Motion Picture MP2002-94
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series “Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman”)
Administrative Information
Footage
110 feet
Running Time
3 minutes 27 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description
Narration by Harry S. Truman discussing the point system that was planned for World War II demobilization. The plan broke down because the public was too excited for the boys to come home. Sound only.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
Reel 1
| 0:00 | Narration by Harry S. Truman for MP81-5, “I Want My Daddy Back,” episode 15. “But the boys who were in the army still wanted to come home . . .” Mr. Truman discusses the point system that was planned for World War II demobilization, but the public was too excited for the boys to come home and it broke down. Instead of demobilization, it was “disintegration.” | |
| 1:35 | Winston Churchill wanted American troops to stay in the Russian zone to control Communists. Charles De Gaulle was told to leave Stuttgart and Italy or he would receive no aid. Tito was convinced that to go into Trieste he would have to shoot his way in. Congress listened to the American public, and put pressure on the President to bring the boys home. | |
| 2:54 | Segment of President Truman’s speech on universal military training, date of speech unidentified. | |