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Motion Picture MP76-64

President’s Rail Trip to West Coast (Whistlestop)

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
1068 feet
1242 feet
Running Time
29 minutes 40 seconds
34 minutes 30 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
silent
Color
Black & White
Produced by
U. S. Navy
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Footage of President Truman's train trip from Pittsburgh to the West Coast (Washington and California). There were stops in a number of towns along the way. Same as MP77-15, only this film is in black and white. See also MP2011-8 and MP2006-34.

Date(s)
June 3, 1948 - June 18, 1948

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:00   Pittsburgh – train scenes – Truman on back.
1:00   Ft. Wayne, Indiana – crowd scenes in square.
2:20   Gary, Indiana – crowd at train.
2:50   Omaha, Nebraska – 35th Division Parade (Truman and staff walking; crowd scenes, parade).
8:00   Truman dedicates War Memorial Park, Omaha.
9:00   Truman visits Boys Town.
12:30   Back to Omaha.
12:50   Grand Island – back of train.
14:15   Kearney, Nebraska - train stops for Church (rail yard scenes).
15:35   Out train window scenes.
15:45   Sidney, Nebraska – train yard crowd.
15:55   More scenes out of window while traveling.
17:50   Pocatello, Idaho – crowd – Truman and family on train.
19:00   Ketchum, Idaho - crowd – Truman and family on train.
20:00   Harriman Lodge at Sun Valley and Truman fishes, ski lift, etc.
27:00   To Idaho Falls by auto.
27:45   At Idaho Falls.
28:30   Spokane, Washington – Parade – Truman talks.
  • Reel 2
0:00   "Grand Coulee Dam and Columbia River."
5:30   “Dry Falls of the Columbia.”
6:30   Parade – Ephrata, Washington and train scenes.
7:50   Wenatchee, Washington. Over the Cascades.
8:30   Bremerton, Washington, (Naval Station).
9:00   Boat ride.
9:30   Seattle, Washington, Truman speaks from platform.
11:20   Parade – Truman rides.
12:00   Portland, Oregon (flight over flood) at Vanport.
12:50   Scenes of flood from ground.
13:30   Roseville, Washington – crowd scenes; scenes in press car.
14:50   Berkeley, California – motorcade and picnic lunch.
16:30   University of California – Honorary Degree and commencement.
20:00   Flag Day at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Crowd scenes and Air Force salute; motorcade in downtown San Francisco.
27:00   Los Angeles – motorcade from Union Station to Ambassador Hotel.
28:00   Union Station, Truman thanks policemen.
28:30   Winslow, Arizona and a train going through countryside.
31:05   Gallup, New Mexico train station.
31:45   Albuquerque, New Mexico.
32:15   Newton, Kansas.
33:00   Union Station, Kansas City.
33:50   St. Louis.
34:30   End.