Motion Picture MP2002-405
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
Administrative Information
Footage
125 feet
Running Time
4 minutes 18 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 talks about an incident when he confronted the Ku Klux Klan when he was a judge. Film and sound.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:00 | There is silent footage as a clipboard is snapped and Harry S. Truman is positioned before a screen showing a photograph of hooded members of the Ku Klux Klan. Mr. Truman begins to speak, but the footage is silent | |
| 2:48 | The screen turns black, and Mr. Truman's voice can be heard talking about an incident when he confronted the Ku Klux Klan when he was a judge. He describes how he met a carload of his friends from Independence who were on their way to rescue him. They had crowbars and shotguns. He was glad he stopped them because there might have been someone hurt. |