Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum


Motion Picture MP72-19.

Truman Faces New Job With Confidence.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Date: 1945.
Formats: 16mm; one Betacam SP videotape; one VHS; one DVD.
Sound: Yes.
Color: No.
Running Time: 6min. 15sec.
Footage: 225 ft.
Produced by: Universal News Reel.
Copyright Restrictions: Universal News Reel (public domain).

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SHOT LIST

    Reel 1
0:15 Truman walking from Blair House to the White House – his staff are introduced: Matthew Connelly, James L. Reinsh, John W. Snyder – Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
1:00 Truman and United Nations delegation in oval office.
1:15 Truman at press conference.
1:30 Truman signs lend lease bill April 17, 1945 in Oval Office.
1:45 Truman speaks to military about assuming office (all of speech), April 17, 1945.
2:30 “Nations Highest Honor,” narrated by Ed Herlihy; 100th Medal of Honor – Sergeant Jake W. Lindsey – given at Congress, shown with family, May 25, 1945.
3:30 “Personalities in the News,” narrated by Ben Grauer; Charles Ross becomes Press Secretary, May 15, 1945 in Oval Office.
4:45 Herbert Hoover arrives at White House for conference in Oval Office with Truman “New Cabinet Members” Lewis Schwellenbach, Tom Clark, Clinton Anderson.
5:30 “Mrs. Truman Christens Bond Airplanes,” scenes of the christening, May 30, 1945. (She is not seen trying to break the champagne bottle in this clip).
6:15 The End.

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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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