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Motion Picture MP2002-499

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

Administrative Information

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

Harry S. Truman discusses planning an invasion in the Pacific during World War II. 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   Harry S. Truman discusses decisions made in planning an invasion in the Pacific. He states that as President he was Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and had to plan a "normal" invasion. He said it didn't feel normal to plan for the Navy to evacuate thirty million wounded in the first thirty days or to get hospitals in the Philippines and other islands to prepare for 54,000 dead.