Motion Picture MP2002-374
Administrative Information
Harry S. Truman speaks the following: “man’s problem is himself. He could not create the world but he can destroy it. I was very much afraid this atomic bomb we dropped on Japan might set the whole world afire, and then where would we be.” Sound and picture.
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Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:00 | Clipboard, close-up of Harry S. Truman. | |
| He says "man's problem is himself. He could not create the world but he can destroy it. I was very much afraid this atomic bomb we dropped on Japan might set the whole world afire, and then where would we be." |