Motion Picture MP66-19
NBC Presents a Visit to the White House with Harry S. Truman
Administrative Information
Footage
1728 feet
Running Time
48 minutes
Film Gauge
16mm
Tape Format
Betacam SP
3/4 inch video tape
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
NBC
Restrictions
Restricted
Description
President Truman conducts a personal tour of the newly renovated White House with three television reporters.
Date(s)
May 3, 1952
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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture
Shot List
- Reel 1
| 00:00 | Invitation to the White House (May 3, 1952 at 4:00) | |
| 00:23 | View of the White House from the Washington Monument | |
| 01:25 | Doors to the Entrance Hall of the White House | |
| 01:45 | Inside the White Houses’s front doors | |
| 01:53 | Harry S. Truman enters | |
| 02:03 | Harry S. Truman shakes hands with newsmen Bryson Rash, Frank Bourgholtzer and Walter Cronkite in the White House | |
| 02:10 | Harry S. Truman speaks about changes made in the White House; state stairway; old and new presidential seals | |
| 03:01 | Main floor of the White House | |
| 03:11 | Walk down to Ground Floor of White House; Harry S. Truman and Walter Cronkite | |
| 03:53 | Old Presidential Seal over door | |
| 04:56 | Diplomatic Reception Room in the White House; First Ladies pictures on walls | |
| 06:40 | F.D. Roosevelt’s fireside chats | |
| 07:07 | Truman and Cronkite walk across hall to old kitchen | |
| 07:34 | Masonic Symbols on fireplace | |
| 08:20 | History of Desk in the old kitchen | |
| 09:49 | Grill from old kitchen fireplace | |
| 10:38 | Truman and Cronkite in China Room of White House next to the Diplomatic Reception Room | |
| 10:50 | Wood panel in China Room is from the old White House | |
| 11:06 | Truman talks about the picture of Mrs. Coolidge and a dog on the wall of the China Room | |
| 12:03 | Showcase in China Room with all the Presidents’ collected dishes | |
| 13:40 | Truman’s dishes | |
| 14:15 | Main corridor on the ground floor of the White House | |
| 14:23 | Truman and Cronkite in the Library | |
| 14:50 | Presidential Seal | |
| 15:50 | Fireplace with tiles from the original fireplace | |
| 17:00 | Truman and Cronkite in the corridor of the ground floor of the White House | |
| 17:54 | Truman and Cronkite leaving the ground floor of the White House | |
| 18:02 | Bryson Rash, Walter Cronkite and Truman in the White House | |
| 18:25 | Bryson Rash and Truman in the Main Hall Room of the White House | |
| 19:00 | Rash and Truman walking down the Main Hallway of the White House to the State Dining Room | |
| 19:21 | Rash and Truman touring the State Dining Room | |
| 20:16 | Famous Lincoln painting by George P.A. Healy located in the State Dining Room | |
| 22:35 | Picture of Hoover in the Main Hallway of the White House | |
| 23:13 | Rash and Truman in the Red Room of the White House | |
| 23:42 | Rash and Truman in the Red Room of the White House with Theodore Roosevelt picture | |
| 24:03 | Clock on fireplace mantel in Red Room of the White House | |
| 25:39 | Rash and Truman discuss the private living quarters of the White House | |
| 26:20 | Truman’s private study | |
| 27:40 | Rose Room or Queen’s Room of the White House | |
| 28:17 | Lincoln’s Room of the White House | |
| 28:52 | Third floor of the White House | |
| 29:16 | Guest room on third floor of the White House | |
| 29:28 | Sun Room of the White House | |
| 29:44 | View from Sun Room of the White House | |
| 30:03 | Rash and Truman in Red Room first floor of the White House | |
| 33:38 | Rash and Truman in the Main Corridor of the White House | |
| 33:54 | New Seal | |
| 34:14 | Rash, Truman and Bourgholtzer in Main Corridor of the White House | |
| 34:49 | Bourgholtzer and Truman in the Oval Room or Blue Room of the White House | |
| 36:29 | Clock on fireplace mantel of Blue Room | |
| 37:59 | Chandelier in the Oval or Blue Room of the White House | |
| 38:19 | Bourgholtzer and Truman in the Main Corridor of the White House | |
| 38:41 | Bourgholtzer and Truman in the Green Room | |
| 39:43 | Presidential Seal on Rug in Green Room | |
| 40:04 | Fireplace mantel in Green Room of the White House | |
| 40:35 | Chandelier in Green Room of the White House; bought by Mrs. Truman in Paris at a flea market | |
| 41:03 | Bourgholtzer and Truman in the Ball Room or East Room of the White House | |
| 41:39 | Bourgholtzer and Truman looking at a picture of George Washington in the Ball Room or East Room of the White House; picture saved by Mrs. Madison when the British burned the White House | |
| 42:43 | Piano in the Ball Room or East Room of the White House | |
| 42:57 | Truman plays the piano in the Ball Room or East Room of the White House while Bourgholtzer watches | |
| 43:44 | Bourgholtzer and Truman in the Ball Room or East Room of the White House | |
| 43:54 | Truman plays the other piano in the Ball Room or East Room of the White House while Bourgholtzer watches | |
| 44:32 | Bourgholtzer and Truman in the Ball Room or East Room of the White House | |
| 46:22 | Base of the construction of the White House | |
| 46:49 | Walter Cronkite, Bryson Rash, Frank Bourgholtzer and Truman in the White House | |
| 47:16 | United States flag on top of the White House | |
| 47:35 | Fountain at the White House | |
| 47:46 | Washington Monument as seen from the White House | |
| 48:00 | End Reel |