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Motion Picture MP2002-47

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

Administrative Information

Footage
176 feet
Running Time
5 minutes 53 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Harry S. Truman describes coming home in 1953 and being happy to get there. He describes how he feels about Independence, Missouri. 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   Unidentified voice: “Scene 4, Question 1, Reel 2” Interview question (all questions posed by Ben Gradus): What happened in January, 1953? Harry S. Truman’s voice describes that he came home and was happy to get there.
1:21   Interview question, how do you feel about Independence? Harry S. Truman’s voice: a wonderful place to live, have lived here since 1890. Unidentified voice: Scene 1, Question 2, Roll 2
1:55   Interview question, do people take advantage of former Presidents? Harry S. Truman’s voice: No President has ever let himself be taken advantage of; no former President has ever exploited the presidency.
3:02   Voices discussing staging; “Scene 1, Question 3, Roll 2”
3:32   Interview question: Tell us about games, playing, and the piano when you were a boy. Response cut off Interview question: Did you mother have to make you practice?
3:45   Harry S. Truman’s voice: I liked piano and didn’t have to be made to practice. I still like piano music.
4:26   Unidentified voice: “Scene 1, Question 4, Roll 2” Interview question: tell us about Sunday school, grade school, high school, and Mrs. Truman. Harry S. Truman’s voice: he tells the story of meeting Bess Wallace at Sunday school at the Presbyterian Church in Independence. Unidentified voice: “Scene 1, Question 4A, Roll 2” Same question