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Motion Picture MP81-15

Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman - I Am an American, Episode No. 25

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
907 feet
Running Time
26 minutes
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Columbia Pictures - Ben Gradus in association with Screen Gems and David Noyes
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

Episode 25. I Am an American. The subject of this episode is the assassination attempt on Truman by Puerto Rican Nationalists in 1950. Unfortunately, the Decision series is copyright Sony Pictures Entertainment, and the Truman Library may not reproduce any episodes without their consent.

Date(s)
1964

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:00   Airport scenes.
0:20   Harry S. Truman narrates - memories of assassination attempt, November 1, 1950.
0:50   Blair House and attackers in pictures.
1:20   Truman narrates.
1:42   Bloody scenes in Puerto Rico.
2:10   Truman - says attackers were "fanatics".
2:30   Credits.
3:05   Demonstrations in Latin America.
3:40   Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt - promise of Atlantic Charter.
4:25   History and discovery - Spanish.
5:35   Truman speaks.
5:50   Spanish-American War and annexation to U.S.
6:15   Truman speaks - on expansion.
6:40   Puerto Rican life, poverty (Puerto Rican narrator).
7:35   Truman speaks on poverty in Puerto Rico.
8:12   Maldistribution of wealth.
8:45   Truman speaks on large corporations owning estates.
9:00   Rebels in Puerto Rico.
9:25   Truman speaks on infeasibility of independence for Puerto Rico.
10:05   Promotion of statehood for Puerto Rico.
11:05   Scenes in Puerto Rico.
11:35   Truman speaks on issues of independence and sisterhood.
11:50   World War II and influence on Puerto Rico.
12:40   Truman speaks - relief for Puerto Rico. Truman proposals on Puerto Rico rejected by Congress.
13:40   Rebels dead on streets.
14:00   Truman speaks on Puerto Rico economy.
14:30   Luis Munoz-Marin, Governor of Puerto Rico; more self government.
14:55   Puerto Rico narrator again and promise of America - New York City scenes - slums.
16:00   Truman narrates with New York City scenes.
16:28   Truman speaks.
16:53   Appoints Puerto Rican as governor.
17:05   Truman in Puerto Rico.
17:28   Truman says he signed bill to allow Puerto Rican to elect own governor.
17:45   Munoz speaks; Puerto Rico needed industrial development.
18:40   Scenes in Puerto Rico; lift selves by own bootstraps - self-respect.
19:20   Truman narrates with Puerto Rico scenes on improvements in Puerto Rico and on tourism.
20:05   Farming; redistribution of land - but some left out.
21:00   Truman speaks - occupying own land - 1950 law authorizes referendum - Commonwealth or not. Qualms.
22:40   Uprising in Puerto Rico over referendum.
23:00   Puerto Rico's polls.
23:55   Spanish heritage.
24:30   Munoz - scenes of industrialization.
25:00   Truman narrates - Puerto Rico getting self-government.