Motion Picture MP2002-374
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
Administrative Information
Footage
36 feet
Running Time
1 minute 19 seconds
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 speaks the following: “man’s problem is himself. He could not create the world but he can destroy it. I was very much afraid this atomic bomb we dropped on Japan might set the whole world afire, and then where would we be.” Sound and picture.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.
To request a copy of this item, please contact truman.reference@nara.gov
Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:00 | Clipboard, close-up of Harry S. Truman. | |
| He says "man's problem is himself. He could not create the world but he can destroy it. I was very much afraid this atomic bomb we dropped on Japan might set the whole world afire, and then where would we be." |