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Motion Picture MP2007-13

Miscellaneous KCMO Footage

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Video Tape
Running Time
58 minutes
Tape Format
3/4 inch video tape
Sound
intermittent
Color
Mixed
Produced by
KCMO
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

Miscellaneous news footage of former President Harry S. Truman at various events, Circa 1955-1972, including scenes relating to news of his death. Several of these segments, with the exception of the Inaugural parade, have been identified as being from the KCMO morgue. Similar footage can be found on MP2006-2, MP2006-5, MP2006-4, MP2006-6, MP2006-3, and MP2006-1.

Date(s)
ca.
1955 - 1972

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   Caption: “Truman 401 feet” (black and white footage, mostly silent)
    Mr. Truman with group of women, apparently in his office at the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City, Missouri, where he is receiving gifts.
    Television footage of Mr. Truman at IATSE convention, August 23, 1956
    Footage at the Hotel President, Kansas City, Missouri, August 21, 1956. Mr. Truman is signing copies of his “Memoirs,” which are being auctioned by Ray Sims. This section has sound. This is at the National Auctioneer’s Association banquet.
    Airplane “Truman Library Special,” unidentified visitors exit plane and tour construction site of library with Mr. Truman as guide. Tom Evans is at the airport to greet the group.
    H. Roe Bartle, Mayor of Kansas City, with newly elected Mayor Ilus W. Davis and unidentified men from Kansas City visit with Mr. Truman at the new City Hall building. Date: January, 1963.
    Footage of the family arriving at Trinity Episcopal Church on April 21, 1956 for the wedding of Margaret Truman. Clifton Daniel and his parents, Bess Truman, Harry Truman, and Margaret Truman can be seen.
11:07   Caption: “Parade 121 ft” (color)
    Apparently the inaugural parade, January 20, 1949. Dark color footage of the parade, including a military band.
14:24   Caption: “Truman 233 ft” (black and white)
    Mr. Truman with military officers and model of the U. S. S. Missouri at the Harry S. Truman Library, April 17, 1964.
    AMVETS banquet – footage of Mr. and Mrs. Truman at table.
    Unidentified visitors meet with Mr. Truman at the Harry S. Truman Library.
    Truman leaving on U. S. Air Force plane from Kansas City Municipal Airport.
    Truman giving speech at unknown banquet.
    Truman receiving American-Israel Friendship Award, October 16, 1956.
    Truman viewing bronze plaque in honor of Eddie Jacobson; tours downtown Kansas City and signs beam at construction site.
20:44   Caption: “Inaugural Parade 121 ft” (color)
    Footage of 1949 Inaugural Parade; view of floats and bands only.
24:03   Caption: “People viewing gravesite” (color)
    Visitors viewing gravesite of Mr. Truman at the Harry S. Truman Library.
25:42   Caption: “LBJ-HST Various Titles 425 ft” (color)
    Unidentified visitors to the Harry S. Truman Library.
    Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mr. Truman at a United Nations luncheon (“We Believe”) in Kansas City, June 6, 1966.
    Margaret Truman Daniel, Clifton Daniel and family arriving at Municipal Airport in Kansas City.
    President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson arriving at Municipal Airport in Kansas City.
    Hubert Humphrey visiting the Truman home.
    Lyndon Johnson signs the United Nations and Truman Resolution at the Truman home, with Lady Bird Johnson, Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman Daniel, her child, and Bess Truman, October 11, 1968.
    An elderly Harry S. Truman voting in Independence. Mike Westwood accompanies him.
    Salvation Army Band outside Truman Home, Mr. Truman is presented with a plaque, June, 1969.
    General Omar Bradley and a young woman entering the Truman home.
    Press conferences at Research Medical Center before Mr. Truman’s death (silent); Margaret Truman Daniel shown entering and leaving hospital; view of press corps, December, 1972.
37:22   Caption: “Truman 754 ft” (black and white)
    Margaret Truman wedding to Clifton Daniel, April 21, 1956. Footage from outside Trinity Episcopal Church and exterior and interior of Truman home.
    Margaret Truman and Clifton Daniel arriving at Municipal Airport in Kansas City, Missouri, and with their parents on front lawn of Truman home, April 19, 1956.
    Truman gives Press Conference, April 10, 1956, from his office in Kansas City, Missouri, regarding his trip to Europe (sound).
    Truman announces the engagement of his daughter, Margaret, from his office in Kansas City, Missouri (sound).
    Margaret Truman and Clifton Daniel press conference after their engagement is announced (sound).
    Truman holds press conference (silent).
    Truman signing copies of his “Memoirs” for unidentified visitors at his Kansas City office at the Federal Reserve Bank.
    Dean Acheson, Mr. Truman, and others look over grounds where the Harry S. Truman Library is to be constructed.
    Mr. Truman writes check as first donation for March of Dimes campaign, from his office at Federal Reserve Bank, December 29, 1955.
    Mr. Truman gives Lasker awards at medical convention, November 18, 1955. Bess Truman also in footage.
    Mr. Truman meeting with unidentified men on Truman Library grounds before construction.