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Motion Picture MP76-98

77th Birthday Greetings from Washington, D.C. to Harry S. Truman

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
381 feet
Running Time
10 minutes 35 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Unknown
Restrictions
Undetermined
Description

This film is a series of taped birthday greetings from various notable people, to be shown on the occasion of former president Harry S. Truman's 77th birthday in May, 1961. Included here are greetings from the following: Sen. Stuart Symington, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Sen. Edward Long, Sen. Clinton Anderson, Cong. Richard Bolling, Cong. W.R. Hull, Jr., Cong. William J. Randall, and USIA Director Edward R. Murrow.

Date(s)
May 1961

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:00   Stuart Symington.
1:10   Sam Rayburn.
2:35   Lyndon B. Johnson.
6:00   Possibly Clinton Anderson.
6:50   Richard Bolling.
7:30   W.R. Hull, Jr.
8:30   William J. Randall.
9:40   Edward R. Murrow.