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Truman [videorecording] / a David Grubin Productions, Inc. film for American experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; written and produced by David Grubin.

Full screen version.

[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, CA. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.

2 videodiscs (257 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

MPAA Rating: Not rated; Canadian rating PG.

Presidents.

Presidents collection.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.

Presidents -- United States -- Biography.

Legislators -- Missouri -- Biography.

Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Presidents -- United States -- Family -- 20th century.

Presidents' spouses -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Presidents -- United States -- Election -- History -- 20th century.

Biographical television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

United States -- History -- 1945-1953.

United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953.

United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.

Grubin, David.

Robards, Jason.

David Grubin Productions.

WGBH Educational Foundation.

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)

PBS Home Video.

Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)

American experience (Television program)

Originally broadcast in 1997 as part of the series The American experience.

DVD special feature Teacher's guide (PDF).

Cinematography by William B. McCullough, James Callanan, Roger Phenix; edited by Geof Bartz, Howard Sharp; music by Michael Bacon ; narrator, 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.

DVD ; NTSC ; Region 1 ; Full screen ; Stereo.

In English; close-captioned in English.

Introduction -- New life -- Opportunities -- War and peace -- Senator Truman Road to the White House -- New President -- End of the war -- Bomb -- Credits

Introduction -- Crisis at home -- Seeds of the Cold War -- New policies -- Truman defeats Dewey -- Korean War -- Truman vs. MacArthur -- Citizen Truman -- Credits

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