Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum


Motion Picture MP72-6.

Harry S. Truman’s Movie Memory Album.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Date: August 14, 1945 and September 1 and 2, 1945.
Formats: 16mm.
Sound: Yes.
Color: No.
Running Time: 7 min.
Footage: 252 ft.
Produced by: Paramount News, Fox Movietone.
Copyright Restrictions: Paramount News (Sarnoff, Paramount, and Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.), Fox Movietone.

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SHOT LIST

    Reel 1
0:00(Paramount News) “Victory – America Rejoices” (James Byrnes walking to White House).
1:00 Truman – News Conference of August 14, 1945 (partial). Cordell Hull was present (shows reporters rushing out).
2:00 New York Times Square Celebration; San Francisco: Market Street, Seattle: 4th & Pike Street; Chicago: State and Madison; Atlanta: Peach Tree Street, Lawson General Hospital – Veterans; New York: Chinatown, Mullberry Street (Italians).
5:34 Vincent Connolly, Commentator – President Truman – Brief excerpts of speeches of September 1 and 2, 1945 “Japs Sign on Dotted Line.” (Fox Movietone).

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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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