Motion Picture MP2002-80
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series “Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman”)
Administrative Information
Footage
36 feet
Running Time
1 minute 34 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description
Harry S. Truman reads a quote from Congressman Adam Clayton Powell of New York and calls the statement a treasonable statement if there ever was one. Sound with picture.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
Reel 1
| 0:00 | Unidentified voice: “1538” Harry S. Truman reads a quote from Negro Congressman Adam Clayton Powell of New York about how African Americans would rise up against bearing arms in the “Jim “Crow” army. Powell predicted 60,000 in pulpits of Negro churches would rise up against the hypocrisy, and that would be too many to put in jail. Mr. Truman calls this a “treasonable statement if ever there was one.” Mr. Truman is asked to re-read a paragraph of the quote. He does, then mentions again it is a treasonable statement. This was probably used in preparation for MP81-4, “Man from Missouri.” |