1. Home
  2. Library Collections
  3. Audiovisual Materials Collection
  4. Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series “Decision:  The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman”)

Motion Picture MP2002-106

Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series “Decision:  The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman”)

Administrative Information

Footage
220 feet
Running Time
6 minutes
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Harry S. Truman discusses taking the trip on the Frisco train from Sheffield to Grandview, Missouri, then walking one mile to visit his grandparent’s farm. Sound only.

Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

SD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are available for $20, and HD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are $50. Copies of motion pictures not already digitized will incur additional costs.

This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.

To request a copy of this item, please contact truman.reference@nara.gov​​​​​​​

Please note that this video belongs to a different video collection than the items available to be borrowed by teachers, from our Education Department.

Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

Download Audio: If viewing in Chrome browser, click the 3 dots in the player to download. If viewing in Safari, Explorer, or other browser type, right click on the player to access download option.

Reel 1

0:00   Unidentified voice says: “61F4588, Talent Associates, Truman Story, Take 7 from roll 36 continued with overlap.” Talent Associates was the first producer of the television series. The interviewer is Merle Miller, and they exchange questions and answers. Mr. Truman sounds a bit tired as he answers questions about his early life.
0:22   Harry S. Truman discusses taking the Frisco train from Sheffield to Grandview, Missouri, then walking the one mile to his grandparent’s farm. It took two to three hours. “Time didn’t mean too much in those days.”
0:51   Mr. Truman says there was always lots to eat, but they didn’t go on picnics very much.
1:14   When asked when he met Ralph Truman, Mr. Truman replies yes, they always got along, and he still sees him.
1:49   Question: did your mother actually see the Kansas Raiders? Mr. Truman replies yes, she sat in the corner of a rail fence as they leaped over her. She was ten years old.
2:22   Mr. Truman discusses his uncle, Harrison Young. Harrison Young was born in 1846. during the Civil War, the Kansas Raiders (Jennison’s? outfit) hanged him, but they didn’t kill him. They were trying to get information from him about the Missouri Bushwhackers. Harrison Young died in 1915. The “Harry” part of Mr. Truman’s name was after Harrison Young. “I was supposed to be his favorite nephew.”
3:55   Mr. Truman, when asked about his first job, says it was as timekeeper for the Santa Fe Railroad. He was 18 years old. He describes the camps made up of hobos who would work for a week until they had enough money to go to town and get drunk.
5:25   Question: Did you get along with them? Mr. Truman replies yes, he gave them fair treatment and got along with them. He understood their background, and settled with them according to the rules that were in effect.