Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Library Collections
  3. Audiovisual Materials Collection
  4. KCMO News Segments from 1957 through 1962

Motion Picture MP77-23

KCMO News Segments from 1957 through 1962

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
303 feet
Running Time
11 minutes 22 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
intermittent
Color
Black & White
Produced by
KCMO-TV
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

KCMO News segments from 1957 through 1962, include the dedication of the Truman Library (July 6, 1957), at which Former President and Mrs. Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Stuart Symington, Averell Harriman, Dean Acheson, and Earl Warren appear. Other events covered are John F. Kennedy's arrival and departure at Kansas City Municipal Airport (August 20,1960), Kennedy's press conference that day, and the presentation of a Dean Acheson bust to the Truman Library on March 30 31, 1962

Date(s)
August 20, 1960
July 6, 1957
March 30, 1962

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   August 20, 1960. John F. Kennedy's arrival and departure at Kansas City Municipal Airport: Sen. Stuart Symington is shown departing also; shaking hands with H. Roe Bartle.
2:41   August 20, 1960. L. to R. Sen. Stuart Symington, John F. Kennedy, Harry S. Truman, and Democratic Party Chairman Henry Jackson at a press conference.
6:14   July 6, 1957. Dedication of Truman Library.  Included are former president Harry S. Truman, and former first lady Bess Truman, former president Herbert Hoover, former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Senator Stuart Symington, New York Governor Averell Harriman, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and Chief Justice Earl Warren speaking. (Sound)
9:04   March 30, 1962. Dean Acheson and Alice Acheson attend the presentation of a Dean Acheson bust to Truman Library; the Harry S. Truman Library Institute for Foreign Affairs, meeting in the Research Room of the Library includes Earl Warren and Dean Acheson along with Mr. Truman.