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Motion Picture MP66-20.

The World Spotlight Turns on Westminster College.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Date: March 5, 1946.
Formats: 16mm.
Sound: Yes.
Color: No.
Running Time: 16 min., 30 sec.
Footage: 594 feet.
Produced by: Assembled by the Burton Holmes Studio, Chicago, Illinois.
Copyright Restrictions: Universal Newsreels (public domain), Pathe, and Paramount.

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SHOT LIST

    Reel 1
00:00 Views of Westminster College campus (over voice tells story of college), the John Finley Green lectures
03:00 Crowd waiting for Truman and Churchill
03:15 Truman, Churchill, Vaughan, Governor Donnelly, Admiral Leahy, and college President McCluer at train and in parade
04:30 The party at the campus
05:30 Crowd lined up to get into building
06:00 Academic procession
06:30 Honor party procession
07:30 Both parties enter building
07:50 Governor Phil Donnelly welcomes quests
08:00 President Truman introduces Churchill
08:20 Churchill speaks (excerpts) – does not contain portion referring to the “Iron Curtain”
14:20 Presentation of LLD to Truman
15:00 Presentation of LLD to Churchill
15:40 Response by Churchill
16:20 Procession from building

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