Motion Picture MP2002-349
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
Administrative Information
Footage
73 feet
Running Time
2 minutes 27 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Tape Format
Betacam SP
VHS
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description
Harry S. Truman, seated by Bess Truman, describes living at the White House as living pretty high. He reads from his diary entry of November 1, 1949 about dining alone at Blair House. Film with sound.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:00 | Harry S. Truman, seated by Bess Truman, says "When you live in the White House, you live pretty high and I’ll try to describe it to you." He then reads his diary entry of November 1, 1949, about dining alone at Blair House. The reading is interspersed a couple of times with scenes of butlers in the White House. Mrs. Truman laughs several times during the reading. He ends by saying ". . . if you don’t believe I was getting service, you never saw it." |