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Motion Picture MP2002-75

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

Administrative Information

Footage
36 feet
Running Time
1 minute 40 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Harry S. Truman describes the Russian blockade of Berlin. 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   Unidentified voice: “Scene 306, take 1” Harry S. Truman describes the Russian blockade of Berlin. He says the Russians didn’t care if people starved, they had no heart. Mr. Truman suggests that they are being paid back now because they have a large, powerful neighbor, China, next to them that has them worried. “. . . no sense of honor. I wouldn’t trust a Russian to cross the street.” This was probably used in preparation for MP80-2, “City Under Siege.”