| Other author/creator | Grubin, David. |
| Other author/creator | Robards, Jason. |
| Other author/creator | David Grubin Productions. |
| Other author/creator | WGBH Educational Foundation. |
| Other author/creator | WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) |
| Other author/creator | PBS Home Video. |
| Other author/creator | Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm) |
| Series |
Presidents collection
Presidents (PBS Home Video) UNAUTHORIZED
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| Contents |
Disc One Part One An Accident of Democracy Introduction -- New life -- Opportunities -- War and peace -- Senator Truman Part Two The Moon, Stars and All the Planets Road to the White House -- New President -- End of the war -- Bomb -- Credits (144 min.) |
| Contents |
Disc Two Part Three Hell Introduction -- Crisis at home -- Seeds of the Cold War -- New policies -- Truman defeats Dewey -- Korean War -- Truman vs. MacArthur -- Citizen Truman -- Credits (116 min.) |
| Abstract |
The story of the unlikely rise of a gritty American original, Harry Truman. He was a farmer, a bankrupt businessman, an unknown politician from Missouri who suddenly found himself president. Of all the men who had held America's highest office, Harry Truman was the least prepared, but he would prove to be a surprise. Facing some of the biggest crises of the century, Truman would end the war with Germany, use the atomic bomb against Japan, confront an expanding Soviet Union and wage war in Korea-all while the woman he adored, his wife Bess, refused to stay in the White House and play the role of First Lady. |
| General note | Originally broadcast on PBS as a segment of The American Experience. |
| General note | DVD special feature Teacher's guide (PDF). |
| Credits | Cinematography by William B. McCullough, James Callanan, Roger Phenix; edited by Geof Bartz, Howard Sharp; music by Michael Bacon. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Jason Robards; commentators Victor G. Reuther, David McCullough, Vernon Jarrett, Alonzo Hamby, Charles Babcock, Sue Gentry, McKinley Wooden, Ruth Gruber, Ken Hechler, Walt Bodine, Wilbur D. Sparks, Patricia Hannegan Roll, Harry Byrd, Robert Jay Lifton, Robert J. Donovan, Walter LaFeber, Marshall D. Shulman, Barton Bernstein, George M. Elsey, Stuart Canin, Clark Clifford, Nelson Lichtenstein, Rex Scouten, Norwood C. Williams, Lucius D. Battle, Ellen W. Schrecker, Dorothy I. Height, Marian Norby, Vernon Walters, Edwin H. Simmons, Floyd M. Boring, Paul Hume. |
| Audience |
MPAA Rating: Not rated; Canadian rating PG. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Language | In English; close-captioned in English. |
| Genre/form | Documentary television programs. |
| Genre/form | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Other title |
American experience (Television program) |
| ISBN | 1415738475 (set) |
| ISBN | 9781415738474 (set) |
| UPC |
841887052412 |
| Publisher number | AMEX600 PBS Home Video |
