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Motion Picture MP2002-259A

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

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
91 feet
Running Time
1 minute 16 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
magnetic soundtrack
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Received
Received from the will of Harry S. Truman
Description

Former president Harry S. Truman comments about how determined the Jewish people were to make a home in Palestine. Recorded for potential use in the Decision episode, "At War With The Experts." Sound only.

Date(s)
1961 - 1963

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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

Audio file

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0:00    Woman’s voice:  Wildtrack 3009, scene 22, show 7.     

Voice of former President Harry S. Truman: There’s something ancient in their eyes, in their hearts, even in the way they walk. You cannot stop the flow of history. The Jews were determined to make a Jewish nation in Palestine. They had nowhere else to go.

Voice:  Tell us about your grandmother.     

Truman:  My grandmother told me about that being pushed out of house and home was the worst thing that could happen to a human being. My grandmother Young was a tough, unreconstructed southerner, but a displaced person just the same.

1:16      End