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Motion Picture MP2002-262

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

Administrative Information

Footage
36 feet
Running Time
1 minute 59 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Harry S. Truman discusses his youth and family. He also discusses the trails that originated in Independence in the 1840's, 50's, and 60's ( Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails). 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   Series of segments of Harry S. Truman talking about his youth and family. He states his family moved from the farm to Independence in 1890 so the children could attend a graded school.
0:29   Mr. Truman discusses the trails starting in Independence in the 1840s, 50s, and 60s.
0:52   Mr. Truman states that all four of his grandparents came from Shelby County, Kentucky in 1842. His grandfather Solomon Young kept buying land and owned around 5,000 acres in Southwest Jackson County.
1:15   Mr. Truman states he’s often thought the country might have been better off is he had been a music hall pianist rather than President of the United States. There is a short segment of piano music playing the "Black Hawk Waltz."
1:51   Mr. Truman states "it was the home place since 1890" but that records were burned up when the building burned at the corner of Lexington and Pleasant Streets.