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Motion Picture MP2002-93

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

Administrative Information

Footage
72 feet
Running Time
2 minutes 21 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Harry S. Truman discusses the problems he had with demobilization after World War II. 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   Harry S. Truman discusses problem he had with demobilization after World War II. “I had to tell the boys they couldn’t go home . . . they didn’t like it and neither did the people at home, but it had to be done . . . MacArthur needed men for the final assault against the Japanese.”
0:49   “I had been through that situation in the first world war and I knew how they felt.” He discusses the tremendous pressure he was under from parents and other relatives to bring the troops home. At one point in his discussion, Mr. Truman imitates a childish voice asking to go home. “The President must not, under any circumstances, let pressure rule him.” The White House was getting better than 1,000 letters a day. This was probably used in preparation for MP81-5, “I Want my Daddy Back.”