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Motion Picture MP2002-198

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

Administrative Information

Footage
72 feet
Running Time
2 minutes 12 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 about his friend, Eddie Jacobson, their experiences being in business together in the haberdashery, and that he had never met a finer man. Film with sound.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

    Reel 1
0:00 Off-screen voice says: "735 take 1A." Harry S. Truman at desk, silent footage.
0:29 Sound begins with Mr. Truman speaking about Andrew Mellon "wringing the country out" and he knew how it felt to go broke. Off-screen voice says "Take 735, 1A." Clips goes silent again.
1:33 Mr. Truman's voice comes on, speaking about his friend Eddie Jacobson. Mr. Truman says "he can do buying and I do selling . . . there was never a finer man than Eddie Jacobson." This is followed by a silent clip. This was probably used in preparation for episode 6, "At War with the Experts."