Motion Picture MP2002-413
Administrative Information
Harry S. Truman is seated at a desk, speaking about President Roosevelt’s death. He says “This day… people always asked me how I felt when President Roosevelt died and I became President… I have never been able to answer in a phrase or two… there are some facts that ought to be told that have not been told before…” Film and sound.
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Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:00 | Clipboard, "scene 1, take 1." | |
| Harry S. Truman is seated at a desk, reading from pages and looking up. He says "This day . . . people always asked me how I felt when President Roosevelt died and I became President . . . I have never been able to answer in a phrase or two . . . there are some facts that ought to be told that have not been told before. I never did want to be Vice-President." | ||
| Off-screen voice says "cut." | ||