Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum


Motion Picture MP72-1.

Harry S. Truman’s Movie Memory Album.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Date: January – November 1944
Formats: 16mm.
Sound: Yes.
Color: No.
Running Time: 9 min.; 15 sec.
Footage: 350 ft.
Produced by: 1) News of the Day 2) Fox Movietone 3) RKO-Pathe 4) Paramount
Copyright Restrictions: Sarnoff, Paramount, and Pathe News Images Inc.

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SHOT LIST

    Reel 1
0:37 Missouri, U.S.S.. – launching.
0:15 Washington D.C. scenes with the inaugural at the White House; arrival of Harry Hopkins, Henry Stimson, James Forrestal, Harold Ickes, Jesse Jones, Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone, Admiral Ernest King, Edward Stettinius, and General George C. Marshall.
0:54 Truman, Harry S. – at launching of U.S.S. Missouri; Truman, Mary Margaret – at launching of U.S.S. Missouri; Truman, Mrs. Harry S. (Bess) – at launching of U.S.S. Missouri.
1:23 Democratic National Convention, 1944 – nomination of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.
2:32 Roosevelt, Franklin D. – nominated to fourth term, 1944; Truman, Harry S. – nomination as Vice President, 1944.
3:59 Wallace, Henry A. – at 1944 Democratic National Convention.
4:04 Byrnes, James F. – at 1944 Democratic National Convention.
4:15 Clark, Champ – nominates Harry S. Truman for Vice President.
5:26 Roosevelt, Franklin D. – with Harry S. Truman. (White House Luncheon, August 18, 1944) Truman, Harry S. – with Roosevelt, Franklin D. (White House Luncheon, August 18, 1944).
6:07 Presidential election, 1944.
6:45 Dewey, Thomas E. – voting 1944.
7:10 Bricker, John W. – voting 1944.
7:35 Truman, Harry S. – Congratulations after 1944 election victory.
7:56 Luce, Clare Booth (Briefly).
8:01 Nye, Gerald (Briefly).
8:09 Fish, Hamilton (Briefly).
8:12 Dewey, Thomas E. – voicing congratulations to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
9:03 Roosevelt, Franklin D. – at Hyde Park receiving congratulations after 1944 election victory.

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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;
Phone: 816-268-8200 or 1-800-833-1225;
Fax: 816-268-8295.

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