MP2002-300 Former President Truman Discusses 1948 Campaign and Other Presidents in History

In this Screen Gems outtake, Merle Miller interviews former president Harry S. Truman. They discuss the 1948 campaign, Margaret and Bess's involvement in it, the whistle stop tour, inaccurate press coverage of it, watching the 1948 RNC, and the inaccurate polling. He also reviews the campaigns of Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Grover Cleveland, and Andrew Jackson.
This item is from the Screen Gems Collection. The Screen Gems Collection consists of outtakes created during the production of the film series, "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman" which aired on television in 1964 and 1965. This item is in the public domain. Please credit: Screen Gems Collection, Harry S. Truman Library.
This film is part of the Motion Picture series at the Truman Library. Please see this link for the National Archives Catalog record: catalog.archives.gov/id/595162