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Motion Picture MP2002-39

Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series “Decision:  The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman”)

Administrative Information

Footage
36 feet
Running Time
1 minute 16 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Narrator discusses Russians being convinced they would have to go to war to get us out of Berlin. May 12, 1949 blockade lifted. The free world learned it must stand up to tyranny. Truman does not speak. Sound only.

Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

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Reel 1

0:00   Unidentified voice: “Sound 56” Narrator’s voice discusses Russians being convinced they would have to go to war to get us out of Berlin. May 12, 1949, blockade lifted. The free world learned it must stand up to tyranny.
1:08   Discussion of whether to re-do the narration. Probably used in preparation for MP80-2, “City Under Siege.”