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Motion Picture MP2002-41

Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series “Decision:  The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman”)

Administrative Information

Footage
35 feet
Running Time
57 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Harry S. Truman and another man discuss the name of the Secretary of the Army (Robert Stevens). Truman talks about how Senator Joseph McCarthy went around the country calling everybody traitors, including Truman, General George C. Marshall, and even Dwight D. Eisenhower after he was elected President. Sound only.

Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

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Reel 1

0:00   Discussion of Harry S. Truman and another man of the name of the Secretary of the Army (Robert Stevens). Harry S. Truman’s voice discussing how Senator Joseph McCarthy went around the country calling everybody traitors, including he and General George C. Marshall, and even Dwight D. Eisenhower after Eisenhower was elected President. This was probably used in MP80-6, “Man on the Spot.”