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Motion Picture MP2002-70

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

Administrative Information

Footage
325 feet
Running Time
9 minutes 28 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Harry S. Truman speaks about how he would classify Franklin D. Roosevelt as an orator, and describes his feelings during his first term. 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   Ben Gradus asks Mr. Truman how he would classify Franklin D. Roosevelt as an orator. Harry S. Truman describes President Roosevelt as one of the great orators of his time. He could convince people that what he stood for was right. He was in a class by himself, and left one of the greatest impressions on the country as a whole.
0:55   Mr. Gradus asks Mr. Truman to describe how he felt during the first term Harry S. Truman says he felt he was elected on the platform of the Democratic Party in 1944. He tried to carry out the treaties and agreements made by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1:41   Ben Gradus asked him to talk informally about the 1944 campaign.
2:12   Harry S. Truman talks about the campaign of 1944. President Roosevelt asked him not to fly, but to take the train as he campaigned. Mr. Truman campaigned in Texas, Louisiana (mentions meeting John Nance Garner). He then went to California, Washington, Minnesota, and Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago, the Chicago Tribune ran a story that he belonged to the Ku Klux Klan, but it was a lie. He wound up in Boston, where he met with Joseph Kennedy. He also visited Rhode Island, New York, and ended back in Washington, D. C. President Roosevelt told him he was pleased with the campaign.
5:44   Harry S. Truman speaks of the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and becoming President.
6:09   Mr. Truman’s friend, Tom Evans, speaks about his experiences in the 1944 campaign. His job was to ride on the rear platform of the train as it was leaving towns, and wave at the crowds. The train went by so fast, it looked like Truman waving.
7:00   Mr. Evans talks about campaigning with Truman in Boston. The job of Mr. and Mrs. Evans was to get Senator Truman to bed early. After Mr. Truman went to bed, Mr. and Mrs. Evans visited with Matthew Connelly and Ed McKim, and had drinks. After a short while, Senator Truman came out in his bathrobe and asked if he could join in the fun. Then he said he had to go wash his socks. Mrs. Evans offered to wash them for him.
9:19   Mrs. Tom Evans describes her how she washed Senator Truman’s socks.