Motion Picture MP2002-372
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
Administrative Information
Footage
36 feet
Running Time
1 minute 1 second
Film Gauge
35mm
Tape Format
Betacam SP
VHS
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description
Harry S. Truman is at his Presidential Library, discussing the surrender of Japan following the dropping of the atomic bombs. He also mentions Victory in Europe Day. Sound and picture.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
- Reel 1
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| Harry S. Truman, seated before a candelabra and clock at the Harry S. Truman Library that was a gift from jeweler Fred Goldman, is heard speaking in off and on silent and sound footage about how soon the war with Japan would end after Victory in Europe Day. He says Japan surrendered two to three days after the atomic bombs were dropped instead of the 18 months they had figured after V. E. Day. Mr. Truman says that the newspaper poll of the war's end was a "little better than guesses of my own Generals." |