Motion Picture MP76-88
Administrative Information
A television program for young people. President Truman speaks about the atomic bomb, his hope for the future, and the democratic process. Most of this film is a dramatization of the book Johnny Tremain, which is about a young patriot during the Revolutionary War.
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Shot List
- Reel 1
0:00 | Introduction. | |
1:15 | HST with Dr. Franklin Murphy, University of Kansas, in Truman's Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank office. Truman speaks about atomic bomb, hope for the future for all the people, and democratic processes which makes the U.S. great. | |
11:00 | “Johnny Tremaine,” a story of the young patriot in Colonial Boston, his association with Paul Revere (played by Richard Kiley), and how he chose to join the fight for liberty. | |
27:00 | Closing and credits. |