Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum


Motion Picture MP59-12-1 through 12-3.

Portraits of Power.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Date: 1958.
Formats: 16mm.
Sound: Yes.
Color: No.
Running Time: 30 min.
Footage: 1134 feet.
Produced by: British Broadcasting Company.
Copyright Restrictions: British Broadcasting Company.

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SHOT LIST

    Reel 1
00:00Portraits of Power (Title)
00:09Truman
00:22Truman speaks to Congress – April 16, 1945 – 1st and last parts of speech
01:38Truman and Roosevelt at lunch at White House
01:48Truman takes oath, April 12, 1945
01:53Agronsky talks about Truman
03:22Truman and Petrillo play piano and horn June 15, 1954
03:42Parade – Truman walks
04:03Commentator on Truman’s background
04:57Mrs. Palmer – Truman’s teacher – love of reading – mother’s influence
06:42Truman and mother leaving airplane, Washington, D.C., May 11, 1945
06:58Truman on a fishing trip
07:18Charles Murphy speaks of Truman – outstanding quality, decisions based on principles
08:37Truman and wife with wounded veterans at White House, June 20, 1947
09:00Eugene Donnelly speaks on Truman – Battery D and World War I – “Battle of Who Ran”
10:36Commentator – fighting spirit to politics – Campaign of 1948
11:21Clark Clifford speaks on fall 1948 – poll – campaign (scenes of campaign)
12:32Dexter, Iowa scenes – Truman introduces Bess and Margaret on a train
12:58Democratic National Convention nomination scene, July 15, 1948
14:43Truman accepting – music scenes of campaign and inauguration, Alben Barkley
15:15Young Democrats Dinner speech, May 14, 1948, “Kaltenborn” mimic, all of it, January 19, 1949
16:35Commentator talks of why Truman won 1) Power of people, Negro, Fair Deal 2) Foreign policy, new role for U.S.
17:52Atomic Bomb – exploding scenes of Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
18:17Truman and Marshall in the Oval Office
18:25Truman speaks to Congress – part of speech; Marshall Plan; March 12, 1957
19:21Korea – scenes of fighting
20:04Truman arrives – greeted by MacArthur at Wake Island
20:16Truman fires MacArthur, April 11, 1951
20:42Robert McKenzie speaks about Acheson
21:11Acheson speaks on Truman
26:08Truman talks to newsmen as commentator talks on loyalty to friends, on decision-making
27:29Truman talks at an unidentified commencement “America has faith in people”
27:53William S. White on Truman
29:22 Commentator
29:42 Truman and Margaret on lawn
30:00 End

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