Former president Harry S. Truman says that being president is full of dilemmas. He is referring to Truman Doctrine aid and Greece in this context.
Former president Harry S. Truman says he's not easily bluffed when he has four of a kind, a reference to poker. He is discussing aid to Greece and Turkey in this context.
Former president Harry S. Truman reveals his opinion of Richard Nixon as he discusses the McCarthy-era accusations against him that he coddled communism.
Former president Harry S. Truman recalls his decision to run for president in 1948.
Former president Harry S. Truman says he wishes he had an organization of nations to meet the challenge, but we were on our own. We had to meet the situation by ourselves.
Former president Harry S. Truman discusses his time in the Senate when he was chairman of the Truman Committee, which investigated military spending. He asked the War Production Board and the Federal Reserve Bank to use their tools to control the situation if they possibly could. Film and sound.
Former president Harry S. Truman compares Germany during World War II to Missouri during the Civil War. He is discussing Order Number 11, which was a repressive measure enacted by a Union general against the residents of western Missouri.
Former president Harry S. Truman discusses the status of Berlin after World War II. He said it became of symbol of forcing the Russians to carry out their agreements. This segment repeats with a different camera angle.
Former president Harry S. Truman stands in front of a screen showing artist George Caleb Bingham's Order No. 11 (Martial Law) painting. He says you couldn't blame the people of Jackson County for feeling badly about the order. He states that a civil war is the worst thing that can possibly happen to anybody.
Former president Harry S. Truman tells the story of election night in 1948, when to everyone's surprise except his, Truman won. He jokes, "It looks like we're in trouble for another four years. And we were. We had won the election."