Motion Picture MP2002-377
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 discusses the decision to make a direct approach to Stalin, even though he did not trust him. Sound only.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:00 | Clipboard, voice says "2353." | |
| Harry S. Truman is standing before a screen showing Hirohito and Josef Stalin. | ||
| He says "we have a tradition in the history of the United States that men should live gloriously and not have to die gloriously in a cause that may have already been lost." They wanted to save as many as they could. | ||
| 0:58 | Inaudible off-screen direction. | |
| Mr. Truman says "in the long run, I decided to make a direct approach to Stalin even though I knew he wasn't to be trusted." | ||
| 1:13 | Inaudible off-screen direction. | |
| Mr. Truman says "we were going to save them . . . the United States had no tradition of Kamikaze." |