Motion Picture MP2006-31
Administrative Information
President Harry S. Truman travels by train to campaign for Adlai Stevenson in Minot, North Dakota, Montana, and other destinations. Collected by, and possibly filmed by, Commander William M. Rigdon, President Truman's assistant naval aide. See Georgia Southern University for original film.
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Shot List
- Reel 1
| 00:30 | A large crowd gathers to see President Harry S. Truman’s train. | |
| 01:44 | Landscape is viewed from aboard the train. | |
| 03:03 | The train arrives at Minot, North Dakota. More scenery is shown from the train. | |
| 04:17 | People gather around Truman’s train as he speaks and converses with several Native Americans. | |
| 06:13 | On the hills of Montana, men on horseback bear flags. A crowd gathers in front of a platform. In the background, there is a large explosion. | |
| 07:35 | People listen to Truman speak from the back of the train. They travel through the mountains by train. | |
| 09:05 | They make a pit stop at the Columbia Raisin Harvest. They travel onward, stopping three more times before they reach a dam, where they relax a little. | |
| 20:50 | The Truman train traverses the country and stops six more times, one such stop was at Shenandoah (probably Iowa). | |
| 35:43 | A group of well-dressed people enter a garden area and then have photographs taken. |