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Motion Picture MP2002-230

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

Administrative Information

Footage
36 feet
Running Time
1 minute 8 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Undetermined
Description

Woman (possibly Mrs. Eddie Jacobson) speaking about Harry always reading or studying when there was a slack day at the store. Harry S. Truman discusses his first job at Clinton Drugstore when he was around the age of 10 or 11. Sound only.

Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

Audio file

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Reel 1

0:00   This segment begins with a woman speaking, possibly Mrs. Eddie Jacobson, describing Harry always reading when there was a slack day at the store. "If Harry wasn’t around, look on the balcony. He would be there with a book, reading or studying."
    There is next an unidentified man’s voice, then Harry S. Truman’s voice.
0:37   Harry S. Truman discusses his first job at Clinton Drugstore; he had to mop up the floor, set up the place; dust off the bottles; wipe off the counter. He had to have been around 10 or 11 years old at the time.