Motion Picture MP2002-258
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
Administrative Information
Footage
110 feet
Running Time
3 minutes 42 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Undetermined
Description
Judge Albert A. Ridge, a friend and associate of Harry S. Truman dating from Battery D, discusses Harry S. Truman's personality. Sound only.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
Reel 1
| 0:00 | Unidentified voice says: "115 take 1 . . . 91." | |
| This recording is the voice of Judge Albert A. Ridge, a friend and associate of Harry S. Truman, dating from Battery D. There are three separate sections in which Judge Ridge speaks, the interviewer is not heard. | ||
| Judge Ridge discusses Harry S. Truman’s personality. He gives a very positive view of Mr. Truman’s traits. Mr. Truman is willing to listen, to help out, to give confidence, to socialize. He had a sense of humility, nothing of self-exaltation. these qualities were exhibited in his dealing with members of Battery D, and throughout his life. | ||
| 2:06 | Judge Ridge states that Mr. Truman’s humility makes him unable to articulate things of a selfish nature. He has no desire for self-aggrandizement. | |
| 3:14 | Judge Ridge states that his affection for Mr. Truman causes him to rank President Truman in the upper group of Presidents (he declines to give him a number). | |