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THE PRESIDENCY IN THE POST WAR WORLD -THE TRUMAN YEARS Truman and the Uses of...

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THE PRESIDENCY IN THE POST WAR WORLD -THE TRUMAN YEARS Truman and the Uses of Power. This film is about the manner in which HARRY S. TRUMAN utilized executive power during his presidential administration, specifically in terms of organized labor and civil rights. Some excellent material here.
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THE PRESIDENCY IN THE POST WAR WORLD -THE TRUMAN YEARS Truman and the Uses of...

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1946  (Estimated Year)
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Opening montage and Credits: MS's John L. Lewis, Josef Stalin, Harry S. Truman, Joseph McCarthy, Douglas Macarthur, LSs American jet fighters, artillery, atom bomb explosion, CU African American GI.
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THE PRESIDENCY IN THE POST WAR WORLD -THE TRUMAN YEARS Truman and the Uses of...

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1948  (Estimated Year)
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01:07:10 - 01:08:33
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1948 Presidential Election: High angle LS of massive crowd gathered at the Democratic National Convention. GVs as Truman walks among crowd shaking hands as he approaches podium. LS/GV crowd, many hold Truman signs. GV/MS Truman at podium speaking to crowd. MS Thomas Dewy and wife waving as they walk onto stage at the '48 Republican National Convention. MS Thomas Dewy w/arms in the air. POV from train. MS profile of Truman on train looking out window at crowd gathered along route of his whistle-stop tour of America. POV from train of crowd gathered along route w/umbrellas raised. GV/MS Truman speaking to public from train platform touring his Whistle stop tour. GV men entering building w/sign in window reading "Vote Here". MS man placing election ballot into box. MS rear view of man inside polling booth, curtain is drawn shut. GV men tallying election results on large board. GVs fireworks. High angle LS Truman procession through the streets of Washington D.C. GV/MS Truman riding in convertible smiling and waving to the public. GV crowd gathered along motorcade route. POV driving under banner reading "Welcome Home Mr. President". LS parade route. TLS Truman motorcade. GV Truman riding in convertible. Tracking GVs of crowd along parade route.
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THE PRESIDENCY IN THE POST WAR WORLD -THE TRUMAN YEARS Truman and the Uses of...

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01:08:33 - 01:08:44
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Post WWII: Tracking GV of American GI's returning home from Europe via ship, they wave and smile for the camera. LSs ship packed w/GI's returning home form the war. High angle GV of men in civilian clothing exiting building.
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THE PRESIDENCY IN THE POST WAR WORLD -THE TRUMAN YEARS Truman and the Uses of...

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DO NOT USE: Still photos: MS man at counter of unemployment office. TLS unemployed men seated on street curb. MS's unemployed white men gathered on sidewalk.
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THE PRESIDENCY IN THE POST WAR WORLD -THE TRUMAN YEARS Truman and the Uses of...

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Factory Strikes: LS factory building as security guard closing gate. CU gate being locked. Great LS/MS/CU's strikers w/signs marching peacefully outside factories. Several LS/MS/CU of violence between scabs, strikers and mounted police; cops bust heads with clubs.
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THE PRESIDENCY IN THE POST WAR WORLD -THE TRUMAN YEARS Truman and the Uses of...

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01:09:27 - 01:10:31
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Coal Mining: Low angle TLS looking up at coal mining equipment. MS coal miners working in mine. LS/MS's injured or dead miners on stretchers, being taken out of disaster areas, through crowds (mine mishaps, explosions, cave-ins, etc). MS handwritten sign reading "BULLETIN-Monday has been proclaimed as Memorial day for miners lost in No.5 explosion...Will be closed all day. GV pan of men and women standing behind closed iron gate. MS's JOHN L. LEWIS (head of the mine worker's union) talking with reporters, walking into building for negotiations. GVs miners exiting mine on rail cart (lunch break or end of shift). LS miners walking w/lunch boxes. GV stationary coal carts. GVs abandoned coal mining facilities.
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Railroad Strike: MS stationary train wheels. MS engineer descending from engine car, walking from train. TLS railroad workers walking along side of stationary train. MS to rail workers hanging sign on wall reading "All Train Service Temporarily Discontinued." Elevated LS pan of deserted rail yard filled with inactive cars. GV cargo rail cars filled but inactive.
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DO NOT USE TRUMAN AUDIO (Railroad & Mining Imagery is Fine): Elevated GV cargo rail cars filled but inactive. Nice establishing LS coal mining facility surrounded by town of residential houses. Elevated TLS empty and inactive cargo rail cars/carts. Nice LS pan of rail yard w/inactive trains.
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01:10:59 - 01:11:41
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Joint Session of Congress: Establishing LS Capitol Building. MSs President Harry Truman at podium speaking to Joint Session of Congress. High angle LS Joint Session of Congress in session. GV President Harry Truman at podium announcing that the rail strike is over. Elevated LS congress in seats clapping.
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01:11:41 - 01:11:55
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Coal Mining: MS Mr. Lewis and federal negotiator exiting building. Interesting low angle GV American Flag flying on pole, heads of miners are seen passing in the foreground. TLS miners walking to mine. Low angle GV looking up at mining equipment.
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01:11:55 - 01:12:26
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DO NOT USE: 1969 Truman Interview.
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DO NOT USE TRUMAN AUDIO (Courthouse Imagery is Fine): CU building exterior reading "Municipal Court Criminal Division" MS John L. Lewis (head of the mine worker's union) in court. MS John Lewis exiting courthouse.
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DO NOT USE TRUMAN AUDIO (Senate Committee Hearing Imagery is Fine): Republican Senator ROBERT TAFT of Ohio grilling Mr. John L. Lewis in Senate Committee hearing.
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THE PRESIDENCY IN THE POST WAR WORLD -THE TRUMAN YEARS Truman and the Uses of...

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01:13:18 - 01:13:48
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Establishing LS White House at night. MS Mr. Truman at desk addressing the nation about the Taft-Hartley Act: "bad for labor, bad for management, bad for the country." Establishing TLS of the Capitol Building during the day. LS/MS Representatives of Congress seated. Nice TLS President Harry Truman and aide walking along Pennsylvania Avenue, the White House is seen in the background. LS President Harry Truman and aide walking. MSs President Harry Truman and aide walking along sidewalk, vehicular traffic is seen moving in the background.
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01:14:25 - 01:15:40
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Red Scare, House of Un-American Activities Committee: GV Committee room filled with people during the HUAC hearings. "Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?" MS man in bowtie defending himself against the allegations. MS man speaking to the committee. GV captivated men and women seated in committee room during HUAC hearings. MS various men testifying before committee, asked of their Communist predilections. Nice GV pan of Hollywood elite HUMPHREY BOGART, LAUREN BACALL, DANNY KAYE, RICHARD CONTI, JUNE HAVER, in Washington, DC walking past the Capitol Building. GV Hollywood stars posing for cameras outside the Capitol. MS Bogart & Bacall in Washington, Dome of the Capitol Building is seen in the background.
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01:15:40 - 01:16:07
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THE PRESIDENCY IN THE POST WAR WORLD -THE TRUMAN YEARS Truman and the Uses of...

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HUAC Hearings: GV Committee room filled with people during the HUAC hearings. TLS people seated around table in committee room. MSs WHITTAKER CHAMBERS and ALGER HISS testifying at HUAC hearings. MSs Rep. RICHARD NIXON inspecting the infamous microfilm of state department secrets, Mr. Nixon states for the cameras what the film is. MSs Mr. Hiss being led from building in handcuffs by police. MSs MORTON SOBELL, JULIUS ROSENBERG and ETHEL ROSENBERG being led from building in handcuffs and toward a paddy wagon, arrested on suspicion of espionage (spy). MS Senator JOSEPH MCCARTHY seated before HUAC. GV committee room filled with people during the trials. MS pan of men on the Committee, Mr. Nixon and Mr. McCarthy are present. MS Senator JOSEPH MCCARTHY seated before HUAC.
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01:17:12 - 01:17:29
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01:17:29 - 01:18:04
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CU Seal of the President of the United States. MS Mr. Truman speaking at black tie affair: "I'll tell you how we're not going to fight Communism. We are not going to turn our FBI into a Gestapo super-police we're not going to control what our people say or think. We're going to keep the Bill of Rights on the books". Speech is intercut with images from the HUAC Hearings.
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01:18:04 - 01:18:35
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01:18:35 - 01:18:56
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HUAC proceedings: More shots of HUAC proceedings Sowing the seeds of the civil rights movement.
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01:18:56 - 01:19:13
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DO NOT USE TRUMAN AUDIO (Civil Rights Imagery is Fine): CU copy of the US Constitution. MS white policemen with clubs drawn loading a black (African American) man into paddy wagon. Elevated GV several African American men filing out of paddy wagon. High angle MS African American men handcuffed and being led into police station.
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01:19:13 - 01:19:16
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01:19:16 - 01:19:26
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MS Harry Truman walking along street. MSs Truman buying newspaper from young African-American man.
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01:19:26 - 01:20:12
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1948  (Estimated Year)
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01:20:12 - 01:21:19
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Civil Rights: LS African American men working in field. GV male African American farm labor toiling in field. GV African American men and women picking cotton. MS two African American boys carrying a sack. LS poor African American children on stoop of rural shanty. CU young African American boy leaning his head on building while looking into the distance. MS South Carolina Governor STROM THURMOND delivering anti-civil rights speech. LS STROM THURMOND speaking at podium, running for presidential candidate of the States Rights' Democratic Party in opposition to Truman.
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01:21:19 - 01:21:54
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Military Segregation: MS African American Army soldiers being issued guns. MS African American Army soldiers digging with shovels. Nice MS/CU of African American soldiers doing land surveying. MS/CU African American GI washing clothes in large barrel while in the field. CU Chief of Staff DWIGHT EISENHOWER. GV two African American Army cooks pouring a sack of flower into large mixing pot. MS African American Army cooks catching baked bread as it rolls off conveyor shoot. MS African American Army cooks putting tray full of bread loaves into oven.
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DO NOT USE: 1969 Truman Interview. And stills.
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01:22:32 - 01:22:49
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DO NOT USE TRUMAN AUDIO (Newsreel Military Imagery is Fine): LSs military parade in progress. Low angle MS looking up at Harry Truman & military officer watching/inspecting the parade. GVs military parade.
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TLS Military parade. GV African American GIs in transport boat. CU African American GI on field telephone. LS military inspection. Three CUs of helmeted African American GIs. LS crowd of African American men and women. MS sign reading: "We Greet You, Champion of Civil Rights, Mr. Truman". MS Mr. Truman shaking hands w/crowd. MS African American woman seated next to Caucasian man. MSs Harry Truman walking through crowd. MSs Truman riding in convertible. MS Truman approaching podium. TLS Truman speaking in front of large crowd. MSs Truman speaking at podium, various events. TLS large integrated crowd. GVs Truman riding in convertible.
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01:24:09 - 01:24:19
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DO NOT USE: End Credits
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