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Motion Picture MP82-5

The Presidency in the Postwar World: The Truman Years, Truman and the Uses of Power

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
650 feet
Running Time
18 minutes 11 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Learning Corporation of America, 1350 Avenue of the Americas,
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

A short educational film utilizing footage from the television series Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman, dealing with the subject of the power of the presidency. Topics covered include the coal miners strike, the House Un American Activities Committee, and civil rights.

Date(s)
1969

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
     
1:00   Nomination of Harry S. Truman as President in 1948 – segments of acceptance speech, July 15, 1948.
1:30  

Thomas Dewey scenes.
1:42   Whistle stop tour; victory of Truman. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkeley arrive in Washington D. C. after they win election, parade down street.
2:22   Soldiers returning home; civilians looking for work. Voice-over from Truman about unemployment and strikes. Labor violence.
3:15   Coal mine industry problems – death in the mines. John L. Lewis.
4:17   Coal miners strikes; railroad.
4:49   Truman addressing joint session of Congress on railroad strike. Messenger hands Truman note about settlement of strike, May 25, 1946.
5:50   Truman speaks on strike and John L. Lewis.
6:18   John L. Lewis in court.
6:41   Sen. Robert Taft – Taft – Hartley Act. Voice-over of Truman about act.
7:41   Harry S. Truman speaks of veto of Taft – Hartley Act.
7:45   Congress passes bill over veto. Truman walking.
8:17   House Un-American Activities Committee hearing. Scenes of Robert Taylor, Adolphe Menjou; Hollywood stars – Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, protest march.
9:42   Truman comments on House Activities Committee – “smears.”
10:29   Alger Hiss at count.
10:49   Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
11:04   Truman comments.
11:22   Truman speech – at a dinner of the American Bar Association, April 24, 1950. “We are to keep the Bill of Rights on the books.”
12:24   Hearing continued into 1950.
12:48   Civil rights. Truman comments on his Confederate background. Tells of his mother not wanting to sleep in Lincoln’s bed.
14:02   Scenes of Blacks in America.
14:18   Gov. Strom Thurmond speaks against civil rights, Dixiecrats.
15:09   Integration of armed forces. Scenes of African American soldiers. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower testified that segregation should be maintained. Truman voice-over of unfairness and inequity. Reads Executive Order 9981 that integrates armed forces.
17:06   Scenes of integrated forces.
17:32   Scenes of Truman speaking to various crowds; Whistlestop scenes; riding in open car.