Motion Picture MP2002-368
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
Administrative Information
Footage
106 feet
Running Time
2 minutes 56 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 is at a podium and he addresses the issue of atomic energy and the scientists who are working on programs in Tennessee and New Mexico. 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 is at a podium, responding to unheard questions. | |
| He speaks of scientists working on atomic energy. "We made a bomb that was exploded in New Mexico as an experiment." They succeeded, but the Russians didn't think they would. It was one of the finest things in America to have these scientists work on this program. The purpose was stopping the Japanese war. He mentions programs in Tennessee (Oak Ridge Laboratory) and in New Mexico (Los Alamos Laboratory). | ||
| 2:12 | They brought in a British scientist and brought all the scientists that started a 25 million dollar program on the greatest source of power ("we run ships with this power "). They seem to run better on atomic power than on coal or gas. | |
| "I think . . . will have this atomic energy under control . . . so we can help the world instead of destroying it." | ||