Motion Picture MP2002-286
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
Administrative Information
Footage
17 feet
Running Time
44 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Undetermined
Description
Mr. Truman talks with Interviewer, possibly Merle Miller, about the circumstances surrounding his decision to drop the atomic bomb. Sound only.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
Reel 1
| 0:00 | Interviewer, possibly Merle Miller, asks Harry S. Truman to tell about the decision to drop the atomic bomb. | |
| 0:15 | Mr. Truman confirms that he had told the Joint Chiefs of Staff that Roosevelt and Churchill had informed him that they felt the atomic bomb ought to be used if it would stop the war; he says he ordered it to be dropped when he was returning from Potsdam. | |
| 0:39 | Interviewer asks if Roosevelt and Churchill had decided to drop the bomb. Mr. Truman: "No they hadn’t. I made the decision." | |