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Motion Picture MP74-5

CBS Morning News (Truman Funeral Coverage)

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
450 feet
Running Time
12 minutes 33 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Color
Produced by
CBS
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

CBS Morning News coverage of the Truman funeral in Independence, Missouri. This film features interviews with Professor Richard Kirkendall and Professor J. Joseph Huthmacher.

Date(s)
December 28, 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
0:00   Opens with the flag blowing in wind before the Truman home.
0:10   Truman home – exterior.
0:38   Anchor man – CBS Morning News.
1:27   Interview with Professors J. Joseph Huthmacher, University of Delaware, and Richard Kirkdendall, University of Missouri, both Truman historians.
8:55   Examines how Truman advanced to the position of President – agreed he did not plan it. As Vice-President he had no strong opposition.
12:33   End of news brief.