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Motion Picture MP2002-133

Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series “Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman” see MP78-2 to MP81-16)

Administrative Information

Footage
108 feet
Running Time
3 minutes 27 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Tape Format
VHS
Betacam SP
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description
Harry S. Truman speaks of Communism and persistent reports of Communist China coming into Korea. Film with sound.
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

    Reel 1
0:00 Sountrack only: Unidentified voice: “Production 65013, scene 1331, take 1, 1333, take 1” (voices in background). Harry S. Truman says there were persistent reports of Communist Chinese cominginto Korea.
1:10 Film:Harry S. Truman is speaking at a desk. These are short, largely incomplete clips: Mr. Truman reading from the Constitution about the Commander in Chief’s duties.
1:39 Mr. Truman, reading from a script, speaks of United Nations forces at the 38th Parallel in Korea and a third world war.
2:00 Mr. Truman, in a series of short clips, talks about Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, in front of a screen showing Gen. MacArthur’s picture. He presents the background of Gen. MacArthur in World War II in the Philippines.
2:49 Gen. MacArthur told Mr. Truman at Wake Island he wouldn’t need six divisions, five would be enough.
3:00 Mr. Truman speaks before a map and another photograph of Gen. MacArthur. He says that Russia could take all of free Europe.