Motion Picture MP76-34
The President’s Vacation Cruise
Administrative Information
Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
828 feet
Running Time
23 minutes
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
silent
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Unknown
Restrictions
Undetermined
Description
President Truman's vacation voyage on the USS Williamsburg to Bermuda and also his visit to Key West, Florida (where he goes under sea in a captured German submarine).
Date(s)
August 16, 1946 - September 2, 1946
November 17, 1946 - November 23, 1946
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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture
Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:10 | Setting sail – scenes of presidential yacht U. S. S. Williamsburg. | |
| 1:00 | Truman and others relaxing in swim suits on deck. | |
| 1:55 | More scenes of Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. | |
| 2:20 | Quonset, Rhode Island. | |
| 3:00 | Bermuda scenes. | |
| 5:25 | Governor of Bermuda calls on the U. S. S. Williamsburg. | |
| 6:45 | Truman visits Governor. | |
| 8:30 | Truman fishing cruise. | |
| 11:35 | Truman swimming. | |
| 11:55 | Leave Bermuda. | |
| 12:30 | End of that vacation. | |
| “The President Visits Key West Florida”. | ||
| 13:00 | Key West – the Commanders home. | |
| 13:40 | Scenes at the sub base. | |
| 14:45 | Truman visits U2513 (captured German sub) and makes practice dive. | |
| 16:45 | Truman on fishing cruise. | |
| 18:00 | Truman goes to Dry Tortugas on destroyer. | |
| 22:00 | Truman fishing again and scenes of destroyer as they return to Key West. |