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Motion Picture MP59-12-9

Interviews with Richard L. Strout and Charles Murphy

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
180 feet
Running Time
5 minutes 30 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
British Broadcasting Company
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

Outtakes from Portraits of Power (MP59-12-1 through 59-12-3) of interviews with Richard L. Strout, a reporter with the Christian Science Monitor, and Charles Murphy about Truman's qualities as president and the 1948 campaign.

Date(s)
1958

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

Reel 1

  • Mr. Strout: Harry S. Truman, reputation handicapped, in connection with Pendergast; not good choice of appointments, except Acheson; Harry Truman fearless; 1948 campaign, Omaha speech. Mr. Murphy: Harry Truman – honesty; illustration – steel mill take-over. See also MP59-12-1, MP59-12-2, and MP59-12-3, which is the finished product, “Portraits of Power.”