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Motion Picture MP2002-65

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

Administrative Information

Footage
36 feet
Running Time
1 minute 17 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 the Berlin blockade. 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’s voice discussing the Berlin blockade. Russia wanted the United States out of Berlin, but we had a right to be there According to the surrender document. Russia wanted all the allies out of East Germany, but anything Russia handled by itself went down, down, down. Questions from another voice, asking what choices we faced, what could we do? Mr. Truman says that we had to feed the inhabitants of Berlin. He mentions that Russia cut off road, railways, and waterways into Berlin.