Motion Picture MP2006-11.
1948 MU Football Team Plays Navy and Meets the Truman Family.
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Date: October 16, 1948.
Formats: 16 mm.; VHS and Betacam SP videotape copies.
Sound: No.
Color: Yes.
Running Time: 12 min. 20 sec.
Footage: 444 ft.
Produced by: University of Missouri-Columbia.
Copyright Restrictions: Curators of the University of Missouri - Columbia.
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SHOT LIST
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| 00:00 | | The film begins with scenes of the 1948 University of Missouri-Columbia football team at practice. Players pose individually before the camera and run through plays. Players highlighted include numbers 45, 40, 77, 83, 71, 54, 65, 63, 66 and 86. Number 40 has been identified as Rollie Oakes.
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| 01:39 | | The Missouri Tigers prepare to play against the team from the Navy Academy at the Babe Ruth Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Naval Academy cadet formations are shown on the field, followed by both teams’ pre-game warm-ups. |
| 03:29 | | The game begins. The footage shows major plays, mainly focusing on when Missouri has possession of the ball. Navy does not score until the fourth quarter. The final score is shown as Missouri…35 – Navy… 14.
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| 09:27 | | The film now shows the Missouri football team’s visit to the White House. Young team members wear suits and ties. Some of them sport MU letter jackets. The group gathers outside the White House for group photos with Harry S. Truman, his wife, Bess Truman, and daughter, Margaret Truman.
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