GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT1
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT1
"GREAT UPSET OF '48" - PT1: A look at the 1948 Presidential campaign of Harry S. Truman. A preponderance of this documentary is comprised of archival B&W footage, with color contemporary interviews intermixed and duly noted as such.
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COLOR: George Bush, Remarks at the Republican Party Labor Day Picnic in Waukesha, Wisconsin, September 7, 1992. GV President GEORGE BUSH SR. (George Herbert Walker Bush) speaking at rally while on campaign trail, 1992 many people thought Harry Truman would lose in 1948. But he said what was on his mind. He didn't worry about the press. And he never lost faith in the United States of America. And I stand before you with the same passion and that same faith.
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MS President Bill Clinton (William Jefferson Clinton) speaking at Democratic rally on campaign trail in 1992, HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON watching on. Can you believe that a man with this kind of record would be going around the country with a straight face, comparing himself to Harry Truman?
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George Bush Remarks at the Republican Party Labor Day Picnic in Waukesha, Wisconsin September 7, 1992. Now, I admit it; Harry and I don't have everything in common.
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President Bill Clinton (William Jefferson Clinton) speaking at Democratic rally on campaign trail in 1992, The truth is the only part of Harry Truman s legacy that George Bush wants is a in the election.
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MS George Bush taking to platform at 1992 rally, people waving American flags. MS Bill Clinton shaking hands at rally.
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B&W ARCHIVAL: MCU President Harry S Truman waving his hat to supporters on the street. GV multiethnic crowd in the street applauding. MCU Truman waving.
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B&W ARCHIVAL: New Year's Eve Celebrations: GV couples in formal attire enjoying themselves on the dance floor. MCU intoxicated couple in tight embrace, smiling for the camera while dancing. MS couples seated at table, kissing & shaking noise makers at the stroke of midnight. MS couple wearing party hats seated in nightclub booth, man blows into noise maker then leans in to kiss his date. CU balloon with "1947" written on it being popped in celebration.
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B&W ARCHIVAL: MCU white fashion model winking at camera form behind umbrella. MS white fashion model showing off plunging hemline skirt. The New Look
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GV CLEVELAND INDIANS baseball players celebrating the 1948 WORLD SERIES VICTORY, carrying a player off the field.
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MS of HOSPITAL NURSES wheeling pair after pair of baby cribs through a nursery (the baby boom).
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MS panel of HOUSE UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE (HUAC) at hearing, including Richard Nixon.
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MCU of SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK, a young woman at this point, speaking into microphones at rally, SAG President RONALD REAGAN standing behind her.
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MCU cluster of news reporters speaking into microphones. MS journalists hammering away at typewriters. MCU man speaking into press mic. MCU pan press photographers snapping pictures, nice view of camera flashbulbs in action.
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DO NOT USE: Famous still of Mr. Truman holding the "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" headline of the Chicago Tribune.
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COLOR: MCU program host Paul Duke mimicking Truman's famous pose with "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" headline. MS/MCU Paul Duke standing on back of train car, imitating the Whistle Stop campaign while opening the program.
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DO NOT USE: Opening titles.
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B&W ARCHIVAL-1948 Presidential Campaign: MS Republican candidate THOMAS DEWEY and wife standing on caboose of campaign train, the "Dewey Victory Special". TLS train rolling on tracks. MS HARRY S. TRUMAN getting off train, waving hat. GV press photographers readying their cameras. MS of the Deweys on boat, Golden Gate Bridge in BG. MS Mr. Truman riding a chairlift at an off-season ski resort. MS Mr. Dewey holding a bar with four huge salmon on it. Panning TLS Mr. Truman on parade in convertible, driving through town; cameramen film the scene.
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MS sign on outside of "States Rights Democrats" party HQ. MSs of the "White Only" and "Colored Only" sections roped off on the sidewalk (Jim Crow, segregation).
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B&W ARCHIVAL-1948 Presidential Campaign: LS of an on-location television news set reporting on the election. CU early TV camera. Great MCU NBC reporter comically wiping brow of sweat, making face;. MSs newspaper reporters working on typewriters, getting election coverage, trying to beat deadlines.
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HARRY TRUMAN in convertible on parade through small town, waving small American flag. MSs Mr. Truman greeting supporters, shaking hands with African American men.
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B&W ARCHIVAL Truman & Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) MS Mr. Truman at platform of 1944 Democratic National Convention, Truman for VP signs in FG. MS President Franklin D Roosevelt, Vice-President Henry Wallace and Harry Truman riding in car, being interviewed by press. MS Mr. Truman and Mr. Roosevelt sharing a podium.
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B&W ARCHIVAL Death of Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) MS funeral procession with flag-draped coffin. MS flag at half-mast over White House. LS/GV mourning Americans standing in front of the white house. MCUs men & women crying, wiping tears.
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT & family out for a sail in sailboat, FDR smokes pipe. MS HARRY S. TRUMAN walking on path, shaking a hand.
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DO NOT USE: Still of Truman aide GEORGE ELSEY.
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COLOR: Former Truman aide George Elsey saying Mr. Truman was ill prepared for FDR's death & had a hard transition to the presidency.
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DO NOT USE: Still of Truman w/ advisers, including Clark Clifford.
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COLOR: MCU Truman advisor Clark Clifford reminiscing about when Truman took the office.
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B/W ARCHIVAL (1945): GV/MS/MCU of Mr. Truman being sworn in as President.
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B&W ARCHIVAL Margaret, Bess and Harry Truman sitting on couch, looking through letters.
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COLOR: MCU Daughter MARGARET TRUMAN recalling that FDR's staff kept her father in the dark about what was what in terms of policy and direction, including the A-bomb.
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B&W ARCHIVAL GV of atomic bomb test in the Marshall Islands (mushroom cloud, explosion).
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B&W ARCHIVAL-End of WWII GV New York Times building news ticker with message "JAPANESE SURRENDER". GV people celebrating V - J Day in New York City street, marching w/American flags & signs reading "peace". MS streetcar loaded w/ returning sailors & young women, multiethnic crowd. TLS sailor waving American flag above massive crowd gathered in the street.