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Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman -The Stacked Deck, Episode No. 8

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
907 feet
Running Time
25 minutes
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Columbia Pictures - Ben Gradus in association with Screen Gems and David Noyes
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

Episode 8. The Stacked Deck. The subject of this episode is the Potsdam Conference. Unfortunately, the Decision series is copyright Sony Pictures Entertainment, and the Truman Library may not reproduce any episodes without their consent.

Date(s)
1964

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:00   World War II scenes; military equipment; soldiers; European scenes; refugees; bombed buildings; Potsdam; Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin.
1:40   Truman speaks on Potsdam.
2:15   Hungry people, refugees.
2:25   Truman speaks on displaced persons.
2:55   Credits begin.
3:40   Russian Army dancing.
3:53   Truman speaks on thoughts of going to Potsdam; U.S.S. Augusta, Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes aboard, on way to Potsdam.
4:31   Truman and Byrnes inside U.S.S. Augusta looking at maps.
4:51   Refugees, etc.
5:02   Truman speaks about tough decisions they faced at Potsdam.
5:14   German refugees.
5:41   U.S.S. Augusta: Truman eats with crewmen.
6:30   Refugees.
7:03   U.S.S. Augusta sailing, Truman on deck.
7:21   Soviet troops - attacking eastern European countries.
8:33   Lend-Lease agreement ended, stopping food shipment to England and Russia; Truman says he signed without reading.
9:23   Photo of Ambassador Joseph E. Davies.
9:34   Photo of Ambassador Harry Hopkins.
9:39   U.S.S. Augusta met by British fleet, scenes of England, bombed buildings.
10:47   Train from Moscow to Potsdam.
11:25   Truman is first to arrive on U.S.S. Augusta.
11:53   Berlin streets, motorcade.
12:06   Truman addresses crowd at Berlin.
12:21   Truman reviews troops.
12:55   Truman speaks of Churchill - Potsdam house.
13:28   Churchill arrives, greets Truman.
13:55   Truman speaks of Churchill.
14:12   Stalin photo; Truman speaks; says he was impressed with Stalin.
14:44   Truman and Stalin posing for photos.
15:06   Potsdam Conference.
15:22   Truman speaks of being Chairman; he was the only one that had an agenda at the meeting, etc.
16:36   Conference, seated at table.
16:51   Map of Eastern Europe.
17:29   Refugees.
17:46   Truman speaks of Conference
18:03   Truman tells of entertaining Churchill and Stalin; photo of Eugene List, who entertained on the piano.
19:09   Gap in film.
19:19   Churchill's party, Royal Air Force Orchestra.
19:40   Russian band, troops, etc.
20:37   British election; Atlee elected.
20:54   Clement Atlee arrives.
21:04   Truman speaks of Conference.
21:35   Atlee comes to Conference table; Molotov can be seen.
22:16   Conference table.
22:26   Truman speaks of agreements, signing; says Russia didn't keep agreements anyway. Stalin did make concession on Refugees in Eastern Europe.
23:29   Refugees.
24:07   Troops fighting.
24:25   Stalin; Truman.
24:42   U.S.S. Augusta heads homeward.
25:21   White House.
25:29   Steel mill scene, reference to Cold War.
25:49   Truman speaks of United Nations as hope for the world.