Motion Picture MP2002-132
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series “Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman” see MP78-2 to MP81-16)
Administrative Information
Footage
37 feet
Running Time
1 minute 47 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Tape Format
VHS
Betacam SP
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description
Harry S. Truman recalls his friendship with Eddie Jacobson. 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, seated at a desk, recalls his friendship with Eddie Jacobson. They were friends in Battery F at the beginning of World War I, then when Eddie Jacobson became the canteen sergeant. After the war, they opened a haberdashery. The first year it was a wonderful business, but then "old man Mellon wrung out the poor people and we both went broke." | |
| 1:04 | Harry S. Truman speaks of then going into politics, and eventually Eddie started another store, at 39th and Main. | |
| 1:20 | Mr. Truman says it was an honest to goodness friendship, they were closer than kin. "I’ve been proud of that association I had with him." |