Motion Picture MP2002-385
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
Administrative Information
Footage
72 feet
Running Time
2 minutes 26 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 talks about going through the Great Depression, after World War I. Film with sound.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:00 | Clipboard, Harry S. Truman at desk. | |
| Mr. Truman talks about going through the Great Depression, after World War I. The sound footage is interspersed throughout this clip with silent moments. | ||
| 1:03 | " . . . would make inflation legal. I didn't know how I would meet the situation. Finally, I had to sign a bill, there was nothing else I could do." | |
| 1:31 | ". . . it was wiped out after the first world war, and I knew what it meant. My partner had to take bankruptcy, but I was in public office (county judge) so I settled some bills and paid off others. . ." |