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Motion Picture MP2002-92

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

Administrative Information

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

Harry S. Truman speaks about signing a bill authorizing the people of Puerto Rico to elect their own governor. Sound only.

Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

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Reel 1

    Unidentified voice: “2628”
0:00   Harry S. Truman speaks about signing a bill authorizing the people of Puerto Rico to elect their own governor. The elected governor called his program “Operation Bootstrap.”
0:29   Unidentified voice: “2611”
0:36   Harry S. Truman: “We still had the two solutions – statehood and independence.” Mr. Truman says he got another point of view from the president of the Puerto Rican Senate, Luis Munoz Marin. This was probably used in preparation for MP81-15, “I am an American.”