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Motion Picture MP2002-257

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

Administrative Information

Footage
72 feet
Running Time
7 minutes 37 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Undetermined
Description

David Susskind interviews Edgar Hinde, a friend and associate of President Truman. Mr. Hinde discusses Mr. Truman's character and presidency. Sound only.

Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

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Reel 1

0:00   Unidentified voice: "Take 1, sound 14."
    This is an excellent interview between David Susskind and Edgar Hinde, a friend and associate of President Truman.
    Mr. Hinde’s voice is heard showing two pictures to Mr. Susskind. One is a portrait by the famous artist George Caleb Bingham of Mr. Hinde’s cousins, the daughters of Dr. James Porter Henry. The other picture was taken in Europe in LeMans, France, in 1919, of the 129th Field Artillery on their way home. He was in Battery D with Harry S. Truman, and says he was a wonderful officer who took care of his men, who were a pretty wild group of Irishmen.
2:00   Mr. Hinde discusses Harry S. Truman the politician, and describes his first speech in Sugar Creek, Missouri ("pitiful, but he developed"). If someone asked him in 1942 if Harry S. Truman would be the President of the United States, he would have thought "they were off-balance."
2:34   What makes a good politician?
    Mr. Hinde replies "a good politician has to have a word that everybody can depend on, and that is one thing that Harry Truman had."
2:52   Mr. Hinde confirms that reporters tried to find "dirt" on President Truman. "We don’t like that kind of thing here in the Midwest, so we kinda pushed them out of the way."
3:15   Mr. Hinde describes how Mr. Truman gave Mr. Hinde’s sister a tour of the Truman Library. She had not seen him in 25 years. She said "I can see why he’s a successful politician."
3:44   Mr. Hinde discusses the road system in Jackson County built under Judge Truman. There was no graft, most contractors were out-of-state, and a bi-partisan board of engineers supervised the work. Judge Truman was efficient in spending the county money.
4:45   Mr. Hinde discusses the Poker Club that met every Monday night for about 30 years. In later years, Mr. Truman was so busy he didn’t attend, and was also conserving his strength. There were many people who gathered for autographs, and so forth, that made it difficult for him to attend.
6:15   Mr. Hinde discusses Mr. Truman’s piano playing, and mentions that he had some of the same teachers, Miss Phelps, Miss Chiles, and Miss Brown. He discusses Charlie Ross in some length.