Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Harry S. Truman discusses the Marshall Plan and how Sam Rayburn was helpful in securing funds. Sound and picture.

Harry S. Truman is seated at a desk while discussing the civil rights issue. He speaks of his past experience in county government, the Senate and White House. Film with sound.

Harry S. Truman discusses the Battle of Okinawa in World War II, to include a discussion of Japanese traditions of committing suicide when defeated. Sound and picture.

Harry S. Truman answers questions from school children. Mr. Truman refers to Independence as “the best town in the world.” Mr. Truman calls being President “the hardest job in the world and all you can do is work at it.” This is similar to MP2002-231. Sound only. 

Harry S. Truman speaks of pianist Eugene List, who performed at the Potsdam Conference. Film with sound.

Harry S. Truman dedicates the Capital City State Bank, Topeka, Kansas. Former Treasurer of the United States Georgia Neese Clark Gray introduces Truman. There are random scenes at the beginning, then about one minute of sound, off-the-cuff remarks by Truman.

Eric Sevareid interviews Dean Acheson, who talks about current and past issues. Subjects include the Marshall Mission to China; arms negotiations with the Soviet Union; Acheson's advice to Lyndon Johnson on the Vietnam War; the reasons for Truman's support for Israel; Acheson's relations with Truman; Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, and Kennedy; Dean Rusk, Joseph McCarthy, Alger Hiss; and Acheson's rating of recent world figures.

Former President Truman and New Jersey Governor Robert Meyner discuss Woodrow Wilson, the United Nations and foreign affairs with Quincy Howe of ABC News. Taped in New York City, this program was in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Woodrow Wilson's cross-country tour to pitch the League of Nations to the American people. It also came on the eve of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the United States.

President Harry S. Truman attends the keel laying ceremony for the USS Nautilus submarine, the first atomic submarine. The film includes portions of the president's speech.

Ceremony at the Truman Library sponsored by the American Friends of Hebrew University establishing the Harry S. Truman Center for Advancement of Peace, to be situated on the campus of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. It launched a multi-million dollar project dedicated to applying scientific methods to the isolation and destruction of the causes of war. The ceremony is attended by President Lyndon B. Johnson, former President Harry S. Truman, former First Lady Bess Truman, Chief Justice Earl Warren, and many dignitaries from the United States and Israel.