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Motion Picture MP2006-37

The President’s Tour of the Pacific

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Video Tape
Footage
615 feet
Running Time
17 minutes 19 seconds
Tape Format
VHS
Sound
silent
Color
Color
Produced by
United States Navy
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Footage from the William M. Rigdon collection at Georgia Southern University, who retained the original films; Commander Rigdon was President Truman's Naval Aide. This film concerns President Franklin D. Roosevelt's trip to Hawaii, the Aleutians, and Alaska.

Date(s)
July 1944 - August 1944

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
     
00:35   President Franklin D. Roosevelt traveled on the heavy cruiser, Baltimore. Escorting destroyers were Cummings, Fanning, Dunlap, and Woodworth.
00:56   Pearl Harbor turns out to greet the President.
01:27   The President and his party resided at the Holmes Estate in Waikiki. The President lounges in the garden with several others, including William Rigdon.
03:56   He goes on an inspection tour about Oahu. They pass through Kolekole Pass over the Waianai Mountains.
04:57   At Schofield Barracks, then at Hickam Field.
06:14   At Washington Palace, the residence of the Governor of Hawaii.
06:40   At Schofield Barracks, the Seventh Division passes in review.
08:05   The Commandant’s house on Finger Bay, Attu. Several men, including Mr. Rigdon are standing around.
08:42   Touring the Island of Attu in the Aleutians.
09:34   They arrive at Kodiak, see the Naval Operating Base, and fish at Buskin Lake. A Mackenzie snow dog runs about.
11:40   The Inland Passage near Juneau. They go fishing.
14:23   Embarked in the Cummings, the President arrives at the Bremerton Navy Yard.
15:16   A crowd gathered at Bremerton to greet the President and hear his address to the nation.
16:06   They traveled through the Rockies on the way home. They see the Mississippi River at Minneapolis.