senator from Boston has an accent mivj closer to one you'd hear today.

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

Have you got the part where Valachi is naming different families members??

@MOBFAX

Жыл бұрын

Not yet.

If this channel doesn't have the rest of his testimony I guess it's not out there, or easy to find