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Motion Picture MP2002-283

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

Administrative Information

Footage
36 feet
Running Time
1 minute 43 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Harry Truman discusses opportunities presented to him after he left office by those who wanted him "to promote the presidency into a job for himself." He also talks about requesting an appointment to see President Eisenhower when he visited Kansas City . He mentions his view that the Republicans were interested in discrediting the Democratic Party. Sound only.

Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

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Reel 1

0:00   Harry S. Truman speaks about programs presented to him after he left office by people that wanted him to promote the presidency into a job for himself. He never would let that happen, and turned them all down.
0:51   Mr. Truman speaks of having called Dwight D. Eisenhower during Mr. Eisenhower's visit to Kansas City, getting Mr. Eisenhower's secretary at the Muehlebach Hotel. Mr. Truman asked for an appointment so he could pay his respects to President Eisenhower. He was never called back, and did not get to visit him.
1:17   Mr. Truman says that the Republicans were interested in discrediting the Democratic Party, and therefore had to discredit him. They went to great lengths to do this, and "went mighty low, even for Republicans."