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Motion Picture MP2002-371

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

Administrative Information

Footage
36 feet
Running Time
1 minute 13 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 talks about entering the National Guard, and wearing a blue uniform. He describes a visit to his grandmother while wearing his uniform and her reaction. Sound only.

Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

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This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.

To request a copy of this item, please contact truman.reference@nara.gov​​​​​​​

Please note that this video belongs to a different video collection than the items available to be borrowed by teachers, from our Education Department.

Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:00   Harry S. Truman, in close-up, describes going into the National Guard. He said he had to wear a blue uniform. He went to visit his old grandmother, whose farm had been burned by union troops in the Civil War (Harriet Gregg Young). She said, "Harry, that’s the first time a uniform of that color has been in this house since the Civil War . . . don't bring it back."
    ". . . I didn’t."