Truman Talks On Communism (1953)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unknown or unclear. American newsreel titles read: ’TRUMAN TELLS LAWYERS HOW US FIGHTS COMMUNISM’. Several shots of President Harry S Truman addressing the Federal Bar Association. Audience listens and applauds as he makes speech on how the United States fights Communism. He says “We’re not going to transform our fine FBI into a Gestapo secret police... we’re not going to try to control what our people read and say and think - in short, we’re not going to end democracy“. He says “The example we set for free men everywhere will help to roll back the tide of Communist Imperialism in other parts of the world“. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more t