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Motion Picture MP81-17

President Truman at Navy Day, New York City

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
218 feet
Running Time
6 minutes
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Movietone News
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

Newsreel clip on President Truman at Navy Day in New York City, including an excerpt of his speech referring to the atomic bomb and foreign policy.

Date(s)
October 27, 1945

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.

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:30   Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
0:45   President Truman speaks.
1:11   Navy Day Parade - Truman in.
1:49   Navy Day Address - excerpt (refers to atom bomb, foreign policy).
3:36   Naval review; 21 gun salute; Truman boards U.S.S. Missouri, looks at plaque.
4:57   U.S.S. New York; U.S.S. Enterprise; U.S.S. Renshaw; U.S.S. Midway; U.S.S. Macon.