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Motion Picture MP2006-21

Home movies of Shangri-La/Lake Louise/Tacoma

Administrative Information

Footage
342 feet
Running Time
9 minutes 30 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
silent
Color
Color
Produced by
Unknown. Commander William M. Rigdon was President Harry S. Truman’s assistant naval aide
Restrictions
Undetermined
Description
Footage from the William M. Rigdon collection at Georgia Southern University, who retained the original films. This film shows three unidentified women at Shangri-La, now known as Camp David, a family at a private home, woods and mountains, Lake Louise, a zoo, and evidently Tacoma, Washington.

SD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are available for $20, and HD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are $50. Copies of motion pictures not already digitized will incur additional costs.

This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.

To request a copy of this item, please contact truman.reference@nara.gov​​​​​​​

Please note that this video belongs to a different video collection than the items available to be borrowed by teachers, from our Education Department.

Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

    Reel 1
00:00 Three woman explore in front of a wooded house, probably at Shangri-La, now known as Camp David.
00:54 The scene shifts to children coming out of a private home. A family dressed for an occasion is gathered for group photographs on the lawn. Little girls play in the grass.
01:56 The film reverts to the woods. The camera lingers on the scenery.
02:55 A group standing outside a house in winter transitions into a man, a woman and a dachshund walking through the snow.
04:06 The next segment shows a mountainous area at summer. A man in a yellow shirt look through binoculars on the porch of a house. The same dachshund as before is present.
05:32 The family outside of a home. Children dance.
06:12 People gather in a cabin in the woods.
06:51 This segment features footage of zoo animals such as giraffes, antelope, a polar bear, flamingos, etc.
08:00 The camera shows mountains, woods and Lake Louise. Tacoma, Washington is also mentioned in the label on the tape.