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Motion Picture MP2002-402

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

Administrative Information

Footage
36 feet
Running Time
1 minute 20 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 recalls when Josef Stalin offered a toast during the Potsdam Conference to the firing squad that would execute 50,000 war criminals. Mr. Truman states that Winston Churchill said the British would not be a party to mass murder and left the hall. Film with sound.

Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:00   Harry S. Truman standing at a screen that shows Josef Stalin's picture, and later Winston Churchill's picture.
    Mr. Truman is speaking about when Russian Premier Stalin offered a toast during the Potsdam Conference to the firing squad that would execute 50,000 war criminals. Prime Minister Churchill said Britain would never be a party to a mass murder program and left the hall.