Motion Picture MP2002-318
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
Administrative Information
Footage
36 feet
Running Time
1 minute 16 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description
Harry S. Truman reads his narration recalling his happy years in the Senate. He discusses becoming President, bringing the war to a victorious end, and trying to maintain the peace. Sound only.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:00 | Harry S. Truman, reading his narration, recalls his happy years in the Senate, stating he never expected that position to lead him to the Presidency of the United States. "A man must be ready to face whatever happens." He discusses responsibilities he had to face upon Franklin D. Roosevelt's death as he became President "during the most destructive war of all time." He discusses bringing the war to a victorious end, then trying to maintain the peace by dealing with problems of Russian and Chinese Communism after the war. | |
| 1:05 | Mr. Truman says: "I want the people to know the Presidency as I have experienced it, and I want them to know me as I am." | |