Motion Picture MP72-54
Administrative Information
This motion picture was created as part one of a two part series for the 1948 campaign period by the newsreel companies (The other part was called The Dewey Story). The film is biographical and covers Truman's accomplishments as President through 1947.
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This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.
To request a copy of this item, please contact truman.reference@nara.gov
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Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:20 | Truman takes oath, April 12, 1945. | |
| 0:45 | Lamar, Missouri birthplace. | |
| 0:55 | Independence, Missouri. | |
| 1:00 | Truman’s life through Senator (Truman Committee). | |
| 2:00 | Truman and Roosevelt. | |
| 2:15 | Roosevelt’s funeral. | |
| 2:30 | Truman speaks to Congress (parts of speech) April 16, 1945. | |
| 3:05 | WWII and victory. | |
| 3:20 | Atomic bomb explodes. | |
| 3:30 | Signing aboard U.S.S. Missouri. | |
| 3:50 | United Nations conference with Truman speaking (part of speech) by radio. | |
| 4:40 | Truman on U.S.S. Missouri coming from Pan Am Conference in Brazil. | |
| 5:00 | Independence with Truman. | |
| 5:45 | Truman with Eddie Jacobson. | |
| 5:50 | Grandview – Truman and Mother. | |
| 6:10 | Truman and polio victim in Oval Office. | |
| 6:30 | Truman and 35th Division in Omaha. | |
| 6:50 | Truman and veterans at White House. | |
| 7:05 | Housing legislation. | |
| 7:35 | Price control comments. | |
| 7:55 | Taft – Hartley comments. | |
| 8:05 | Civil rights comments. | |
| 8:15 | Foreign relations comments (including Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan). | |
| 9:15 | 1948 Democratic National Convention. |