Motion Picture MP2002-69
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series “Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman,”)
Administrative Information
Footage
36 feet
Running Time
1 minute 31 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description
Ben Gradus interviews Harry S. Truman about Truman's waterway plan (for international waterways). Sound only.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
Reel 1
| 0:00 | Ben Gradus asks a question about President Truman’s waterway plan. Harry S. Truman responds that his waterway plan was that the Rhine-Danube Canal, the Black Sea Strait, the Panama Canal, and the canal between Africa and Asia, become free waterways, under the control of the United Nations. There were objections, and he couldn’t get his plan through. If he had, the waterways couldn’t be used for military purposes, only peaceful purposes. It would have helped in situations like the hostility between Egypt and Israel. Crew voices in background. | |