Motion Picture MP2002-422
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
Administrative Information
Footage
35 feet
Running Time
51 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 recalls events surrounding the first time his battery came under fire in 1918 in Alsace during World War I. Film and sound.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:00 | Harry S. Truman, seated at a desk, describes the first time his battery came under fire in 1918 in Alsace during World War I. When the firing started, the First Sergeant said "run, fellows, run." all but five or six of them ran away. Captain Truman's horse fell in a hole and rolled over him. Afterwards, he talked to the men of Battery D in "a language they understood." He "took the skin off them." Mr. Truman says he wishes he could have talked to Congress in that language, but you ca'’t without going down there and delivering a message. |