Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum


Motion Picture MP2006-27.

Visit of the President of the United States to Mexico City.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Date: March 3-6, 1947.
Formats: VHS copy of a 16mm original.
Sound: No.
Color: Yes.
Running Time: 17 min. 57 sec.
Footage: 645 ft.
Produced by: United States Navy.
Copyright Restrictions: Copyright belongs to Georgia Southern University.

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SHOT LIST

    Reel 1
00:42Truman arrives in Mexico City.
00:50President Truman thanks President Miguel Aleman.
01:55En route from the airport to the American Embassy.
02:16Mexico City: The President attends a festival at the National Stadium.
06:29A plane bears members of the American press party on a flight to and over Paricutin (Mexico’s famous volcano).
07:57They visit the pyramids and the Temple of Quetzalcoatl (“the Citadel”) at the archeological city of Teotihuacon.
09:25They depart Mexico City, stop over at Waco, Texas, and arrive in Washington, D. C.
09:30Earlier footage of the speech, festival, pyramids, and volcano is repeated.

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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;
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