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Motion Picture MP87-1

President Truman Speaks at Chicago (Movietone newsreel)

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
35 feet
Running Time
1 minute 19 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Fox Movietone
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

This newsreel shows President Harry S. Truman's June 1948 appearances in Chicago, Illinois (before the Swedish Pioneer Centennial Association) and in Omaha, Nebraska (at a 35th Division reunion).

Date(s)
June 4, 1948 - June 5, 1948

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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   “President Truman Speaks at Chicago” June 4, 1948. Segment of Harry S. Truman’s address at the Swedish Pioneer Centennial Association
0:50   “Omaha” June 5, 1948. President Truman in motorcade in Omaha, Nebraska at a 35th Division Reunion; Truman gets out of car and marches with his buddies.