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Motion Picture MP2002-461

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

Administrative Information

Footage
135 feet
Running Time
1 minute 27 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 speaks about charges that Communists were working for the federal government, the surrender of Germany and Japan in World War II, and the total casualties in World War II. Film with 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 before a bookcase, speaks about charges that Communists were working for the federal government. With so many people working for the government, some bad apples were going to get in. But he was not going to fire people just on the say of the House UnAmerican Activities Committee. People got the idea that half the people in the government were Communist. That conclusion was absurd.
    The clipboard clicks, then Mr. Truman is talking about the end of World War II. In August, 1945, the Japanese surrendered. In May, 1945, the Germans surrendered. Both surrenders were not expected. He mentions that the Japanese surrendered only After the dropping of the two atomic bombs.
    There is off screen direction.
    Mr. Truman says it is estimated there were 30 million casualties in the second world war. This was a situation he was trying to bring to an end.