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Motion Picture MP2002-96

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

Administrative Information

Footage
180 feet
Running Time
5 minutes 8 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Undetermined
Description

General Omar Bradley speaks with Merle Miller about the beginning of the Korean War. Sound only.

Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

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Reel 1

    General Omar N. Bradley, interviewed by Merle Miller.
0:00   South Korean army could not stop North Korean attack.
0:50   Gen. Bradley was in his quarters at Ft. Meyer when he got word of the attack. It was in the evening, on Saturday [June 24].
1:20   Assembled at the Pentagon with members of the Joint Staff; waited for President Truman to get to Washington from Independence and call a meeting of his advisers.
1:50   Meeting at Blair House; the decisions made at that meeting.
2:20   Many meetings about Korean situation at this time. Decision made to send equipment to the South Korean army, and to send some U. S. infantry support.
3:00   Gen. MacArthur sent a team to Korea to determine what was needed to turn back the invasion.
3:20   A new, more powerful bazooka had been developed; some teams trained to fire this bazooka were sent to Korea.
4:15   Gradually sent in additional troops and equipment. Held the Pusan perimeter; launched a counterattack and pushed the North Koreans back across the 38th parallel.