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Motion Picture MP2002-406

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

Administrative Information

Footage
36 feet
Running Time
1 minute
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Harry S. Truman talks about a meeting in 1923 with the Ku Klux Klan when he was a judge in Jackson County. He was told not to appoint any Catholics to office. Mr. Truman states, “I blew up.” Film and sound.

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 is positioned in front of a lamp, and begins talking about his meeting in 1923 with the Ku Klux Klan, when Mr. Truman was a judge in Jackson County, Missouri. He was told not to appoint any Catholics to office. Mr. Truman says "I blew up."