Motion Picture MP2002-362
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
Administrative Information
Footage
35 feet
Running Time
59 seconds
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description
Harry S. Truman discusses the Berlin Airlift. He states there were victims, “31 American boys were killed.” He further describes details of supply shortages in the city. Film and sound.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:00 | Clipboard, voice says "309, take 2." | |
| Harry S. Truman, seated at a desk, is talking about the Berlin Airlift. He says "there were victims of this Berlin Airlift – 31 American boys were killed." | ||
| There is off-screen direction; they want him to say blockade instead of airlift. | ||
| 0:28 | Mr. Truman continues speaking. The city was short of coal, food, milk . . . The Russians said they would send milk for the babies. "The Germans, I'm happy to say, refused." | |