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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953). As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States (1945), he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his unprecedented fourth term.
During World War I, Truman served in combat in France as an artillery officer in his National Guard unit. After the war, he joined the Democratic Party political machine of Tom Pendergast in Kansas City, Missouri. He was elected a county official and in 1934 United States senator. After he had gained national prominence as head of the wartime Truman Committee, Truman replaced vice president Henry A. Wallace as Roosevelt's running mate in 1944.
Truman faced many challenges in domestic affairs. The disorderly postwar reconversion of the economy of the United States was marked by severe shortages, numerous strikes, and the passage of the Taft–Hartley Act over his veto. He confounded all predictions to win election in 1948, helped by his famous Whistle Stop Tour of rural America. After his election, he passed only one of the proposals in his liberal Fair Deal program. He used executive orders to end racial discrimination in the armed forces and created loyalty checks that dismissed thousands of communist supporters from office.
Actors: Judd Nelson (actor), Kamala Lopez (director), Karen Black (actress), Margot Kidder (actress), Patricia Arquette (actress), Frances Fisher (actress), Kamala Lopez (producer), Kamala Lopez (editor), Peter Coyote (actor), Elizabeth Peña (actress), Frances Fisher (actress), Mimi Kennedy (actress), Chandra Wilson (actress), Kate Connor (actress), Joel Marshall (producer),
Plot: A Single Woman is a distinct, lively portrait of Jeannette Rankin (the first American woman elected to Congress; also a suffragist, peace activist and reformer) that takes us from her childhood in 1880's Montana, to her last television interview in 1972. Deliciously political, occasionally chilling, ironic and idiosyncratic, A Single Woman illuminates the role of the individual in the American legislative process with a whimsical amalgamation of storytelling, high-powered discourse and communion. The program is a filmed version of the successful stage play.
Keywords: anti-war, congress, congresswoman, feminist, government, pacifism, peace-activist, suffrage, vietnamActors: Shane Rimmer (actor), Paul T.T. Easter (actor), Daniel Pemberton (composer), Paul T.T. Easter (actor), Ed Bishop (actor), John Hurt (actor), Harry S. Truman (actor), Janet Suzman (actress), Eric Meyers (actor), Hirohito (actor), Martin McDougall (actor), Paul Wilmshurst (writer), Paul Wilmshurst (producer), Paul Wilmshurst (director), Garry Cooper (actor),
Plot: Landmark dramadoc telling the story of the atomic bomb and its impact on the people of Hiroshima. The film mixes testimony, archive, CGI and full-scale reconstruction to communicate the detailed content and context of this terrible event. Screened in 30 other countries around the world on the 60th anniversary.
Keywords: archive-footage, atomic-bomb, hiroshima-japan, historical-reenactment, japan, nuclear-bomb, nuclear-explosion, nuclear-weapon, radiation-sickness, talking-headActors: Mark Antony Krupa (actor), Dave Nichols (actor), Hal Holbrook (actor), Henry Czerny (actor), Robert Joy (actor), Leslie Carlson (actor), Daniel Kash (actor), Craig Eldridge (actor), Bruce Greenwood (actor), Martin Landau (actor), Vince Corazza (actor), Colm Feore (actor), Gordon Currie (actor), Timm Zemanek (actor), Kenneth Welsh (actor),
Plot: This is the true story of a woman named Ruth Gruber who travels to Europe to help escort 1000 Jewish War victims to the United States. She comes to love and feel sorry for them all, and fights for their rights to live in America.
Keywords: 1930s, 1940s, accordion, air-raid, airplane, american-flag, anti-aircraft-gun, anti-semitism, attorney-general, babyActors: BJ Davis (actor), Bill McKinney (actor), John Panzarella (miscellaneous crew), Henry Darrow (actor), Sharron Reynolds (miscellaneous crew), Ronald L. Carr (miscellaneous crew), Tim Thomerson (actor), Nehemiah Persoff (actor), Art Carney (actor), Albert Salmi (actor), Redmond Gleeson (actor), Ron O'Neal (actor), Don LaFontaine (actor), Ernest Pintoff (director), Michael Santiago (actor),
Plot: Dramatization of the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens. The movie begins with the volcano's awakening on March 20 and ends with its eruption on May 18, 1980.
Keywords: 1980s, abbreviation-in-title, african-american, archive-footage, based-on-true-story, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, cadillac, disaster, explosion, fireJohn Wayne was always bald
And he had a woman's name
Valentino was a momma's boy
He cried in his tent all night long
And Harry Truman finally dropped the bomb
So they could go to sleep at night
So they could go to sleep at night
I got a plaque up on the wall
And an office in the sky
I give birth to major deals
Lookin' down on the passersby
I pass the torch, I follow the code
I'm steerin' straight ahead, I don't stray from the road
To be a warrior with a king
To put your hand in the flame without burning
And go to sleep at night
And go to sleep at night
And go to sleep at night
John Wayne was always bald
And he had a woman's name
Valentino was a momma's boy
I cried in my tent all night long
And Harry Truman finally dropped the bomb3
So I could go to sleep at night
So I could go to sleep at night