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 MP2002-15

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

Administrative Information

Footage
36 feet
Running Time
1 minute 10 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Harry S. Truman recalls his first job in Independence, Missouri working at Clinton's Drugstore. 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.

 

0:00   Ben Gradus asks about Mr. Truman’s experiences at Clinton Drugstore. Harry S. Truman recalls working at Clinton’s drugstore in Independence, Missouri, as his first job. He would serve whiskey behind the counter to well-to-do patrons who would not openly enter the bar down the street. “That’s where I got my idea of what a real prohibitionist is.” This was probably used in preparing episode 1.