Motion Picture MP2006-41
“Not Forgotten: Harry Truman”
Administrative Information
Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
1025 feet
Running Time
28 minutes 54 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Color
Produced by
KCPT
Restrictions
Restricted
Description
Margaret Truman and actor James Whitmore (who portrays Harry S. Truman in "Give 'Em Hell, Harry") are interviewed about President Truman at the Harry S. Truman Library. Library Director Benedict K. Zobrist can be seen.
Date(s)
August 12, 1975
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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture
Shot List
- Reel 1
| 00:07 | Margaret Truman answers questions, in the Harry S. Truman Library, about Harry Truman’s “The Buck Stops Here” sign. | |
| 00:38 | A bust of Truman is seen. | |
| 01:29 | A newsman stands in front of the Truman Library and discusses the Library. Several shots are shown of people walking around the museum. The newsman comments on Harry Truman’s popularity. | |
| 02:50 | Margaret is interviewed. She discusses the changing attitudes about Truman, including those of Winston Churchill and President Gerald Ford. | |
| 05:27 | A car drives up to the library. Benedict K. Zobrist, Director of the Library, meets James Whitmore, the actor who portrayed Harry Truman in “Give ‘Em Hell, Harry.” He is interviewed in the Oval Office replica about Truman’s succession of Franklin D. Roosevelt, his popularity, and his humanity. | |
| 09:53 | Portraits of Mr. Truman are shown. The newsman discusses the Library. | |
| 11:20 | Margaret talks about how her father built the library and why. | |
| 13:44 | James Whitmore discusses corruption in the Presidency. | |
| 14:58 | Margaret talks about reading her father’s papers, as she shows the newsman some of the papers. They discuss Truman’s friendship with Herbert Hoover. | |
| 19:23 | James Whitmore mentions the simplicity of the library as well as its purpose. | |
| 20:08 | The newsman shows the 1948 Campaign room. | |
| 20:28 | Margaret discusses the campaign. | |
| 22:30 | A model of the U. S. S. Missouri is shown, then Margaret talks about the U. S. S. Missouri and Truman’s campaign car with the license plate “369.” | |
| 25:50 | James Whitmore discusses his performance of Truman. | |
| 27:32 | Margaret talks about President Truman’s importance. She is then shown leaving the library. |