Motion Picture MP2002-496
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
Administrative Information
Footage
181 feet
Running Time
2 minutes 45 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Undetermined
Description
W. Averell Harriman discusses Chinese intervention in the Korean War. Sound only.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
Reel 1
| 0:00 | Averell Harriman discusses the Chinese intervention in the Korean War. He comments on the tragedy of this development, detailing how President Truman had gone to Wake Island to discuss this possibility. General Douglas MacArthur had assured Mr. Truman that neither China or Russia would intervene. Mr. Harriman states he was with Mr. Truman and General MacArthur at Wake Island. Mr. Harriman also met with MacArthur to discourage him from meeting with Chiang Kai-shek. MacArthur was told President Truman didn't want any action taken that might touch off a war with the Chinese. Harriman emphasized to MacArthur that the United Nation's objective was to throw the North Korean Communists out of South Korea. | |