Motion Picture MP2002-334
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
Administrative Information
Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Video Tape
Footage
70 feet
Running Time
1 minute 56 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Tape Format
Betacam SP
VHS
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description
Harry S. Truman at a desk talks about the Berlin Airlift. Film with sound.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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To request a copy of this item, please contact truman.reference@nara.gov
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
| Harry S. Truman is at a desk speaking about the Berlin Airlift. There was a cabinet meeting to discuss how to support Berlin during the blockade. The only option was airplanes. He assembled planes and began the airlift. In 11 months, they could land a plane every 63 seconds. The Russians came around. |
| There are off camera directions about Gen. Clay and Gen. Vandenberg, that he should tell how Gen. Clay said they couldn’t get armed convoys through, and Gen. Vandenberg didn’t want planes taken from other locations. |
This footage was probably filmed in preparation for MP80-2, "City Under Siege."