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Motion Picture MP2002-374

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

Administrative Information

Footage
36 feet
Running Time
1 minute 19 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Tape Format
Betacam SP
VHS
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Harry S. Truman speaks the following: “man’s problem is himself. He could not create the world but he can destroy it. I was very much afraid this atomic bomb we dropped on Japan might set the whole world afire, and then where would we be.” Sound and picture.

Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

SD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are available for $20, and HD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are $50. Copies of motion pictures not already digitized will incur additional costs.

This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.

To request a copy of this item, please contact truman.reference@nara.gov​​​​​​​

Please note that this video belongs to a different video collection than the items available to be borrowed by teachers, from our Education Department.

Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:00   Clipboard, close-up of Harry S. Truman.
    He says "man's problem is himself. He could not create the world but he can destroy it. I was very much afraid this atomic bomb we dropped on Japan might set the whole world afire, and then where would we be."