Motion Picture MP72-67

Truman Album

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
317 feet
Running Time
8 minutes 50 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
silent
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Movietone News
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

Newsreel clips of President Truman speaking, visiting the Virgin Islands and Cuba, and greeting visitors.

Date(s)
1948

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
     
0:00   “Carnival Time” (pre-Lenten festivities), New Orleans (Margaret Truman dancing, brief), other cities.
1:30   “California – Truman says Russia Bars Free World” (Truman speaks after getting Honorary LLD), June 12, 1948.
3:00   “President Decries Reactionaries as ‘Floogie Birds” (At a banquet) Jefferson-Jackson Banquet, February 19, 1948.
4:30   “President Tours Nation - Speaks at Chicago” (Truman speaking to a large crowd), June 4, 1948.
5:25   Truman in a parade with Battery D, June 5, 1948.
5:45   “President Truman’s Caribbean Trip” (Truman visiting Caribbean island including Virgin Islands with Governor William Hastie), February 1948.
6:30   “President Truman Pays Visit to Cuba.”
7:00   “President Observes Memorial Day” (lays wreath at Tomb of Unknown Soldier and speaks.)
8:00   “President Sees Flood area in Oregon” May 30, 1948.
8:30   “President Welcomes Cross-Country Cowboys” February 11, 1948.
8:50   “Truman Becomes President of Boy Scouts.”