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Motion Picture MP2002-301

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

Administrative Information

Footage
250 feet
Running Time
7 minutes 8 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Harry S. Truman responds to Merle Miller's questions about William Jennings Bryan. Mr. Truman claims Bryan's speech at a Chautauqua lecture in Independence was one of the greatest lectures he ever heard. Sound and picture.

Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

Reel 1

0:00   Unidentified voice says: "79 take 1, sound 62."
1:20   Harry S. Truman responds to Merle Miller's questions about William Jennings Bryan. He states that Bryan was "one of the great men of the period" who was interested in the welfare of the people. He heard Bryan speak in Kansas City once, just a short speech, and later a major speech given in Convention Hall. Mr. Truman called it a great speech in which Bryan states that Democrats were for the people, and the opposition party was not.
3:12   Mr. Truman states he heard Bryan speak in Independence, a Chautauqua lecture on the Prince of Peace, "one of the greatest lectures I ever heard." Mr. Truman states that Bryan was one who kept the liberal program going.
4:22   Mr. Truman claims he never heard a campaigner equal to William Jennings Bryan. He stresses that Bryan had fire in his speeches.
5:34   Mr. Miller asks Mr. Truman to talk about the first political speech he made in 1940 and campaigning in 1944. Mr. Truman doesn’t have a chance to respond.