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Motion Picture MP2002-254

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

Administrative Information

Footage
145 feet
Running Time
4 minutes 25 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Harry S. Truman discusses his life after the presidency; privacy is not possible. Mr. Truman says that he has no regrets about giving up the piano. Sound only.

Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

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Reel 1

0:00   This recording is an interview between Harry S. Truman and (apparently) David Susskind.
    Interviewer: Mark Twain is quoted somewhere in India as saying "the real me is in a small Missouri village half a world away." I just wonder how you feel about that?
    Mr. Truman replies that he was "happy as I could be to have it happen." He’d had enough of being President and a Senator, and thought it was time for someone else to take over the responsibility.
1:15   Did you find as much privacy when you came back here as you expected?
1:25   Mr. Truman replies "No, it’s not possible." He explains that people are always around and he tries to be patient with them, but its not good for privacy.
2:15   They discuss Mr. Truman’s piano playing and the visit of Paderewski to Kansas City. Mr. Truman says he has no regrets about giving up the piano. They joke about this.
3:00   Mr. Truman discusses visitors who come to the Harry S. Truman Library. He says all kinds of people come to the Library including students from foreign countries.
3:59   Informal discussion of plans for future interviews.