Motion Picture MP2002-331
Administrative Information
Harry S. Truman gives his definition of a leader. Edgar Hinde speaks of the Battery and its affection for Mr. Truman. Harry S. Truman mentions his friend Eddie Jacobson and Mr. Jacobson’s widow. Mrs. Jacobson discusses the haberdashery business of Harry S. Truman and Eddie Jacobson. Mr. Truman remembers his first political speech in Lee’s Summit and his first defeat in the 1924 run for reelection as eastern judge of Jackson County. Rufus Burrus describes the judge race. Mr. Truman discusses running and winning a senate seat and later becoming president. Sound only.
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Shot List
Reel 1
| 0:00 | Unidentified voice says: "62 of 2524 Truman Show 1, mixed track roll 2, take roll 2, 62 of 2524, take 4, Truman Show mixed track, reel 4." | |
| This is part of the Talent Associates productions, the early concept of the television series. | ||
| This recording consists of the voices of Harry S. Truman and other individuals, usually played over musical background. | ||
| 0:30 | Harry S. Truman's voice, giving his definition of a leader as someone "who can make people do what they don't want to do and like it." | |
| Voice of unidentified man, probably Edgar Hinde, speaking of the affection the Battery had for Mr. Truman, and how the haberdashery was the headquarters for the members of the Battery. | ||
| Mr. Truman's voice mentions his friend Eddie Jacobson, and Mr. Jacobson's widow. | ||
| 1:25 | Mrs. Eddie Jacobson discusses the haberdashery business of Harry S. Truman and Eddie Jacobson, saying they went broke because of the depression. She states that Mr. Truman was studying law, always reading. | |
| 2:53 | Mr. Truman and others discuss Mr. Truman’s entry into politics. He speaks of his first political speech in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Mr. Truman says he was scared, and others say the speech was awful, but he improved. He won election as eastern judge of Jackson County. In 1924, he was defeated for reelection, learning what a defeated candidate feels like. | |
| Rufus Burrus desribes the judge race, his first impression of Mr. Truman, and that his friend and Mr. Truman's brother-in-law, Frank Wallace, said Harry Truman would be the next judge. | ||
| Edgar Hinde speaks about supporting Mr. Truman for county judge. | ||
| 6:40 | Mr. Truman discusses leaving county politics, running for and winning a senate seat | |
| 7:06 | Mr. Truman discusses becoming President; others discuss his personal qualities. Mr. Truman declares responsibility to bring the war to a victorious end and maintain the peace in the face of new menaces. | |
| There is music at the end from 9 minutes to 12 minutes and 36 seconds. | ||