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Motion Picture MP2002-143 through 146

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

Administrative Information

Footage
145 feet
Running Time
4 minutes 45 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Tape Format
VHS
Betacam SP
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Undetermined
Description
Kansas City newsman Walt Bodine comments about press coverage of Harry S. Truman in Washington or New York, in contrast to when he was in Independence. Film with sound.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

    Reel 1
0:00 Kansas City newsman Walt Bodine comments in a newsroom about covering Harry S. Truman locally.Clipboard. Some silent footage.
0:40 Sound comes in. During the presidency, Harry S. Truman had a big press corps following him everywhere and it was hard for local reporters to get to know him. When he came home, the local reporters got to know him better.
0:54 Harry S. Truman finally got privacy when he returned home after leaving office. The local press didn't cover him on his morning walks. When he went to another city, such as New York, a contingent of reporters covered his morning walk.
2:03 When he returned to Independence, he couldn't wait to shake the guards and police and drive his own car. Mr. Bodine tells the story of a Secret Service agent who offered to carry Mr. Truman's briefcase. Harry Truman told him he and Bess wanted to do everything for themselves, including carrying their own bags."He never left home . . . commuted to Washington, D. C. for a while."
3:13 "You can't place this area in any regional block"; there are southern accents, midwestern twangs, fast-talking Chicago speech; all of these can be found in the Kansas City area. Independence has retained its identity. You get the feeling you are in Independence, no where else.