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Motion Picture MP 66-19.

NBC Presents a Visit to the White House with Harry S. Truman.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Date: May 3, 1952.
Formats: 16mm., Two ¾-inch videotapes; Betacam SP.
Sound: Yes.
Color: No.
Running Time: 48 min.
Footage: 1728 feet.
Produced by: NBC.
Copyright Restrictions: NBC.

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SHOT LIST

    Reel 1

00:00

Invitation to the White House (May 3, 1952 at 4:00)
00:23 View of the White House from the Washington Monument
01:25 Doors to the Entrance Hall of the White House
01:45 Inside the White Houses’s front doors
01:53 Harry S. Truman enters
02:03 Harry S. Truman shakes hands with newsmen Bryson Rash, Frank Bourgholtzer and Walter Cronkite in the White House
02:10 Harry S. Truman speaks about changes made in the White House; state stairway; old and new presidential seals
03:01 Main floor of the White House
03:11 Walk down to Ground Floor of White House; Harry S. Truman and Walter Cronkite
03:53 Old Presidential Seal over door
04:56 Diplomatic Reception Room in the White House; First Ladies pictures on walls
06:40 F.D. Roosevelt’s fireside chats
07:07 Truman and Cronkite walk across hall to old kitchen
07:34 Masonic Symbols on fireplace
08:20 History of Desk in the old kitchen
09:49 Grill from old kitchen fireplace
10:38 Truman and Cronkite in China Room of White House next to the Diplomatic Reception Room
10:50 Wood panel in China Room is from the old White House
11:06 Truman talks about the picture of Mrs. Coolidge and a dog on the wall of the China Room
12:03 Showcase in China Room with all the Presidents’ collected dishes
13:40 Truman’s dishes
14:15 Main corridor on the ground floor of the White House
14:23 Truman and Cronkite in the Library
14:50 Presidential Seal
15:50 Fireplace with tiles from the original fireplace
17:00 Truman and Cronkite in the corridor of the ground floor of the White House
17:54 Truman and Cronkite leaving the ground floor of the White House
18:02 Bryson Rash, Walter Cronkite and Truman in the White House
18:25 Bryson Rash and Truman in the Main Hall Room of the White House
19:00 Rash and Truman walking down the Main Hallway of the White House to the State Dining Room
19:21 Rash and Truman touring the State Dining Room
20:16 Famous Lincoln painting by George P.A. Healy located in the State Dining Room
22:35 Picture of Hoover in the Main Hallway of the White House
23:13 Rash and Truman in the Red Room of the White House
23:42 Rash and Truman in the Red Room of the White House with Theodore Roosevelt picture
24:03 Clock on fireplace mantel in Red Room of the White House
25:39 Rash and Truman discuss the private living quarters of the White House
26:20 Truman’s private study
27:40 Rose Room or Queen’s Room of the White House
28:17 Lincoln’s Room of the White House
28:52 Third floor of the White House
29:16 Guest room on third floor of the White House
29:28 Sun Room of the White House
29:44 View from Sun Room of the White House
30:03 Rash and Truman in Red Room first floor of the White House
33:38 Rash and Truman in the Main Corridor of the White House
33:54 New Seal
34:14 Rash, Truman and Bourgholtzer in Main Corridor of the White House
34:49 Bourgholtzer and Truman in the Oval Room or Blue Room of the White House
36:29 Clock on fireplace mantel of Blue Room
37:59 Chandelier in the Oval or Blue Room of the White House
38:19 Bourgholtzer and Truman in the Main Corridor of the White House
38:41 Bourgholtzer and Truman in the Green Room
39:43 Presidential Seal on Rug in Green Room
40:04 Fireplace mantel in Green Room of the White House
40:35 Chandelier in Green Room of the White House; bought by Mrs. Truman in Paris at a flea market
41:03 Bourgholtzer and Truman in the Ball Room or East Room of the White House
41:39 Bourgholtzer and Truman looking at a picture of George Washington in the Ball Room or East Room of the White House; picture saved by Mrs. Madison when the British burned the White House
42:43 Piano in the Ball Room or East Room of the White House
42:57 Truman plays the piano in the Ball Room or East Room of the White House while Bourgholtzer watches
43:44 Bourgholtzer and Truman in the Ball Room or East Room of the White House
43:54 Truman plays the other piano in the Ball Room or East Room of the White House while Bourgholtzer watches
44:32 Bourgholtzer and Truman in the Ball Room or East Room of the White House
46:22 Base of the construction of the White House
46:49 Walter Cronkite, Bryson Rash, Frank Bourgholtzer and Truman in the White House
47:16 United States flag on top of the White House
47:35 Fountain at the White House
47:46 Washington Monument as seen from the White House
48:00 End Reel

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