Motion Picture MP2002-399
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
Administrative Information
Footage
145 feet
Running Time
4 minutes 49 seconds
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description
Harry S. Truman speaks about learning of the success of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima while returning from the Potsdam Conference on board the U.S.S. Augusta. Film and sound.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:00 | Harry S. Truman is seated at a desk. It begins with silent footage of him speaking. | |
| 0:16 | Sound comes in. Mr. Truman is speaking about learning of the success of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima while coming home from the Potsdam Conference on board the USS Augusta. He ends by saying the bomb did go off, and ended the Japanese war, and "that's all there is to it." | |