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Motion Picture MP2006-9

Family visit to Truman Home and Library, Oregon Cavalcade

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
202 feet
Running Time
5 minutes 36 seconds
Film Gauge
8mm
Sound
silent
Color
Color
Produced by
Unknown
Restrictions
Undetermined
Description

A family of four visits the Truman home and the Harry S. Truman Library; footage of Harry S. Truman speaking to reporters at the Oregon Cavalcade, a wagon train that left from Independence to travel to Oregon to kick off the Oregon centennial, April 19, 1959.

Date(s)
ca.
1959
Available Format(s)
Motion Picture
Video Tape

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.

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
     
00:00   A family of four (parents, two little boys) visits the Truman home in Independence, Missouri. Two small boys stand outside the yard gate. The camera pans around the exterior of the house and snow-covered trees.
01:35   The location changes to the Harry S. Truman Library. There is footage of the surrounding grounds and park and the family (boys and parents) in front of the Library’s main entrance. The camera moves around the snow-covered grounds.
03:12   Dark, poor quality footage which is possibly unrelated to the above begins. Harry S. Truman speaks to a group of reporters at an event which features horses, a Conestoga wagon and a bonfire. This is probably the Oregon Cavalcade, a wagon train that went from Independence, Missouri to Independence, Oregon to kick off the centennial of Oregon. April 19, 1959.