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Motion Picture MP2002-261A

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

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
179 feet
Running Time
1 minute 57 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
magnetic soundtrack
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Received
From the will of Harry S. Truman
Keywords
Diplomacy
Description

Former president Harry S. Truman speaks of his hopes for the United Nations to prevent war. Sound only.

Speakers
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Date(s)
1961 - 1963

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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

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0:00      Voice of Harry S. Truman: The one we did take was the endeavor to prevent all of mankind from being slaughtered by atomic war. The conquerors Ghengis Khan and Tamburlaine were very cruel. Tamburlaine was said to kill enough people that a pile of skulls lay as high as the gates of the towns he conquered. In the fifty years we had two World Wars. It took us 80 years to find out if our own government would work.  

1:13      Truman:  We reached the age of reason; we tried the idea of the United Nations.  It was supposed to be a great organization and eventually it will be.       

Voice:  “Cut.”       

Truman:  We couldn’t abandon Iran . . . if we did we would be abandoning the United Nations.