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Motion Picture MP2002-413

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

Administrative Information

Footage
18 feet
Running Time
37 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 seated at a desk, speaking about President Roosevelt’s death. He says “This day… people always asked me how I felt when President Roosevelt died and I became President… I have never been able to answer in a phrase or two… there are some facts that ought to be told that have not been told before…” Film and sound.

Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:00   Clipboard, "scene 1, take 1."
    Harry S. Truman is seated at a desk, reading from pages and looking up. He says "This day . . . people always asked me how I felt when President Roosevelt died and I became President . . . I have never been able to answer in a phrase or two . . . there are some facts that ought to be told that have not been told before. I never did want to be Vice-President."
    Off-screen voice says "cut."