Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum


Motion Picture MP2006-31

Campaign 1952.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Date: ca. September 1952.
Formats: VHS copy of a 16 mm original (original film was retained by Georgia Southern University).
Sound: No.
Color: Yes.
Running Time: 37 min., 02 sec.
Footage: 1340 ft.
Produced by: Unknown.
Copyright Restrictions: Copyright belongs to Georgia Southern University.

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SHOT LIST

    Reel 1
00:30A large crowd gathers to see President Harry S. Truman’s train.
01:44Landscape is viewed from aboard the train.
03:03The train arrives at Minot, North Dakota. More scenery is shown from the train.
04:17People gather around Truman’s train as he speaks and converses with several Native Americans.
06:13On the hills of Montana, men on horseback bear flags. A crowd gathers in front of a platform. In the background, there is a large explosion.
07:35People listen to Truman speak from the back of the train. They travel through the mountains by train.
09:05They make a pit stop at the Columbia Raisin Harvest. They travel onward, stopping three more times before they reach a dam, where they relax a little.
20:50The Truman train traverses the country and stops six more times, one such stop was at Shenandoah (probably Iowa).
35:43A group of well-dressed people enter a garden area and then have photographs taken.

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The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum is one of thirteen Presidential Libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.

500 W. US Hwy. 24. Independence MO 64050
truman.library@nara.gov
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Phone: 816-268-8200 or 1-800-833-1225;
Fax: 816-268-8295.

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