Television programs

Ben Gradus plays the piano in the Truman Library auditorium during the filming of the "Decision" series.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) is discussing election returns with Randall Jessee (left) and Walt Bodine (right). This conversation is being filmed by the National Broadcasting Systems for the television program "Today". The cameraman is unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and Mrs. Bess Truman (left) sit on their back porch for an interview on "Person to Person". They were interviewed by their daughter, Margaret, and this would be broadcasted on CBS.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and Mrs. Bess Truman (left) sit on their back porch in Independence, MO, for an interview on "Person to Person". They were interviewed by their daughter, Margaret, and this would be broadcasted on CBS. The interview was filmed by KMBC-TV.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and Mrs. Bess Truman sit in the parlor room of their home in Independence, Missouri for an interview. The KMBC-TV camera crews are recording this interview.

Former President Harry S. Truman is off-set preparing for his appearance on a television show. Vernon Chessman of CBS-TV is attaching a microphone to the former President's tie. They are standing in the front hallway of the Truman home.

Bess Truman (seated, left) and former President Harry S. Truman (seated, right) are preparing to be interviewed from the study of their home in Independence, Missouri by daughter Margaret in New York, through the Columbia Broadcasting TV. Others are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman sits at his desk in the Harry S. Truman Library while filming the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman" by Screen Gems Television.

An unidentified woman sits beside a portrait of President Harry S. Truman in the Truman Presidential Library during the filming of Mr. Truman's television series, "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman."

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Jack Benny (right) rehearse their lines and look at an exhibit case for the filming of the "Jack Benny Program" television show at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.