Motion Picture MP59-12-6
Interview with Mr. John T. Flynn
Administrative Information
Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
90 feet
Running Time
2 minutes 30 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
British Broadcasting Company
Restrictions
Restricted
Description
Outtakes of an interview with John T. Flynn in which Flynn speaks very negatively about Truman. This interview was not used in the finished documentary Portraits of Power. (MP59-12-1 through 59-12-3).
Date(s)
1958
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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture
Shot List
Reel 1
- “Incompetent as President! Presidency was beyond him!” As Franklin D. Roosevelt – spend and buy votes; bad talent for operating political machine. Truman lacked dignity; second grade politician. Not used in MP59-12-1, MP59-12-2, and MP59-12-3. See also MP59-12-1, MP59-12-2, and MP59-12-3, which is the finished product, “Portraits of Power.”