Women Adventurers Marguerite Harrison - A Spy in Moscow
Marguerite Harrison (1879 - 1967) was a reporter, spy, film maker, and translator who was one of the four founding members of the Society of Woman Geographers. Harrison spied for the United States in Russia and Japan, arriving in Russia in 1920 as an Associated Press correspondent. She assessed Bolshevik economic strengths and weakness and assisted American political prisoners in Russia. She was held captive in Lubyanka, the infamous Russian prison, for ten weeks. While there she contracted tuberculosis and due to pressure from her influential contacts she was eventually set free in exchange for food and other aid to Russia.
Primary Title
- Women Adventurers
Secondary Title
- Marguerite Harrison - A Spy in Moscow
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 4 December 2008
Start Time
- 16 : 30
Finish Time
- 17 : 26
Duration
- 56:00
Channel
- Documentary Channel
Broadcaster
- Sky Network Television
Programme Description
- Marguerite Harrison (1879 - 1967) was a reporter, spy, film maker, and translator who was one of the four founding members of the Society of Woman Geographers. Harrison spied for the United States in Russia and Japan, arriving in Russia in 1920 as an Associated Press correspondent. She assessed Bolshevik economic strengths and weakness and assisted American political prisoners in Russia. She was held captive in Lubyanka, the infamous Russian prison, for ten weeks. While there she contracted tuberculosis and due to pressure from her influential contacts she was eventually set free in exchange for food and other aid to Russia.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Biography
- Espionage
- Russia
Genres
- Biography
- Docudrama
- Historical drama
Contributors
- Marguerite Harrison
- CineNova Productions (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Biography
- Espionage
- Russia