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Motion Picture MP81-19

Truman and Churchill Receive Honorary Degrees at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
17 feet
Running Time
1 minute 17 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
silent
Color
Color
Produced by
Home movie by Clifton McCormick, Springfield, Missouri
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Home movie footage of resident Truman and Winston Churchill at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. This film shows part of the motorcade, the entry into the auditorium, President Truman speaking and the beginning of Mr. Churchill's speech. (This speech is the one in which Mr. Churchill said an Iron Curtain was descending across Europe.)

Date(s)
March 5, 1946

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:00   Fulton, Missouri town scenes; banners, flags; motorcade with Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill; crowd outside doors.
0:37   They enter auditorium at Westminster College; Churchill in red robe.
1:00   Truman speaks.
1:14   Churchill speaks - ends abruptly.