Motion Picture MP2002-30
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series “Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman”)
Administrative Information
Footage
125 feet
Running Time
3 minutes 30 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Undetermined
Description
Samuel Rosenman describes British treatment of Nazi Prisoners of War in March 1945, mentioning Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. Sound and picture.
Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963
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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems
Shot List
Reel 1
| 0:00 | Voice of Samuel Rosenman describing British treatment of Nazi Prisoners of War, saying the British wanted to treat it as a political matter, to shoot them and announce it after it had been done. | |
| 1:00 | Questions by another man’s low voice about when this happened Mr. Rosenman says this was March, 1945, and mentions Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister and Anthony Eden was the foreign minister. | |
| 2:00 | Mr. Rosenman prepared a report for President Truman on how to treat war criminals. He mentions a previous report for Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mr. Rosenman speaks of Prime Minister Churchill “brainwashing” his colleagues because they all agreed with Churchill on the subject.This was probably prepared for use in MP80-3, “Execution Without Trial.” | |