INTRODUCTION

The motion picture collection of the Harry S. Truman Library comprises almost 500 films (about 416,129 feet of film, running time about 208 hours) taken between 1934 and 1984. Almost all the Library's films are black and white, and over 90% are copyrighted

The collection includes films of Truman giving speeches, participating in ceremonies, and traveling; newsreels depicting Truman and the events of his presidency; documentaries, including the 26 part series entitled "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman;" and interviews and program appearances, including Truman's appearance on the Jack Benny Show in 1959 and his interviews with Margaret Truman in 1955, with Edward R Murrow in 1958, and with David Susskind in 1960. In the production "Let's Take a Trip," Truman gives two children a tour of the newly completed Harry S. Truman Library. The collection also includes films of several television appearances by Margaret Truman on such programs as the Jimmy Durante Show, the James Melton Show, and "What's My Line." The earliest film in the collection depicting President Truman is a home movie shot in 1934; it shows a family dinner on December 19, 1934 in honor of Senator elect Truman. Only one other film shows Truman as U.S. Senator. Seven films show him as vice presidential candidate and Vice President; about 115 films show him as President; and about 215 films date from the years following his presidency. The last substantive film depicting Truman is of a presentation to him in 1966 of the first Medicare card by President Johnson. Very few films depict Mrs. Truman in a substantive way. The most important film showing her is a "Person to Person" program from 1955, in which Margaret Truman interviews her mother and father.

Films are listed in chronological order, with films whose year (but not month or day) of origin only are known being listed at the end of that year's listings, and with films whose date of origin is completely unknown being listed at the end of the collection. Each listing includes a title or other functional designation, an accession number, a date (precise or approximate), the film format and duration, indication of who produced the film and of its copyright status, and a brief description of the film's subject matter. The copyright information given in this guide is believed to be accurate; though in some instances sufficient information does not exist to allow a definite determination of a film's copyright status.

All of the films in the Truman Library's collection are available for viewing at the Library and for copying. The films are not loaned. Copies of copyrighted films can be made only with the written permission of the copyright holder. Scene by scene descriptions are available for almost all the films listed in this guide; copies of these descriptions are available from the Library. For information about the motion picture collection, please contact the audiovisual archivist by telephone at 816 268-8228, by e mail at truman.reference@nara.gov, by fax at 816 268-8295, or by writing to the Library at 500 West U.S. Highway 24, Independence, Missouri 64050.




1. HOME MOVIE OF COLGAN-HORNBUCKLE FAMILY (MP99-1)
ca. 1926, 1928
16mm/silent/black and white/12 min.
Production: Colgan family home movie
Copyright: Public domain, please credit the Harry S. Truman Library
Description: Home movie of a family reunion at the Hornbuckle farm in 1926 (Myra and Mary Colgan are daughters of President Truman's father's sister, Emily Ricks Truman Colgan). This home movie contains footage of relatives of President Truman, including members of the Colgan and Romine family, Martha Ellen Truman (Harry S. Truman's mother), and Mary Jane Truman (Harry S. Truman's sister). The home movie also includes footage of the Bell Isle Boat Races in Detroit in 1928.

2. HOME MOVIE, JOHN T. SOUTHERN FAMILY (MP76-95)
ca. 1934
16mm/silent/black and white/10 min. 20 sec.
Production: Southern Family
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Home movie which contains footage of a dinner at the home of President Truman's cousins, Mary Ethel and Nellie Noland (attended by Harry, Bess, and Margaret Truman).

3. TWO LITTLE PUPS (MP2007-27)
1936
16mm/black and white/silent/2 minutes, 30 seconds
Production: Rudolf Ising
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Cartoon of two puppies playing in a backyard. Rudolf Ising was a Kansas City cartoonist who began working for Walt Disney around 1920 and later went to Hollywood.

4. MANEUVERS OF THE 35TH DIVISION (MP66-29)
ca. 1940
16mm/silent/color/2 min. 39 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Film shows 35th Division practicing field maneuvers.

5. THE WORLD PARADE-WASHINGTON (MP76-16)
ca. 1940
16mm/silent/black and white/9 min. 30 sec.
Production: Castle Films
Copyright: Castle Films
Description: This film shows the monuments and buildings of Washington, D.C., including the U.S. Capitol, Ford's Theater and Mt. Vernon.

6. CAIRO - TEHERAN - MALTA (PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S TRIP) (MP2006-38)
December, 1943
VHS/silent/black and white/8 min., 27 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Georgia Southern University
Description: Footage from the William M. Rigdon collection at Georgia Southern University, who retained the original films; Commander Rigdon was President Truman's Naval Aide. This film concerns President Franklin D. Roosevelt's trip to Egypt, Iran, and Malta. Winston Churchill is seen in the film.

7. SEN. HARRY S. TRUMAN SPEAKS FOR THE MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION (MP72 15)
ca. 1940 1945
16mm/sound/black and white/5 min. 30 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: This film shows Sen. Truman making a statement telling how the Masons are like a group of "brothers" serving in the armed services, and that a soldier could turn to a fellow Mason for friendship. (See also VT2003-32).

8. HOME MOVIE, JOHN T. SOUTHERN FAMILY (MP76-96)
1940 1949, 1962
16mm/silent/color/22 min.
Production: Southern Family
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Home movie clips including scenes showing Harry Truman as a vice presidential candidate, and his arrival in Independence in June 1945.

9. TENNESSEE JOHNSON (MP59-8)
1942
16mm/sound/black and white/1 hr. 46 min.
Production: MGM
Copyright: MGM Lowe's, Inc.
Description: An MGM motion picture about the life of President Andrew Johnson, starring Van Heflin. President Truman was given this film because of his great interest in Andrew Johnson.

10. CANADA (PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S TRIPS) (MP2006-39)
1943-1944
VHS/silent/color and black and white/15 min., 34 sec.
Produced by: United States Navy
Copyright: Georgia Southern University
Description: Footage from the William M. Rigdon collection at Georgia Southern University, who retained the original films; Commander Rigdon was President Harry S. Truman's Naval Aide. This film concerns President Franklin D. Roosevelt's vacation at Birch Island in Canada and his attendance at the Quebec Conference in August, 1943. Eleanor Roosevelt, Canadian Prime Minister MacKenzie King, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill are seen in the film.

11. MISSOURI LAUNCH WORLD'S LARGEST WARSHIP (MP92-12)
January 29, 1944
16mm/sound/color/2 min. 54 sec.
Production: RKO Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Margaret Truman christens the battleship Missouri at the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn, New York. Senator Harry S. Truman stands by.

12. HARRY S. TRUMAN'S MOVIE MEMORY ALBUM (MP72-1)
January November, 1944
16mm/sound/black and white/9 min. 15 sec.
Production: News of the Day; Fox Movietone News; RKO Pathe; Paramount
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.; Fox Movietone; News of the Day
Description: Newsreel coverage of Harry Truman in 1944, with the launching of the USS Missouri, continuing through the 1944 Democratic Convention, campaign and election. This is the first film on the Movie Memory album series, a gift to President Truman by the American Newsreel Services.

13. THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO "HOBCAW" (MP2006-30)
April-May, 1944
VHS/silent/color/8 min., 39 sec.
Production: Unknown; William M. Rigdon was President Truman's Naval Aide.
Copyright: Georgia Southern University
Description: Footage from the William M. Rigdon collection at Georgia Southern University, who retained the original films. This film deals with the visit of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to "Hobcaw", the home of Bernard M. Baruch near Georgetown, South Carolina. President Roosevelt is not seen in this film, though surrounding scenery and the grounds of Hobcaw are filmed.

14. NOMINATED DEMOCRATS CHOOSE ROOSEVELT AND TRUMAN (MP75-7)
July 21, 1944
16mm/sound/black and white/5 min. 50 sec.
Production: RKO Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel footage of the nomination of Franklin D. Roosevelt for President and Harry S. Truman for Vice President at the 1944 Democratic convention. This film includes most of Roosevelt's acceptance speech.

15. DIE DEUTSCHE WOCHENSHAU (The German Weekly Newsreel) (MP85-1)
July 1944
16mm/sound/black and white/16 min. 49 sec.
Production: Captured German WWII Newsreel
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: This captured German World War 11 newsreel features combat scenes in northern France. Notable footage includes coverage of the Allied landings at Normandy.

16. THE PRESIDENT'S TOUR OF THE PACIFIC (MP2006-37)
July-August, 1944
VHS/silent/color/17 min., 19 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Georgia Southern University
Description: Footage from the William M. Rigdon collection at Georgia Southern University, who retained the original films; Commander Rigdon was President Truman's Naval Aide. This film concerns President Franklin D. Roosevelt's trip to Hawaii, the Aleutians, and Alaska.

17. HARRY S. TRUMAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, 1944 (MP75-1)
August 31, 1944
16mm/silent sound/black and white/11 min.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Footage of Harry S. Truman's visit to his hometown of Lamar, Missouri where he made a speech accepting the vice presidential nomination.

18. MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR II (MP59-2)
November 11, 1944 through November 8, 1945
16mm/silent/color/1 hr. 35 min.
Production: Army and Navy Photographic units, Col. Kirke B. Lawton
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Well captioned, good quality personal footage of people and events in France and Germany at the end of World War II. People in the film include Truman, Stalin, Churchill, DeGaulle, Eisenhower, Jodl, Marlene Dietrich, and Kay Summersby. Events covered include the surrender of Germany and the Potsdam Conference.

19. S.O.S. AMERICA (MP72-25)
December 1944 and January 1945
16mm/sound/black and white/ 4 min. 45 sec.
Production: Paramount
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Secretary of State James Byrnes makes an appeal for civilian support for the war effort. Scenes include the Bastogne area and the Battle of the Bulge.

20. THE 134TH INFANTRY E. T. O. IN EUROPE, PART ONE OF FIVE (MP2006-13)
ca. 1944-1945
16mm/silent/black and white/45 min., 10 sec.
Production: Officers of the 134th Infantry under the direction of Major General Butler B. Miltonberger
Copyright: Public domain
Description: First part of a five part film series that is a chronological history of the men of the 134th Infantry and the places they served during World War II. Reel 1 begins in Cornwall, England and ends at Normandy and Omaha Beach.

21. THE 134TH INFANTRY E. T. O. IN EUROPE, PART TWO OF FIVE (MP2006-14)
ca. 1944-1945
16mm/silent/black and white/45 min., 24 sec.
Production: Officers of the 134th Infantry under the direction of Major General Butler B. Miltonberger
Copyright: Public domain
Description: Second part of a five part film series that is a chronological history of the men of the 134th Infantry and the places they served during World War II. Reel 2 begins in Normandy and continues as they move through France.

22. THE 134TH INFANTRY E. T. O. IN EUROPE, PART THREE OF FIVE (MP2006-15)
ca. 1944-1945
16mm/silent/black and white/45 min., 37 sec.
Production: Officers of the 134th Infantry under the direction of Major General Butler B. Miltonberger
Copyright: Public domain
Description: Third part of a five part film series that is a chronological history of the men of the 134th Infantry and the places they served during World War II. Reel 3 takes place in France after the Normandy Invasion.

23. THE 134TH INFANTRY E. T. O. IN EUROPE, PART FOUR OF FIVE (MP2006-16)
ca. 1944-1945
16mm/silent/black and white/46 min., 4 sec.
Production: Officers of the 134th Infantry under the direction of Major General Butler B. Miltonberger
Copyright: Public domain
Description: Fourth part of a five part film series that is a chronological history of the men of the 134th Infantry and the places they served during World War II. Reel 4 takes place in Nancy, France where a number of soldiers receive battlefield commissions and decorations, and Colonel Miltonberger receives the Cross of Lorraine. Marlene Dietrich visits the troops. Col. Miltonberger leaves the 134th to become Assistant Division Commander of the 35th Division. Lt. Col. Boatsman takes over. Film ends in Bad Bertrich, Germany

24. THE 134TH INFANTRY E. T. O. IN EUROPE, PART FIVE OF FIVE (MP2006-17)
ca. 1944-1945
16mm/silent/black and white/17 min., 12 sec.
Production: Officers of the 134th Infantry under the direction of Major General Butler B. Miltonberger
Copyright: Public domain
Description: Fifth part of a five part film series that is a chronological history of the men of the 134th Infantry and the places they served during World War II. Reel 5 begins in Nancy, France and includes footage from Belgium, Rheims, Germany, Southhampton, England, LeHavre, France, and the return to New York City on the Queen Mary on September 10, 1945.

25. ROOSEVELT INAUGURAL (MP72-55)
January 20, 1945
16mm/sound/black and white/3 min.
Production: Fox Movietone
Copyright: Fox Movietone
Description: Lowell Thomas narrates scenes from the inaugural of Franklin D. Roosevelt, including part of Roosevelt's inaugural address. Sen. Harry S. Truman is sworn in as Vice President.

26. VICE PRESIDENT TRUMAN PRESIDES OVER THE SENATE (MP78-1)
January 20, 1945
16mm/silent/black and white/1 min. 25 sec.
Production: Edwin D. McKim
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Vice President Truman is sworn is as President of the Senate. He sits at a desk, hits it with a gavel, and begins to preside over the Senate.

27. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S TRIP TO CRIMEA AND THE MIDDLE EAST (MP2006-32)
January-February, 1945
VHS/silent/color/17 min., 50 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Georgia Southern University
Description: Footage from the William M. Rigdon collection at Georgia Southern University, who retained the original films. William M. Rigdon was President Truman's Naval Aide. This film concerns President Franklin D. Roosevelt's trip to the Yalta Conference and includes his meeting with King Farouk of Egypt, King Ibn Saud, and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.

28. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S FUNERAL AND PROCESSION (MP72-20)
April 12 14, 1945
16mm/sound/black and white/11 min.
Production: United News/Office of War Information
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: This film deals with the funeral of Franklin D. Roosevelt and shows Vice President Truman with President Roosevelt. It also shows excerpts of President Truman's first speech to Congress.

29. U. S. ARMY FOOTAGE OF NAZI GOLD FOUND IN A MINE IN MERKERS, GERMANY (MP99-2)
ca. April, 1945
16mm/silent/black and white/9 min., 31 sec.
Production: United States Army
Copyright: Public domain, please credited United States Army, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library
Description: The United States Army discovers around 2 million dollars of stolen Nazi gold and other valuables in an abandoned salt mine, the Kaiseroder Mine, in Merkers, Germany. Engravings by Albrecht Durer are also found in the mine

30. HARRY S. TRUMAN'S MOVIE MEMORY ALBUM (MP72-3)
May 8, 1945
16mm/sound/black and white/9 min.
Production: Paramount
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel coverage of Harry Truman, focusing on the end of World War II in Europe.

31. GERMAN SURRENDER AND VE DAY (MP72-27)
May 8 June, 1945
16mm/sound/black and white/9 min.
Production: Paramount
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel footage about VE Day and the United Nation's conference in San Francisco. Same as MP72-3.

32. EUROPEAN-AFRICAN TRIP OF SUBCOMMITTEE OF MEAD COMMITTEE, PART 1 OF 4
(MP2005-11)
May 11-June 9, 1945
16mm/black and white/silent/6 min., 53 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Public domain
Description: This footage was donated by John H. Tolan in 1982. Senator James M. Mead was the successive chairman of what was known as the Truman Committee, the Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program. This footage shows the committee investigating a military Base in an unknown country, possibly France. Footage includes views of Paris; Senator Joseph B. Ball of Minnesota, Col. Miles Knowles, and Senator Hugh Mitchell of Washington can be seen.

33. EUROPEAN-AFRICAN TRIP OF SUBCOMMITTEE OF MEAD COMMITTEE, PART 2 OF 4
(MP2005-12)
May 11-June 9, 1945
16mm/black and white/silent/5 min., 12 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Public domain
Description: This footage was donated by John H. Tolan in 1982. Senator James M. Mead, now chairman of the Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, formerly known as the Truman Committee, leads committee members on a trip to Paris, France, Florence, Italy, Antwerp, Belgium, and Burtonwood, England. Senator James M. Tunnell of Delaware can be seen in this film, as well as Senator Hugh B. Mitchell of Washington, Senator Harley M. Kilgore, and Col. Miles H. Knowles.

34. EUROPEAN-AFRICAN TRIP OF SUBCOMMITTEE OF MEAD COMMITTEE, PART 3 OF 4
(MP2005-13)
May 11-June 9, 1945
16mm/black and white/silent/8 min., 35 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Public domain
Description: This footage was donated by John H. Tolan in 1982.Senator James M. Mead, now chairman of the Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, formerly known as the Truman Committee, leads committee members on a trip to Paris and to Germany. German prisoners are shown at the prison laundry. Senator James M. Tunnell of Delaware and Senator Homer Ferguson of Michigan can be seen in this footage.

35. EUROPEAN-AFRICAN TRIP OF SUBCOMMITTEE OF MEAD COMMITTEE, PART 4 0F 4
(MP2005-14)
May 11-June 9, 1945
16mm/black and white/silent/3 min., 57 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Public domain
Description: This footage was donated by John H. Tolan in 1982. Senator James M. Mead, now chairman of the Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, formerly known as the Truman Committee, leads committee members on a trip to Paris, Pisa, Italy, and the gardens at Versailles. George Meader, Executive Assistant to the Chief Counsel, Senator Homer Ferguson of Michigan, and Lt. Commander John H. Tolan, United States Navy Reserves can be seen in the footage.

36. MIKE (MP72-32)
May 19, 1945
16mm/silent/black and white/1 min. 55 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel footage of Margaret Truman and her Irish Setter, Mike, posing on the front lawn of the White House.

37. WORLD CHARTER SIGNED (MP72-18)
June 1945
16mm/sound/black and white/8 min. 10 sec.
Production: RKO Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel story of the signing of the United Nation's charter in San Francisco.

38. CITIZEN TRUMAN COMES HOME (MP72-28)
June 1945
16mm/sound/black and white/7 min. 25 sec.
Production: Paramount
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel coverage of President Truman's first visit to Independence after becoming President; also coverage of the signing of the United Nation's charter in San Francisco, and portions of President Truman's speech to the delegates to the United Nations conference.

39. FILM LOG OF HARRY S. TRUMAN'S HISTORICAL TRIP TO BERLIN, JULY 1945 (MP72-36)
July 1945-August 6, 1945
16mm/sound/black and white/21 min. 15 sec.
Production: Paramount
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel coverage of President Truman's voyage to and from Europe on the USS Augusta, as well as footage of the Potsdam Conference. This film includes most of Mr. Truman's announcement of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945.

40. PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S TRIP TO THE BERLIN CONFERENCE (MP76-35)
July 6 August 7, 1945 16mm/silent/black and white/37 min.
Production: U.S. Navy
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: President Truman's trip to the Potsdam Conference in Germany, including footage of the voyage to and from the conference on the USS Augusta.

41. HARRY S. TRUMAN'S MOVIE MEMORY ALBUM (MP72-5)
July 7 through August 7, 1945
16mm/sound/black and white/ 10 min. 75 sec.
Production: RKO Pathe, Fox Movietone
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.; Fox Movietone
Description: Newsreel coverage of Harry Truman in 1945, focusing on the Potsdam Conference. This film includes part of President Truman's speech of August 6, 1945, announcing the dropping of the atomic bomb.

42. HARRY S. TRUMAN'S MOVIE MEMORY ALBUM (MP72-6)
August 14 and September 1 and 2, 1945
16mm/sound/black and white/7 min.
Production: Paramount, Fox Movietone
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.; Fox Movietone
Description: Newsreel coverage of Harry Truman in 1945, covering the Japanese surrender and V J Day.

43. TWO NEWSREELS DOCUMENTING THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN (MP2007-22)
August 1945
¾ inch videotape/sound/black & white/15 minutes, 35 seconds
Production: United States Navy/Bureau of Aeronautics
Copyright: Public domain
Description: Navy produced film regarding the history of the Atomic Bomb, from its testing in Alamogordo, New Mexico, to President Truman's announcement of the surrender of Japan at the White House on August 14, 1945.

44. ATOM BOMB AND REDS DOOM JAPS (MP2007-21)
August 1945
¾ inch video tape/sound/black & white/5 minutes, 7 seconds
Production: Universal News
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: History of the atomic bomb, from its construction in the Manhattan Project and atomic plants in the United States and Canada, to views of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima. Footage of the Potsdam Conference is also shown.

45. PEACE (MP72-30)
August 1945
16mm/sound/black and white/7 min. 45 sec.
Production: RKO Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel footage of events such as President Truman's receipt of an honorary degree from the University of Kansas City; the presentation of the United Nations charter to Congress; and the return of troops from overseas.

46. HARRY S. TRUMAN'S MOVIE MEMORY ALBUM (MP72-7)
September 2, 1945
16mm/sound/black and white/6 min. 40 sec.
Production: News of the Day
Copyright: UCLA Film, Television and Radio Archives
Description: Newsreel story showing the surrender of Japan on the USS Missouri, and remarks by General Douglas MacArthur.

47. HOME MOVIE OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN AT THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL (MP2007-26)
ca. September - October 1945
16mm/silent/color/5 seconds/13 ft
Production: Home movie by Walter D. Williams, Detroit, Michigan
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Brief footage of Truman at the Jefferson Memorial with an unidentified man and a U. S. Capitol police officer.

48. HARRY S. TRUMAN'S MOVIE MEMORY ALBUM (MP72-8)
October 23 and 27, 1945
16mm/sound/black and white/7 min.
Production: Paramount
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel coverage of President Truman at the Navy Day celebration in New York City, i including excerpts of his speech. This film also includes excerpts of President Truman's speech before Congress on universal military training.

49. PRESIDENT TRUMAN AT NAVY DAY, NEW YORK CITY (MP81-17)
October 27, 1945
16mm/sound/black and white/6 min.
Production: Fox Movietone
Copyright: Fox Movietone
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.

50. NEWS OF THE DAY/TRUMAN ATTLEE KING/ATOMIC BOMB TALKS (MP 2007-18)
November 10-11, 1945
¾ inch video tape/sound/ black & white/30 seconds/36 ft
Production: Hearst News of the Day
Copyright: UCLA Film, Television and Radio Archives
Description: Truman's historic meeting with British Prime Minister Clement Atlee and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King on board the Presidential yacht Sequoia.

51. HARRY S. TRUMAN'S MOVIE MEMORY ALBUM (MP72-2)
1945
16mm/sound/black and white/6 min. 30 sec.
Production: Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel coverage of Harry S. Truman, featuring the 1944 inaugural, the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the beginning of the Truman presidency.

52. HARRY S. TRUMAN'S MOVIE MEMORY ALBUM (MP72-4)
1945
16mm/sound/black and white/9 min. 45 sec.
Production: News of the Day
Copyright: UCLA Film, Television and Radio Archives
Description: Newsreel coverage of Harry S. Truman in 1945, including stories about the United Nation Conference, President Truman's visit to Independence, Missouri, and the Potsdam Conference.

53. TRUMAN FACES NEW JOB WITH CONFIDENCE (MP72-19)
1945
16mm/sound/black and white/6 min. 15 sec.
Production: Universal
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Newsreel features several stories, including President Truman walking to the White House, a press conference, President Truman's speech to the military on April 17, 1945, and Herbert Hoover's visit to the White House.

54. FIRST LADY VISITS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (MP72-39)
1945
16mm/sound/black and white/38 sec.
Production: RKO Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Bess Truman visits a children's hospital in Washington, D.C.

55. HANNIBAL VICTORY (MP76-65)
1945
16mm/sound/black and white/30 min. 15 sec.
Production: U.S. Maritime Commission
Copyright: U.S. Maritime Commission
Description: A film about how railroad car wheels travel from their factory in Hannibal, Missouri, to a ship (the S.S. Hannibal) in San Francisco, then to the Philippines.

56. BERMUDA VACATION (MP72-24)
February 26, 1946
16mm/silent/black and white/ 12 min. 10 sec.
Production: RKO Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel coverage of President Truman's vacation cruise to Bermuda on the USS Williamsburg.

57. HOME MOVIES OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN (MP86-2)
March 4, 1946; May 8, 1950; September 6, 1951; June 6, 1957
8mm/silent/color/8 min. 30 sec. [refers to length of all four home movies together]
Production: Individual donors
Copyright: Individual donors
Description: Four short films by individual donors, donated to the Harry S. Truman Library in 1985. The home movies include the dedication of the R. E. Long National Guard Armory, Kansas City, Missouri, September 6, 1951; President Truman's trip to Burlington, Iowa, May 8, 1950; the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library, June 6, 1957; and the motorcade of President Truman and Winston Churchill in Fulton, Missouri, March 4, 1946.

58. THE WORLD SPOTLIGHT TURNS ON WESTMINSTER COLLEGE (MP66-20)
March 5, 1946
l6mm/sound/black and white/16 min. 30 sec.
Production: Assembled by the Burton Holmes Studio, Chicago, Illinois, incorporating newsreels from Universal, Pathe, and Paramount.
Copyright: Public Domain; Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Several newsreel segments about the visit of Winston Churchill and President Truman to Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. This film does not contain Churchill's famous "iron curtain" reference.

59. PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND WINSTON CHURCHILL AT WESTMINSTER COLLEGE,
FULTON, MISSOURI (MP67-1)
March 5, 1946
16mm/sound/black and white/5 min.
Production: Paramount
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel footage about President Truman and Winston Churchill in Fulton, Missouri where Mr. Churchill received an honorary degree and made his famous speech. While this film includes highlights of the Churchill speech, it does not contain the "iron curtain" reference.

60. CHURCHILL RECEIVES DEGREE IN MISSOURI (WESTMINSTER COLLEGE) (MP72-21)
March 5, 1946
16mm/sound/black and white/4 min. 50 sec.
Production: Paramount
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel footage of President Truman and Winston Churchill in Fulton, Missouri, at Westminster College. This film shows excerpts of Mr. Churchill's speech but does not include his "iron curtain" reference.

61. HOME MOVIE OF TRUMAN AND CHURCHILL IN FULTON, MISSOURI (MP81-19)
March 5, 1946
16mm/silent/color/1 min. 17 sec.
Production: Home movie by Clifton McCormick, Missouri
Copyright: Public domain
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.

62. HOME MOVIE OF MARGARET AND BESS TRUMAN AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND
ATLANTIC CITY (MP81-18)
April 27 28, 1946
16mm/silent/color/6 min. 50 sec.
Production: Home movie
Copyright: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Strickler
Description: Home movie footage by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Strickler (Mrs. Strickler was Margaret Truman's singing teacher) showing Margaret and Bess Truman at the White House and in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

63. MRS. TRUMAN'S BRIDGE CLUB (MP72-38)
April 1946
16mm/silent/black and white/1 min.
Production: Unknown
Copyright. Unknown
Description: Bess Truman's bridge club from Independence, Missouri visits the White House. The group of ladies pose with Mrs. Truman and Margaret Truman.

64. RAILROAD STRIKE AND OFFICE PRICE ADMINISTRATION (MP72-23)
May 1946
16mm/sound/black and white/10 min. 30 sec.
Production: Paramount
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel footage about the 1946 railroad strike and the Office of Price Administration.

65. PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S CRUISE TO BERMUDA AND KEY WEST, FLORIDA (MP76-34)
August 16 September 2, 1946 and November 17 23, 1946
16mm/silent/black and white/23 min.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: President Truman's vacation voyage on the USS Williamsburg to Bermuda and also his visit to Key West, Florida (where he goes under sea in a captured German submarine).

66. PRESIDENT TRUMAN VISITS KEY WEST, FLORIDA (MP72-26)
November 17-23, 1946
16mm/silent/black and white/4 min. 45 sec.
Production: U.S. Navy
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: President Truman arrives at Key West, Florida for a vacation. Scenes include Mr. Truman driving a car, and the arrival of cabinet members.

67. TRUMAN FAMILY TRAVELS - FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD TRIPS TO KEY WEST
(MP2006-23)
November 17-23, 1946; March 12-19, 1947; December 3-8, 1947
VHS/silent/color/45 min., 47 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Georgia Southern University
Description: Footage from the William M. Rigdon collection at Georgia Southern University, who retained the original films. William M. Rigdon was President Truman's Naval Aide. This footage shows President Harry S. Truman's three vacation trips to Key West, Florida. During this footage President Truman visits a submarine and visits the Everglades.

68. HARRY S. TRUMAN'S MOVIE MEMORY ALBUM (MP72-9)
1946
16mm/sound/black and white/8 min
Production: News of the Day, RKO Pathe
Copyright: UCLA, Film, Television, and Radio Archives; Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel coverage of Harry Truman from 1945 and 1946. This film includes Truman meeting with Clement Attlee, and Winston Churchill's visit to Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, in March 1946. Excerpts of two speeches are also featured.

69. HARRY S. TRUMAN'S MOVIE MEMORY ALBUM (MP72-10)
1946
16mm/sound/black and white/10 min.
Production: News of the Day, Paramount
Copyright: UCLA, Film, Television, and Radio Archives; Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel coverage of Harry Truman in 1946. Stories include the dedication of the Franklin D. Roosevelt home in Hyde Park, New York, an excerpt of President Truman's speech at Fordham University, and Bess Truman's unsuccessful attempt to christen an airplane with a champagne bottle that wouldn't break.

70. HARRY S. TRUMAN'S MOVIE MEMORY ALBUM (MP72-11)
1946
16mm/sound/black and white/9 min. 20 sec.
Production: News of the Day, Fox Movietone
Copyright: UCLA, Film, Television, and Radio Archives; Fox Movietone
Description: Newsreel coverage of Harry Truman in 1946, including stories on the railroad strike, Margaret Truman's graduation from college, and Truman's veto of the OPA bill.

71. HARRY S. TRUMAN'S MOVIE MEMORY ALBUM (MP72-12)
1946
16mm/sound/black and white/8 min. 30 sec.
Production: Universal Studios and other newsreel companies
Copyright: Universal and others
Description: Newsreel coverage of Harry Truman in 1946. This film shows President Truman with the Nisei (Japanese American) troops, President Truman in Bermuda, the coal strike, and other people and events.

72. HOW A BILL BECOMES A LAW (MP75-6)
1946
16mm/sound/black and white/15 min.
Production: Pictorial Films
Copyright: Pictorial Films
Description: An educational film intended for junior high school students, depicting how a bill becomes a law in the United States Congress. President Truman is shown signing a bill into law.

73. FAITH AND FREEDOM (MP76-61)
1946
16mm/sound/black and white/21 min. 30 sec.
Production: MGM
Copyright: MGM
Description: A film about religious faith in America, dedicated to Pope Pius XII. The story begins with the dedication of a Roman Catholic high school (St. Robert Bellarmine Jefferson School) in Southern California.

74. HARRY S. TRUMAN'S MOVIE MEMORY ALBUM (MP72-13)
1946 and 1947
16mm/sound/black and white/10 min. 20 sec.
Production: Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel coverage of Harry S. Truman in 1946 and 1947. Stories include the Army Navy football game, the Republicans taking over Congress after the 1946 elections, Truman's speech to Congress (January 6, 1947) and Truman meeting with his cabinet.

75. HOME MOVIE OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN IN INDEPENDENCE AND KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI (MP76-30)
1946 and 1947
8mm/silent/black and white/12 min. 10 sec.
Production: Home movie of Floyd Hawver
Copyright: Floyd Hawver
Description: Several film clips of Harry Truman in the Kansas City, Independence, and Grandview areas, participating in various activities (such as voting and a 35th Division parade).

76. PEACE COMES TO AMERICA (MP76-92)
ca. 1946
16mm/sound/black and white/10 min. 30 sec.
Production: United States Navy and United States Coast Guard
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: This film deals with the end of World War Il and the demobilization of the armed forces. Truman speaks on peacetime work to be done.

77. POST WORLD WAR II FOOTAGE FROM JAPAN (MP92-13)
ca. 1946
16mm/silent/black and white color/3 min. 37 sec.
Production: Unknown, donor purchased from an estate sale
Copyright: Unknown
Description: This film shows military personnel in Japan shortly after the end of World War II.

78. POST WORLD WAR II FOOTAGE FROM JAPAN (MP92-14)
ca. 1946
16mm/silent/black and white color/10 min. 7 sec.
Production: Unknown, donor purchased from an estate sale
Copyright: Unknown
Description: This film shows post war Japan, its countryside (including a volcano), and the U.S. military occupation

79. POST WORLD WAR II FOOTAGE FROM EGYPT, FRANCE, AND JAPAN (MP92-15)
ca. 1946
16mm/silent/black and white color/8 min. 23 sec.
Production: Unknown, donor purchased from an estate sale
Copyright: Unknown
Description: This film contains post World War II footage of Egypt, France, and Japan.

80. EL PRESIDENTE TRUMAN VISITS MEXICO (MP76-44)
March 3 6, 1947
l6mm/sound/black and white/13 min. 35 sec.
Production: United States Information Agency
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Spanish language film coverage of President Truman's visit to Mexico.

81. VISIT TO MEXICO OF PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN (MP76-38)
March 3 6, 1947
16mm/silent/black and white/17 min. 30 sec.
Production: Department of National Defense
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: President Truman's visit to Mexico, including his wreath laying at the monument to the Ninos Heroes.

82. PRESIDENT TRUMAN VISITS MEXICO (MP72-35)
March 3 6, 1947
16mm/sound/black and white/13 min. 45 sec.
Production: United States Information Agency
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Spanish language film coverage of President Truman's visit to Mexico.

83. VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO MEXICO CITY (MP2006-27)
March 3-6, 1947
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Georgia Southern University
Description: Footage from the William M. Rigdon collection at Georgia Southern University, who retained the original films; William M. Rigdon was President Truman's Naval Aide. This film shows President Harry S. Truman's visit to Mexico, including the arrival at Mexico City, the visit to a volcano and pyramid, and the departure and arrival in Waco, Texas.

84. HARRY S. TRUMAN'S MOVIE MEMORY ALBUM (MP72-14)
March, 1947
16mm/sound/black and white/14 min.
Production: Paramount; News of the Day
Copyright Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.; UCLA, Film, Television, and Radio Archives
Description: Newsreel coverage of the Truman Doctrine speech of March 12, 1947 in which President Truman proposes aid to Greece and Turkey. Scenes of Greece and background information are shown along with excerpts of Truman's speech. President Truman's trip to Mexico is also covered.

85. PRESIDENT ALEMAN'S VISIT TO USA (MP72-33)
April 29, 1947
16mm/sound/black and white/22 min. 20 sec.
Production: U.S. Information Agency
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Visit of President Miguel Aleman of Mexico to the United States. This film includes Aleman's arrival in Washington, D.C., his trip to New York City, and his stop in Tennessee.

86. PRESIDENT TRUMAN VISITS CANADA (MP72-37)
June, 1947
16mm/sound/black and white/10 min.
Production: United States Information Service
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: A film covering President Truman's visit to Canada, including part of his speech to Parliament.

87. PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S TRIP TO BRAZIL (MP77-13)
August 31 September 20, 1947
16mm/silent/color/51 min. 16 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: This film covers President Truman's 1947 trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Includes President Truman's departure from National Airport on August 31, his arrival at Rio de Janeiro on September 1, and his return to Washington, D.C. on September 20, on board the yacht Williamsburg. It features many of President Truman's ceremonial and social activities, including his entertainment of President Dutra and other participants in the Quitandinha Conference, aboard the battleship USS Missouri. This is a color version of MP76-39.

88. PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S TRIP TO BRAZIL (MP72-51)
September 1947
16mm/sound/black and white/5 min. 50 sec.
Production: Fox Movietone
Copyright: Fox Movietone
Description: Newsreel coverage of President Truman's visit to Brazil, including scenes of the Truman family crossing the equator on the USS Missouri.

89. PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S TRIP TO BRAZIL (MP76-39)
August 31 September 20, 1947
16mm/silent/black and white/48 min. 20 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Restrictions: Public Domain
Description: Full coverage of President Truman's visit to Brazil including his return voyage on the USS Missouri and the ceremonies involved with crossing the equator. This is a black and white version of MP77-13.

90. 1947 TRUMAN'S TRIP TO RIO (MP2006-29)
August 31-September 20, 1947
VHS/silent/color/50 min., 10 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Georgia Southern University
Description: Footage from the William M. Rigdon collection at Georgia Southern University, who retained the original films; William M. Rigdon was President Truman's Naval Aide. This film covers President Harry S. Truman's trip to Brazil to attend a conference, including clips of his return on the USS. Missouri. At the end there is footage of Commander Rigdon and his family on the beach. See also MP77-15 and MP76-39.

91. HARRY S. TRUMAN SPEAKING ON FOOD FOR EUROPE (MP59-4)
October 5, 1947
16mm/sound/black and white/7 min.
Production: Hu Chain Associates
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Television broadcast of President Truman delivering a plea for public support for the program of the Citizen's Food Committee, October 5, 1947. This was the first television address broadcast from the White House.

92. HARRY S. TRUMAN AND THE ONE MORE CLUB (MP76-56)
October 5, 1947
16mm/silent/black and white/2 min. 50 sec.
Production: Film footage shot by Harry Truman
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Footage filmed by President Truman of the visit of the White House News Photographers Association (the "One More Club") to the White House. The credits flash lines such as "Produced by Harry Truman," "Directed by Harry Truman," and so forth.

93. PRESIDENT CALLS SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS (MP72-42)
October 24, 1947
16mm/sound/black and white/4 min. 18 sec.
Production: Fox Movietone
Copyright: Fox Movietone
Description: Address by President Truman to the American people on the special session of Congress to consider inflation and foreign economic aid. This film shows two excerpts of the speech.

94. PRESIDENT TRUMAN CALLS SPECIAL SESSION OF 80TH CONGRESS (MP72-43)
October 24, 1947
16mm/sound/black and white/6 min. 30 sec.
Production: Fox Movietone
Copyright: Fox Movietone
Description: Address by President Truman to the American people on the special session of Congress to consider inflation and foreign economic aid. The speech is broken into 45 second to one minute segments, with some repeats.

95. PRESIDENT TRUMAN CALLS SPECIAL SESSIONOF 80TH CONGRESS (MP72-52 and MP72-53)
October 24, 1947
16mm/sound/black and white/7 min.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Address to the American people on the special session of Congress to consider inflation and foreign economic aid. This film appears to be the same as MP72 43, only without a title. MP72-53 is also the same as MP72-43 and MP72-52.

96. PRESIDENT CALLS SPECIAL SESSION OF 80TH CONGRESS (MP72-57)
October 24, 1947
16mm/sound/black and white/6 min. 30 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Address by President Truman to the American people on the special session of Congress to consider inflation and foreign economic aid. This film is the same as MP72-43, but the sound is poor quality.

97. ASSOCIATED PRESS WILL COVER THE GLOBE WITH TELEVISION NEWS (MP76-62)
November 1947
16mm/silent/black and white/21 min.
Production: Associated Press
Copyright: Associated Press
Description: Newsreel footage of several stories including Truman at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Truman's speech to Congress on November 17, 1947.

98. THE FRIENDSHIP TRAIN (MP76-58)
ca. December 1947
16mm/sound/black and white/14 min. 15 sec.
Production: Warner Brothers
Copyright: Warner Brothers
Description: A story of the Friendship Train, a voluntary American effort to help famine stricken Europe in the aftermath of World War II. The train travels across the country from Hollywood to New York City.

99. PRESIDENT TRUMAN VISITS KEY WEST, FLORIDA, AND GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA (MP76-40)
1947
16mm/silent/black and white/28 min. 30 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: President Truman's trip to Key West, Florida and to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. There is a clip of members of Truman's staff visiting Havana.

100. THE STORY OF A POST WORLD WAR II STEEL MILL IN NORWAY (MP59-5)
ca. 1947
16mm/sound/black and white/3 min. 45 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: The story of a steel mill in Norway which was built after World War II using U.S. aid.

101. WASHINGTON, D. C. - NORFOLK, VA - MISCELLANEOUS NAVY (MP2006-43)
1947-1948
8mm/silent/black and white/23 min., 22 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Scenes of Washington, D. C.; Harry S. Truman, aboard an unidentified ship, speaking to naval men, then watching rowing teams compete.

102. TRUMAN'S TRIP TO KEY WEST AND CARIBBEAN (MP76-59)
February 20 March 5, 1948
16mm/silent/black and white/13 min. 15 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Footage of President Truman's trip to Key West, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

103. NEGRO NEWSMEN COVER PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO THE CARIBBEAN (MP72-48)
February 23, 1948
16mm/sound/black and white/2 min. 30 sec.
Production: All American News
Copyright: All American News
Description: Newsreel story about the Negro reporters who covered President Truman's trip to the Virgin Islands.

104. JOHN COCHRANE WINS HYATT AWARD (MP76-55)
May 25, 1948
16mm/silent/black and white/4 min. 45 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: The John Wesley Hyatt Award for the Advancement of Plastics is presented by President Truman to John D. Cochrane.

105. HARRY S. TRUMAN'S TRIP TO ANNAPOLIS (MP76-60)
May 28 30, 1948
16mm/silent/black and white/14 min.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Footage of President Truman's trip to the naval academy at Annapolis, Maryland on the presidential yacht, the Williamsburg. The President also attends the Army Navy baseball game. This is a black and white version of MP77-14.

106. HARRY S. TRUMAN'S TRIP TO ANNAPOLIS (MP77-14)
May 28 30, 1948
16mm/silent/color/14 min.
Production: U.S. Navy
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: President Truman visits Annapolis, Maryland via the Williamsburg. Film features an appearance by Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan. President Truman boards the Lenore and witnesses the Cornell Navy crew races, arrives at the U. S. Naval Academy, and throws out the first pitch at the Army Navy baseball game. The President then goes to Arlington, Virginia for Memorial Day services, again on the Williamsburg. This is a color version of MP76-60.

107. TRUMAN FAMILY TRAVELS - TRIP TO ANNAPOLIS (MP2006-22)
May 28-30, 1948
VHS/silent/color/14 min., 30 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Georgia Southern University
Description: Footage from the William M. Rigdon collection at Georgia Southern University, who retained the original films. William M. Rigdon was President Truman's Naval Aide. This film deals with the visit of President Truman and his party to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Same as MP77-14 and MP76-60.

108. THE TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION (MP72-56)
June, 1948
16mm/sound/black and white/28 min. 15 sec.
Production: Life and NBC
Copyright: Life and NBC
Description: Newsreel type film clips showing major events of Harry S. Truman's presidency through 1948. Events covered include President Roosevelt's funeral and the beginning of Truman's early presidency, labor and housing problems, civil rights, atomic energy, and aid for Greece and Turkey.

109. PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S RAIL TRIP TO WEST COAST (MP76-64)
June 3 18, 1948
16mm/silent/black and white/1 hr. 4 min.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Footage of President Truman's train trip from Pittsburgh to the West Coast (Washington and California). There were stops in a number of towns along the way. Same as MP77-15, only this film is in black and white.

110. PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S RAIL TRIP TO WEST COAST (MP77-15)
June 3 18, 1948
16mm/silent/color/1 hr. 4 min. 38 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright. Public Domain
Description: President Truman takes a rail trip to the Pacific Coast and returns. Film features campaign footage in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Nebraska, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, and Missouri. Shows President Truman making speeches, crowd scenes, and points of interest at the various stops. Same as MP76-64, only this film is color.

111. PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S WESTERN TRIP, TAPE 1 (MP2006-34)
June 3-18, 1948
VHS/silent/color/1 hour, 2 min., 33 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Georgia Southern University
Description: Footage from the William M. Rigdon collection at Georgia Southern University; Commander Rigdon was President Truman's Naval Aide. This film is the same as MP77-15, reel 1, and concerns the western trip, a pre-campaign whistle-stop trip from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

112. PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S WESTERN TRIP, TAPE 2 (MP2006-35)
June 3-18, 1948
VHS/silent/color/2 min, 28 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Georgia Southern University
Description: Footage from the William M. Rigdon collection at Georgia Southern University; Commander Rigdon was President Truman's Naval Aide. This film ends the footage of President Harry S. Truman's western trip, a pre-campaign whistle-stop trip across the western United States and back. This film begins June 16 in Emporia, Kansas (showing Margaret Truman on the train); Union Station in Kansas City; Warrensburg, Missouri, and St. Louis, Missouri on June 17.

113. PRESIDENT TRUMAN SPEAKS AT CHICAGO AND OMAHA (MP87-1)
June 4 5, 1948
35mm/sound/black and white/1 min. 10 sec.
Production: Fox Movietone
Copyright: Fox Movietone
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).

114. ABOARD THE PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN; TRUMAN NEARS THE END OF TOUR (MP72-45)
June 10 12, 1948
16mm/sound/black and white/3 min. 45 sec.
Production: Telenews
Copyright: Telenews
Description: Newsreel coverage of President Truman's train trip to Washington and California. He visits flood damaged areas and receives an honorary degree at the University of California at Berkeley. This film shows Press Secretary Charles Ross and the press on the train.

115. THE PRESIDENT ON PARADE (MP76-52)
June 14, 1948
16mm/silent/black and white/7 min. 20 sec.
Production: Billy Burke Production
Copyright: Billy Burke Production
Description: Motorcade during President Truman's visit to Los Angeles, California.

116. GERALD PULLEY FOOTAGE OF 1948 LOS ANGELES TRIP (MP2007-16)
June 14, 1948
¾ inch video tape/silent/color/4 minutes, 15 seconds
Production: Commander Gerald Pulley, U.S. Navy photographer
Copyright: United States Navy
Description: Footage of the motorcade in Los Angeles, California, during President Truman's visit there.

117. VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA, DON ROMULO GALLEGOS, TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (MP59-14)
July 1, 1948
16mm/silent/color/6 min. 30 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Visit to the United States of President Don Romulo Gallegos of Venezuela. Primarily scenes at the airport.

118. SIMON BOLIVAR MEMORIAL CELEBRATION, BOLIVAR, MISSOURI (MP93-1)
July 3 5, 1948
16mm/silent/black and white/20 min. 32 sec.
Production: Department of State
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: This film is about the dedication of a statue of Simon Bolivar in Bolivar, Missouri. It features Presidents Harry S. Truman and Romulo Gallegos of Venezuela, who arrive in Bolivar, speak, and then proceed to Springfield, Missouri. Scenes of Bolivar, Missouri, where the statue of Simon Bolivar is unveiled. Bess Truman appears.

119. PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN DEDICATES STATUE IN BOLIVAR, MISSOURI (MP2005-4)
July 5, 1948
8 mm/silent/color/10 min., 10 sec.
Production: Home movie by Benton Linder
Copyright: Public domain, please credit Benton Linder, courtesy the Harry S. Truman Library
Description: Motorcade and parade in Bolivar, Missouri, where President Truman and the President of Venezuela, Romulo Gallegos, dedicate the statue of Simon Bolivar.

120. HARRY S. TRUMAN PRESENTS AWARD TO GENERAL BENJAMIN O. DAVIS (MP76-106)
July 20, 1948
16mm/silent/color/1 min. 35 sec.
Production: Michael Rayhack
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: President Truman presents a scroll to Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis upon his retirement from the Army. Gen. Davis was the Army's first African American general.

121. PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S MESSAGE TO SPECIAL SESSION OF 80TH CONGRESS (MP2006-12)
July 27, 1948
16mm/sound/black and white/26 min., 16 sec.
Production: Telepix News Service
Copyright: Telepix News Service
Description: President Harry S. Truman's speech to a Special Session of Congress on the subject of his anti-inflation program.

122. 1948 MU FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYS NAVY AND MEETS THE TRUMAN FAMILY (MP2006-11)
October 16, 1948
16mm/silent/color/12 min., 20 sec.
Production: University of Missouri-Columbia
Copyright: Curators of the University of Missouri-Columbia
Description: University of Missouri Tigers football team plays the Naval Academy, wins, then travels to the White House to meet President Truman and his family.

123. TRUMAN'S AMAZING TRIUMPH (MP72-50)
November, 1948
16mm/sound/black and white/7 min. 30 sec.
Production: Hearst News of the Day
Copyright: UCLA, Film, Television, and Radio Archives
Description: Newsreel footage of events just before the 1948 election including voting scenes and an election commentary by H.V. Kaltenborn.

124. THE HARRY TRUMAN SHRINE CEREMONIAL (MP2006-7)
November 11, 1948
16mm/sound/black and white/9 min., 50 sec.
Production: Hal Parker
Copyright: Unknown
Description: President Harry S. Truman speaks at the Ararat Temple in Kansas City, Missouri; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson also attends.

125. TRUMAN FAMILY TRAVELS - TRIP TO KEY WEST, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1948 (MP2006-24)
November and December, 1948; November, 1949
VHS/silent/color/23 min., 7 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Georgia Southern University
Description: Footage from the William M. Rigdon collection at Georgia Southern University., who retained the original films; William M. Rigdon was President Truman's Naval Aide. This film shows footage from President Harry S. Truman's vacation trips to Key West, Florida. Bess and Margaret Truman are included.

126. MOTORCADE, ca. 1948 (MP66-40)
1948
16mm/silent/black and white/35 sec.
Production: David Hernandez
Copyright Public Domain
Description: Brief scenes of President Truman in a motorcade during the 1948 campaign, location unknown.

127. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON PARADE (MP76-36)
1948
16mm/sound/black and white/33 min.
Production: Life and NBC
Copyright: Life and NBC
Description: Film about the 1948 Democratic convention, includes President Truman's entire speech accepting the presidential nomination.

128. POLITICAL RALLY IN OWENSVILLE, INDIANA (MP76-49)
1948
16mm/silent/black and white/1 min. 25 sec.
Production: WGBF NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: Harry Truman and his family attend a political rally in Owensville, Indiana.

129. UNITED STATES ELECTS PRESIDENT TRUMAN (MP76-53)
1948
16mm/sound/black and white/8 min.
Production: United States Information Agency
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: A film about the 1948 campaign and election, which includes some biographical information on Truman.

130. THE TRUMAN ALBUM (MP64-11)
1948
16mm/sound/black and white/39 min.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Excellent newsreel footage concerning President Truman and the 1948 campaign and election.

131. THE TRUMAN ALBUM (MP2007-1)
1948
35mm/sound/black and white/39 min.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel footage concerning President Truman and the 1948 campaign and election. Same as MP64-11.

132. THE TRUMAN STORY (MP72-54)
1948
16mm/sound/black and white/10 min.
Production: MGM News of the Day
Copyright: UCLA, Film, Television, and Radio Archives
Description: This motion picture was created as part one of a two part series for the 1948 campaign period by the newsreel companies (The other part was called The Dewey Story). The film is biographical and covers Truman's accomplishments as President through 1947.

133. TRUMAN ALBUM (MP72-59)
1948
16mm/sound/black and white/approx. 20 min.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: This film is the same as the first half of MP64 11 and it deals with Truman biographical information and the 1948 campaign.

134. TRUMAN ALBUM (MP72-60)
1948
16mm/sound/black and white/19 min.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: This film is the same as the second half of MP64 1 1 and it deals with the victory of President Truman in the 1948 presidential election.

135. TRUMAN ALBUM (MP72-67)
1948
16mm/silent/black and white/8 min. 50 sec.
Production: Fox Movietone
Copyright: Fox Movietone
Description: Newsreel clips of President Truman speaking, visiting the Virgin Islands and Cuba, and greeting visitors.

136. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT (MP72-74)
1948, 1949
16mm/silent/black and white/24 min. 5 sec.
Production: Motion Picture Association of America (Fox Movietone, MGM News of the Day, Paramount, Universal, Warner Pathe)
Copyright: Fox Movietone, MGM News of the Day, Paramount, Universal, Warner Pathe
Description: Miscellaneous newsreel stories primarily from early 1949. Same as MP72-29 and MP72-41.

137. MISSOURI AND ITS NATURAL RESOURCES (MP76-66)
ca. 1948
16mm/sound/black and white/32 min. 40 sec.
Production: United States Department of Interior
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: A history of Missouri's natural resources, intended for junior high school students. Includes a brief mention of Independence and Harry S. Truman.

138. NEWSREEL STORY OF THE YEAR (MP72-46)
January 18 19, 1949
16mm/sound/black and white/5 min. 5 sec.
Production: Fox Movietone, MGM News of the Day, Paramount, Universal, International Newsreel, Warner Pathe
Copyright: Fox Movietone, MGM News of the Day, Paramount, Universal, International Newsreel, Warner Pathe
Description: Remarks from President Truman's speeches at the Truman Barkley Club banquet and the Electoral College dinner. This film includes Mr. Truman's imitation of H.V. Kaltenborn's election commentary.

139. INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN (MP59-6)
January 20, 1949
16mm/sound/black and white/7 min. 30 sec.
Production: Universal
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Good quality newsreel coverage of the Truman inauguration, January 20, 1949, including pre-inaugural scenes, a portion of the inaugural address, and some of the inaugural parade.

140. PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S INAUGURATION (MP64-8)
January 20, 1949
16mm/silent/color/28 min.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: Film footage showing scenes from President Truman's inaugural, including his arrival at the Capitol, his taking the oath of office, and the inaugural parade. Most of the film is devoted to the parade.

141. INAUGURATION STORY (MP64-20)
January 20, 1949
16mm/sound/color/11 min.
Production: The Sherman Plan, Inc.
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: This inaugural footage shows the end of the inaugural address, scenes of Washington, D.C., and the inaugural parade. Most of the film is devoted to the parade.

142. TRUMAN INAUGURAL FILM (MP66-23)
January 20, 1949
16mm/magnetic sound/color/9 min. 5 sec.
Production: Don Sutherland
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Color footage of the inauguration of President Truman, including his taking of the oath of office, part of his inaugural address, and the inaugural parade.

143. INAUGURAL SCENES WITH THE RALPH TRUMANS (MP66-30)
January 20, 1949
8mm/silent/black and white/10 min. 45 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright. Unknown
Description: A tour of Washington, DC with President Truman's cousin, Gen. Ralph Truman and his wife during the time of Truman's inaugural. Footage includes scenes of the Missouri delegation to the inaugural and the inaugural parade.

144. THE 1949 PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION NEWS OF THE DAY (MP72-49)
January 20, 1949
16mm/sound/black and white/8 min.
Production: MGM News of the Day
Copyright: UCLA, Film, Television, and Radio Archives
Description: Newsreel coverage of President Truman's inauguration including his arrival, his taking of the oath of office, brief scenes of the parade, and excellent footage of President Truman's imitation of H.V. Kaltenborn at the Electoral College dinner of January 19, 1949.

145. THE INAUGURATION OF OUR 33RD PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN (MP76-37)
January 20, 1949
16mm/sound/black and white/1 hr. 18 min.
Production: T.V. "pool" coverage (NBC, ABC, CBS)
Copyright: NBC, ABC, CBS
Description: Live television coverage of the 1949 inauguration, including all of President Truman's inaugural address. This was the first presidential inauguration to be televised.

146. INAUGURAL PARADE (MP2004-3)
January 20, 1949
16mm/silent/color/18 min., 20 sec.
Production: Home movie by Jerome Michalski
Copyright: Public domain, please credit Jerome Michalski, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library
Description: Home movie footage of the inaugural parade. President Truman is not visible.

147. THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN, 32ND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (MP2004-5)
January 20, 1949
16mm/sound/black and white/7 min., 50 sec.
Production: Castle Films
Copyright: Universal - MCA
Description: Footage of the swearing in of President Harry S. Truman, including about three minutes of the inaugural address, and a bit of the inaugural parade.

148. TRUMAN'S INAUGURAL PARADE, PART ONE OF TWO (MP2006-5)
January 20, 1949
16mm/silent/color/2 min., 50 sec.
Production: Unknown (found in a National Archives canister among unaccessioned KCMO films)
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Beginning of the inaugural parade, including the Missouri and Kentucky floats. President Truman cannot be seen.

149. TRUMAN'S INAUGURAL PARADE, PART TWO OF TWO (MP2006-6)
January 20, 1949
16mm/silent/color/2 min., 50 sec.
Production: Unknown (found in a National Archives canister among unaccessioned KCMO films)
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Inaugural parade continues with Pennsylvania floats through Virgin Islands float. President Truman cannot be seen.

150. THE INAUGURAL PARADE (MP2006-18)
January 20, 1949
8mm/silent/black and white/11 min., 37 sec.
Production: Unknown, found in the donor's parent's home
Copyright: Public domain
Description: Inaugural parade footage begins with the Army Band, and shows President Harry S. Truman and other dignitaries arriving by limousine to the reviewing stand. The Missouri and Kentucky floats are shown, footage ending with the American Federation of Musician's float.

151. TRUMAN ALBUM (MP72-61)
April October, 1949
16mm/sound/black and white/ 14 min. 40 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel footage of events from 1949, including the signing of the NATO treaty, the laying of the cornerstone of the United Nations building, and the signing of a housing bill.

152. NEWS OF THE WORLD (MP72-40)
May 13, 1949
16mm/silent/black and white/35 sec.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: Film clip of Margaret Truman and her voice coach, Helen Traubel, saying good bye at the dock to Eugene Organdy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, who are leaving the United States for a tour of England.

153. PRESIDENT TRUMAN SIGNS THE ARMED FORCES UNIFICATION BILL (MP76-57)
August 10, 1949
l6mm/silent/black and white/1 min.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: President Truman signing the National Security Act Amendments of 1949. The Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson and the Joint Chiefs of Staff are shown.

154. REMARKS AT THE WOMEN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB DINNER (MP82-12)
November 8, 1949
16mm/sound and silent/black and white/9 min. 26 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Mrs. Bertha R Friant
Description: In this film, President Truman speaks at the Women's National Democratic Club Dinner. Themes include the state of the Democratic Party, the 81st Congress, US. Prosperity, and world peace.

155. TRUMAN FAMILY TRAVELS - KEY WEST 1950 (MP2006-25)
November, 1949; March 12-April 10, 1950
VHS/silent/color/28 min., 55 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Georgia Southern University
Description: Footage from William M. Rigdon collection at Georgia Southern University, who retained the original films; William M. Rigdon was President Truman's Naval Aide. This film deals with President Truman's vacations in Key West, Florida and includes his meeting with a delegation of Masons in November, 1949.

156. 54TH NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE OUTDOOR ADVERTISERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (MP92-8)
December 1, 1949
16mm/sound/black and white/4 min. 46 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: This film, from the Papers of Charles A. Sawyer, surveys the different offices and bureaus within the Department of Commerce. Secretary Sawyer appears.

157. WHILE THESE BELLS RING (MP64-18)
December 21, 1949
16mm/sound/black and white/11 min.
Production: Fox Movietone
Copyright: Fox Movietone
Description: Dedication of the National Evening Hymn Memorial Carillon at Arlington National Cemetery. Featured speakers are President Truman and AMVETS national commander Harold Russell.

158. CLIPS OF NEWS ITEMS INVOLVING PRESIDENT TRUMAN (MP76-42)
1949
l6mm/sound/black and white/7 min. 30 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel footage showing President Truman signing several bills in 1947 and 1949, including a housing bill and the National Security Act.

159. NEWS CLIPS OF THE PRESIDENT IN WASHINGTON AND MISSOURI (MP76-43)
1949
16mm/sound/black and white/3 min. 20 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Restrictions: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel clips showing the cornerstone laying for the United Nations building in New York City, the visit of Prime Minister Nehru of India, and Truman's speech at a women's Democratic Party dinner.

160. FOR ALL THE WORLD'S CHILDREN (MP72-44)
1949
16mm/sound/black and white/10 min.
Production: Warner Pathe with United Nations for UNICEF
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: A newsreel showing the work of UNICEF throughout the world.

161. ANSWER TO STALIN MARCH OF TIME (MP72-58)
1949
16mm/sound/black and white/9 min. 10 sec.
Production: 20th Century Fox
Copyright: 20th Century Fox
Description: A "March of Time" film, about Communist expansion and the efforts of the Economic Cooperation Administration in fighting this expansion.

162. SCENES AT A NATIONALIST CHINESE AIR BASE (MP76-45)
1949
16mm/silent/black and white/5 min. 25 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Amateur footage of nationalist Chinese infantry maneuvers on Taiwan, and of a nationalist Chinese air base.

163. HARRY S. TRUMAN VACATION AT KEY WEST (MP76-63)
1949
16mm/silent/black and white/27 min. 20 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Footage of President Truman vacationing in Key West, Florida.

164. THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN (MP76-68)
1949
16mm/sound/black and white/ 18 min.
Production: United States Army
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Film coverage of President Truman's inauguration including the swearing in, much of the inaugural address and some of the inaugural parade.

165. FARMING PAYS OFF (MP76-75)
1949
16mm/sound/black and white/ 17 min.
Production: 20th Century Fox
Copyright: 20th Century Fox
Description: This film about farming includes a segment featuring Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan.

166. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT (MP72-41)
ca. 1949
16mm/silent/black and white/20 min. 30 sec.
Production: Motion Picture Association of America
Copyright: Fox Movietone, MGM News of the Day, Paramount, Universal, Warner Pathe
Description: Miscellaneous newsreel stories primarily from early 1949. Clips include presidential election victory scenes, Truman with various world leaders, Truman speaking at a dinner for General George Marshall, and Truman speaking at the NATO signing. This newsreel also includes a segment on the return of American troops and the housing situation. The Library also has a sound version of this film.

167. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT (MP72-41)
ca. 1949
16mm/sound/black and white/24 min. 5 sec.
Production: Motion Picture Association of America
Copyright: Fox Movietone, MGM News of the Day, Paramount, Universal, Warner Pathe
Description: Miscellaneous newsreel stories primarily from early 1949. Clips include presidential election victory scenes, Truman with various world leaders, Truman speaking at a dinner for General George Marshall, and Truman speaking at the NATO signing. This newsreel also includes a segment on the return of American troops and the housing situation. The Library also has a silent version of this film.

168. DR HENRY G. BENNETT (POINT IV PROGRAM) IN THE MIDDLE EAST (MP92-16)
ca. 1949
16mm/silent/color/7 min. 5 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Dr. Henry G. Bennett, the first administrator of the Point IV program, tours the Parthenon in Athens, Greece and Egypt.

169. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT (MP72 29)
ca. 1949
16mm/silent/black and white/10 min.
Production: Motion Picture Association of America
Copyright: Fox Movietone, MGM News of the Day, Paramount, Universal, Warner Pathe
Description: Newsreel footage from 1949, showing President Truman speaking at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, at the dedication of the United Nations building in New York City, and at a dinner for General George Marshall. Truman is also shown signing bills, attending meetings and marching in parades. There is a segment on housing. Same as part of MP72 41, which is a sound film.

170. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT (MP72-69)
ca. 1949
16mm/silent/black and white/24 min. 5 sec.
Production: Motion Picture Association of America
Copyright: Fox Movietone, MGM News of the Day, Paramount, Universal, Warner Pathe
Description: Newsreel stories primarily from early 1949. Same as MP72-41, MP72-29, and MP72-74.

171. REPORT OF THE HONORABLE CHARLES A SAWYER ON "THE CABINET MEMBERS REPORT TO THE PEOPLE" (MP92-9)
May 14, 1950
16mm/sound/black and white/6 min. 20 sec.
Production: CBS
Copyright: CBS
Description: Charles A. Sawyer's report on trade and commerce focuses on the 17th Decennial Census and the trade deficit.

172. DECLARATION OF HOSTILITIES IN KOREA (MP72-62)
June 28, 1950
16mm/sound/black and white/18 min. 35 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel footage primarily concerning President Truman's speech of July 28, 1950 to the American people about the Korean War, and also news reports of the war. Other scenes on this film show President Truman signing various bills, traveling to a reunion of the 35th Division, and presenting a medal to Vice President Alben Barkley.

173. FRANCIS P. MATTHEWS TALKING ABOUT THE NAVY (MP76-3)
June, 1950
16mm/sound/black and white/1 min.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: The new Secretary of the Navy, Francis P. Matthews, talks about the Navy.

174. L.L.D. FOR JAMES E. WEBB (MP76-29)
June 1950
16mm/silent/color/9 min. 10 sec.
Production: Syracuse University
Copyright Syracuse University
Description: Film showing the awarding of the L.L.D. degree to James E. Webb by Syracuse University.

175. PRESIDENT TRUMAN REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE (MP72-73)
September 1, 1950
16mm/sound/black and white/4 min. 40 sec.
Production: Paramount News
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel footage of President Truman's radio and television report to the American people on the situation in Korea.

176. OPENING OF THE UNITED NATIONS ASSEMBLY (MP72-31)
October 24, 1950
16mm/sound/black and white/4 min.
Production: Universal
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Spanish language newsreel footage of the opening of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.

177. BREAKTHROUGH (MP64-16)
1950
16mm/sound/black and white/18 min.
Production: Norsk Documentary Films, Oslo, Norway
Copyright: Norsk Documentary Films, Oslo, Norway
Description: A film about the building of hydro electric plants in Aura, Norway with Marshall Plan assistance.

178. HOME MOVIE OF PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN AT UNKNOWN MILITARY BASE (MP2007-20)
ca. 1950
¾ inch video tape/silent/color/1 minute, 35 seconds
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Crowds of military personnel; President Truman arrives and shakes hands with military officers in line, then approaches podium and begins speech.

179. CHARLES A. SAWYER AS SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (MP92-10)
ca. 1950
16mm/silent/black and white/3 min.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: Secretary of Commerce Charles A. Sawyer meets and talks with several businessmen, possibly related to President Truman's seizure of the steel mills.

180. PRESIDENT TRUMAN IN PHILADELPHIA (MP2005-2)
ca. 1950
16mm/silent/color/2 min., 50 sec.
Production: Home movie purchased from E-Bay, donated by Jim Williams
Copyright: Public domain, please credit the Harry S. Truman Library
Description: Harry and Bess Truman attend an unidentified political event in Philadelphia, ride in a pink Lincoln convertible, and President Truman speaks at the event.

181. TRUMAN ALBUM (MP72-63)
1950 and 1951
16mm/sound/black and white/ 16 min. 30 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel concerning the firing of General Douglas MacArthur and the assassination attempt on President Truman by Puerto Rican nationalists.

182. PRESIDENTIAL AND POST PRESIDENTIAL SCENES OF TRUMAN WITH DIGNITARIES (MP66-24)
1950, 1952, and 1960
16mm/silent/color/5 min. 20 sec.
Production: W.H. Smith
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Film footage of scenes primarily of post presidential events, such as John F. Kennedy's news conference at the Truman Library, and rededication of the Liberty Memorial.

183. HOME MOVIE OF EARL D. JOHNSON (MP2007-3)
ca 1950-1953
16mm/silent/black & white/1 min. 35 sec.
Production: Earl D. Johnson (home movie)
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Home movie of Earl D. Johnson and unidentified woman playing golf. Earl D. Johnson was the Assistant Secretary of the Army, 1950-52, and the Under Secretary of the Army, 1952-1954.

184. THE TRUTH ABOUT AMERICA, THIS IS AMERICA (MP75-3)
ca. 1950
16mm/sound/black and white/8 min. 15 sec.
Production: United States Information Agency
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: This film shows how American newsreels were used by the Soviet Union to give a distorted view of the United States to eastern European viewers. "The Truth about America" was shown in East Germany on February 24, 1950. "This is America" was shown on January 28, 1949.

185. TRUMAN FAMILY TRAVELS - KEY WEST, 1950 (MP2006-40)
1950
VHS/silent/color/28 min., 23 sec.
Production: United States Navy
Copyright: Georgia Southern University
Description: Footage from the William M. Rigdon collection at Georgia Southern University, who retained the original films; Commander Rigdon was President Truman's Naval Aide. This film contains footage of Key West, Florida, showing the Truman family, Commander Rigdon, William Hassett, and newsmen at a garden party.

186. UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL NEWSREELS (MP2007-24)
June 26, 1950 - September 21, 1950
¾ inch video tape/silent and sound/ black and white/ 1 hour, 1 minute, 20 seconds
Production: Universal-International
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Nine newsreels (not in production order) from Universal-International depicting news in the world of politics, sports, celebrities, science and human interest. Included is footage of the June, 1950, dedication of Friendship Airport in Maryland by President Truman.

187. UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL NEWSREELS (MP2007-23)
January 23, 1951 - August 3, 1953
¾ inch video tape/sound/ black and white/ 1 hour, 2 minutes 38 seconds
Production: Universal-International
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Nine newsreels (not in production order) from Universal-International depicting news in the world of politics, sports, celebrities, science and human interest; footage of President Truman's speech on January 19, 1951 regarding his views of Joseph Stalin; Mrs. Truman welcoming Mrs. Eisenhower to the White House after the election of 1952; and President Truman with daughter Margaret at the Army-Navy Game 1952.

188. KFAR TRUMAN DINNER (MP2007-2)
February 22, 1951
35mm/silent/black and white/1 min., 15 sec.
Production: unknown
Copyright: unknown
Description: Truman Kfar Dinner at which Vice President Alben W. Barkley was presented a plaque by the Zionist Organization of America. Also at head table were: Milton S. Kronheim (presiding); Abba Eban (Israeli Ambassador); Maurice Tobin (Secretary of Labor) and Milton Berle (Entertainer).

189. THE PRESIDENT'S VACATION AT KEY WEST (MP72-16)
March 22, 1951
16mm/silent/black and white/9 min.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Footage of President Truman's vacation in Key West, Florida, showing mostly scenes of Truman boating and visiting Fort Jefferson National Monument.

190. GREATEST HEADLINERS OF THE CENTURY (MP96-1)
April 11, 1951
16mm/sound/black and white/3 min., 30 sec.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: Footage relating to the firing of General Douglas MacArthur by President Truman, including General MacArthur's homecoming parade in San Francisco, General Omar Bradley greeting General MacArthur, and Rep. Joseph Martin speaking before a Joint Session of Congress about General MacAthur's career.

191. MARGARET TRUMAN ON THE MAIDEN VOYAGE OF THE SS UNITED STATES (MP76-20)
May, 1951
16mm/silent/color/2 min. 15 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Margaret Truman and her friend Drucie Snyder sail on the maiden voyage of the SS United States to Europe.

192. COMPILED NEWSREELS OF MARGARET TRUMAN'S TRIP TO EUROPE (MP72-22)
June 1951
16mm/sound/black and white/6 min.
Production: News of the Day
Copyright: UCLA Film, Television, and Radio Archives
Description: Newsreel coverage of Margaret Truman's trip to Europe in 1951, featuring scenes in England, France, Italy, Sweden, and Germany.

193. MARGARET TRUMAN VISITS EUROPE (MP76-47)
June July 1951
16mm/sound/black and white/4 min.
Production: News of the Day
Copyright: UCLA Film, Television, and Radio Archives
Description: Newsreel footage of Margaret Truman's trip to Europe, featuring scenes in England, Holland, France, and Italy.

194. BOY GOVERNOR, THE STORY OF BOY'S STATE (MP77-11)
July 25, 1951
16mm/sound/color/22 min.
Production: A Charter Oak, Telepicture Production released by Association Films, Inc.
Copyright: Association Films, Inc.
Description: A Boy's State delegation representing the Sixth Annual American Legion Boy's Nation meets President Truman in the Rose Garden. David Bell tells of his experiences in Boy's State.

195. UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL NEWSREELS (MP2007-25)
September 26, 1950 - January 19, 1951
¾ inch video tape/silent and sound/black and white/59 minutes, 55 seconds
Production: Universal International
Copyright: Public domain
Description: Nine newsreels (not in production order) from Universal-International depicting news in the world of politics, sports, celebrities, science and human interest. Includes the following footage of President Truman: his meeting on Wake Island with General Douglas MacArthur, the 1951 State of the Union Address, and meeting the 1951 March of Dimes Campaign poster child at the White House.

196. KUKLA, FRAN, AND OLLIE (MP76-84)
October 18, 1951
16mm/sound/black and white/31 min. 20 sec.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: An episode of the Kukla, Fran, and Ollie television show in which Margaret Truman is mentioned.

197. A WELCOME FROM WASHINGTON, D. C. (MP66-36)
October 31, 1951
16mm/sound/black and white/27 min. 45 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Arrival and visit of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip of England to the United States. Same as MP72-66.

198. A WELCOME FROM WASHINGTON D.C. (MP72-66)
October November 1951
16mm/silent/black and white/27 min.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: The visit of Princess Elizabeth of England to Washington, DC. Same as MP66-36.

199. AMERICA HAILS PRINCESS (MP72-70)
October November 1951
16mm/sound/black and white/8 min. 20 sec.
Production: British Paramount News
Copyright: British Paramount News
Description: Visit of Princess Elizabeth of England to Canada and the United States, including her arrival in Washington, DC, and a press conference.

200. PRINCESS ELIZABETH AND MARGARET TRUMAN ON TRIPS (MP72-71)
October November 1951
16mm/sound/black and white/7 min. 20 sec.
Production: Paramount
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel clips of the visit of Princess Elizabeth of England to Washington, DC, and of the visit of Margaret Truman to Europe.

201. THE JIMMY DURANTE SHOW (MP76-80)
November 3, 1951
16mm/sound/black and. white/58 min. 45 sec.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: Margaret Truman is the guest star on this variety show, where she sings and appears in skits with Jimmy Durante.

202. MACARTHUR RELIEVED OF COMMAND (MP72-72)
1951
16mm/sound/black and white/8 min. 10 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel scenes regarding the firing of General Douglas MacArthur. Same as MP72-63.

203. SS UNITED STATES MAIDEN VOYAGE (MP76-74)
1951
16mm/silent sound/black and white/26 min.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Margaret Truman travels to Europe on the first voyage of the SS United States.

204. NEWSREEL (MP76-76)
1951
16mm/sound/black and white/45 min. 40 sec.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: Newsreel footage showing President Truman speaking on the Mutual Security program and vacationing in Key West, Florida.

205. DR. HENRY G. BENNETT (POINT IV PROGRAM) VISITS EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST (MP77-12)
1951
16mm/silentkolor/28 min.
Production: Dr. Henry G. Bennett
Copyright: Thomas E. Bennett
Description: Produced by Dr. Henry G. Bennett, head of the Point IV Program, this film shows a trip by Dr. Bennett to a meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Italy. It shows scenes of Rome, Italy; Athens, Greece; Egypt; Jordan, Israel, and Iraq. Dr. Bennett's party was killed in a plane crash during the return trip. He appears in the film as does a Mr. Sacksteder, Director of Technical Cooperation in Egypt.

206. TRUMAN ALBUM (MP72-64)
1951 and 1952
16mm/sound/black and white/20 min.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: A series of short newsreel stories on such events as the Japanese peace conference in San Francisco, the 1952 Democratic convention, and the beginning of the 1952 presidential campaign.

207. TRUMAN ALBUM (MP72-65)
1951 and 1952
16mm/sound/black and white/10 min.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel stories showing President Truman's announcement that he would not seek the presidency in 1952, a parade for President Truman in which Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis are participants, and the visits to Washington, DC of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and President Mossadegh of Iran.

208. IN DEFENSE OF PEACE (MP75-5)
ca. 1951
16mm/sound/black and white/23 min.
Production: United States Information Agency
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Film detailing the progression of Soviet expansion from the end of World War II to the Korean War.

209. HARRY S. TRUMAN AND ADLAI STEVENSON - VOTER PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT (MP2008-2)
Circa May - November 1952
16mm/black and white/sound/1 min., 35 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Public service announcement by Harry S. Truman, voice over, encouraging the public to vote. As Truman speaks, still photo images of the President are shown of him and his family; the second clip shows Adlai Stevenson encouraging people to vote. These public service announcements were for the state of Florida.

210. NBC PRESENTS A VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE WITH HARRY S. TRUMAN (MP66-19)
May 3, 1952
16mm/sound/black and white/48 min.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Descriptions: President Truman conducts a personal tour of the newly renovated White House with three television reporters.

211. TRUMAN KFAR DINNER (MP2004-1)
May 26, 1952
16mm/sound/black and white/2 min., 27 sec.
Production: Unknown, can labeled "News of the Day"
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Clip of President Truman's acceptance speech when presented with an award at a dinner for Kfar Truman, a village in Israel.

212. THIRTY-FIFTH DIVISION REUNION PARADE IN SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI (2005-16)
June 10, 1952
8 mm/color/silent/22 min., 30 sec.
Production: Home movie purchased through E-Bay and donated by Jim Williams
Copyright: Public domain
Description: Home movie footage of the 35th Division parade in Springfield, Missouri, attended by President Harry S. Truman, who is not clearly visible in this footage. This footage shows the marching band and planes flying overhead.

213. THE BEGINNING OF AN ERA (MP76-50)
June 14, 1952
16mm/sound/black and white/14 min. 15 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Harry Truman attends the keel laying ceremony for the USS Nautilus submarine. The film includes portions of the President's speech.

214. CAMPAIGN 1952 (MP2006-31)
ca. September 1952
VHS/silent/color/37 min., 2 sec.
Production: Unknown; William M. Rigdon was President Truman's Naval Aide.
Copyright: Georgia Southern University
Description: President Harry S. Truman travels by train to campaign for Adlai Stevenson in Minot, North Dakota, Montana, and other destinations.

215. PROBLEMS AND PROMISE OF DEMOCRACY (MP67-2)
1952
16mm/sound/black and white/30 min.
Production: McGraw Hill
Copyright: McGraw Hill
Description: A documentary for school children about the steel strike of 1952 and President Truman's decision to seize the steel mills. The purpose of the film is to teach about uses of presidential power.

216. THIS IS THE LIFE (MP76-73)
1952
16mm/sound/black and white/29 min. 20 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
Description: A religious film starring Dabbs Greer and Ann Doran about parents who lose a son in the military service.

217. NEWSREEL (MP76-77)
1952
16mm/sound/black and white/36 min. 50 sec.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: Newsreel footage on a variety of subjects, including the Korean War and the steel strike.

218. PRESIDENT TRUMAN ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL (MP76-51)
1952, 1953
16mm/sound/black and white/16 min. 25 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel coverage showing President Truman's campaign on behalf of Adlai Stevenson and also Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidential campaign. The film also shows Truman's last meeting with his cabinet, his move from the White House, and President Eisenhower's inauguration.

219. NBC PRESENTS FORD FESTIVAL TIME, STARRING JAMES MELTON (MP76-69)
Spring, 1952
16mm/sound/black and white/29 min. 30 sec.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: A television variety show in which Margaret Truman is the guest star. She sings, dances, and acts.

220. NEWSREEL (MP76-67)
Summer, 1952
16mm/sound/black and white/20 min. 30 sec.
Production: NBC, Warner Pathe
Copyright: NBC, Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel footage showing President Truman vacationing in Key West, Florida and meeting Dean Acheson at an airport.

221. JAMESTOWN FLOOD (MP76-48)
ca. 1952
16mm/silent/color/5 min. 50 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Poor quality footage of the Jamestown, Pennsylvania flood.

222. NEWSREEL (MP86-1)
ca. 1952 and 1953
16mm/sound/black and white/13 min. 23 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: This newsreel features the awarding by Secretary General Trygve Lie the United National Service Medal to General Matthew Ridgway, the German peace treaty (1952), President Truman's visit to Annapolis on May 24, 1952. a Pacific tour by Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and a ribbon cutting by Harry Truman to open Truman Road in Independence, Missouri on December 16, 1953.

223. COLLECTED WARNER PATHE NEWSREELS OF TRUMAN AND EISENHOWER (MP2006-10)
1952-1953
16mm/sound/black and white/16 min., 30 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe Newsreel
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: News stories include President Truman participating in ceremony for new 3-cent stamp honoring America's service women; President Truman and daughter, Margaret, campaigning in Colorado Springs for Adlai Stevenson; Theatre Owners of America convention in Washington, D.C., and their wives touring the White House and meeting President Truman; President Truman's 1952 whistle-stop campaigning for Adlai Stevenson; Korean War Medal of Honor recipients; Mr. Truman's last days in the White House; President Dwight D. Eisenhower's inauguration.

224. FAREWELL ADDRESS (MP77-4)
January 15, 1953
16mm/sound/black and white/27 min.
Production: CBS
Copyright: CBS
Description: Harry S. Truman's farewell address to the American people. Bess and Margaret Truman also appear.

225. TRUMAN AT AVERELL HARRIMAN'S HOME (MP76-113)
January 20, 1953
8mm/silent/color/3 min. 45 sec.
Production: Leslie Bundgaard (home movie)
Copyright: Leslie Bundgaard
Description: Film clip of Harry, Bess and Margaret Truman, Dean Acheson, Alben Barkley, and Robert Lovett waving to a crowd in front of Averell Harriman's house. There is also a view of the inaugural parade.

226. TRUMAN RETURNS TO INDEPENDENCE (MP96-7)
January 21, 1953
35mm/silent/black and white negative/12 min., 33 sec.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: Footage of the arrival of Harry and Bess Truman in Independence, Missouri after leaving the White House. The train arrives at the station where crowds wait, then the Truman's return to their house. Footage appears to be disjointed, including repeats of scenes.

227. SPEECH BY MARGARET TRUMAN (MP76-12)
February 16, 1953
16mm/sound/black and white/30 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: A segment of Margaret Truman's speech at the Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.

228. WHAT'S MY LINE? (MP76-85)
March 3, 1953
16mm/sound/black and white/28 min. 15 sec.
Production: Goodson Todman Productions CBS
Copyright: CBS
Description: An episode of the game show that features Margaret Truman as the mystery celebrity.

229. WORLD NEWS (MP76-19)
March 1953
16mm/sound/black and white/6 min. 25 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel clips including a segment on an Adlai Stevenson's speech at a political dinner.

230. 1953 TRIP TO HAWAII (MP76-8)
March, April, 1953
16mm/silent/black and white/5 min. 15 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Harry, Bess, and Margaret Truman visit their friend Edwin Pauley in Hawaii.

231. WORLD NEWS (MP76-17)
April 1953
16mm/sound/black and white/6 min. 40 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel stories that include a segment on the Korean War and on the new weapons being used.

232. NEWSREEL ON THE TRUMAN'S RETURNING FROM HAWAIIAN VACATION (MP76-18)
May 1953
16mm/sound/black and white/6 min. 35 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel stories including a segment on the Truman's vacation in Hawaii.

233. TRUMAN WARNING: PRESIDENT SEES PERIL IN ARMS CUT (MP76-2)
June 26, 1953
35mm/sound/black and white/4 min.
Production: Universal
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Newsreel clip showing Harry Truman speaking at a convention of the Reserved Officers Association in Kansas City, Missouri. He speaks in support of defense spending.

234. MR TRUMAN GOES TO WASHINGTON D.C. (MP76-7)
June 1953
16mm/silent/black and white/4 min. 15 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Scenes shot in Maryland and Washington DC of the car trip that Harry and Bess Truman took to Washington in 1953.

235. NEWSREEL (MP76-28)
June, 1953
16mm/sound/black and white/6 min. 30 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Several newsreel clips showing the proposed Korean War truce, and Harry and Bess Truman's car trip to Washington, D.C.

236. EXCURSION (MP76-88)
September 20, 1953
16mm/sound/black and white/29 min. 15 sec.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: A television program for young people. President Truman speaks about the atomic bomb, his hope for the future, and the democratic process. Most of this film is a dramatization of the book Johnny Tremain, which is about a young patriot during the Revolutionary War.

237. STEPHEN MITCHELL INTERVIEW ON CBS (MP64-2)
December 7, 1953
16mm/silent/black and white/30 sec.
Production: CBS
Copyright: CBS
Description: Negative film strip of interview with Stephen Mitchell, chairman of the Democratic party.

238. TRUMAN SCRAPBOOK (MP76-15)
Early 1953
16mm/silent 2 sound segments/black and white/3 min. 25 sec.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: Biographical film footage is shown as Harry S. Truman looks at a scrapbook. At the film's end, Truman becomes a private citizen after leaving the presidency.

239. WASHINGTON MERRY GO ROUND (MP76-78)
Fall, 1953
16mm/sound/black and white/13 min. 15 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Drew Pearson interviews President Truman about Joseph McCarthy and the House on American Activities Committee.

240. THE AMERICAN ROAD (MP64-14)
1953
16mm/sound/black and white/38 min. 16 min.
Production: MPO Publications
Copyright: MPO Publications
Description: The film traces the development of Ford cars and their influence on life and transportation in the United States. The film was made and donated to Harry S. Truman by the Ford Motor Company. It is Narrated by Raymond Massey.

241. THE AIR FORCE STORY: BETWEEN TWO WARS, 1930-35 (MP92-1)
1953
16mm/sound/black and white/14 min. 24 sec.
Production: United States Air Force
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: The film examines the development of U.S. air power during the period 1930 to 1935.

242. THE AIR FORCE STORY: AIR POWER ADVANCES, 1935-37 (MP92-2)
1953
16mm/sound/black and white/14 min. 19 sec.
Production: United States Air Force
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: The film examines the development and construction of the B 17 long range heavy bomber and events in the Far East that eventually brought the United States to war with Japan.

243. THE AIR FORCE STORY: PRELUDE TO WAR, 1937-39 (MP92-3)
1953
16mm/sound/black and white/14 min. 20 sec.
Production: United States Air Force
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: The film deals with the role of air power in the years immediately proceeding World War II. There is special emphasis on the German air force and on American air corps leadership.

244. THE AIR FORCE STORY: THE AIR WAR STARTS, 1939-DECEMBER 7, 1941 (MP92-4)
1953
16mm/sound/black and white/13 min. 53 sec.
Production: United States Air Force
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: The film examines the new designs being created by U.S. aircraft companies, lend lease, the U.S. military buildup, and world events during the two years leading up to American entry into World War II.

245. THE AIR FORCE STORY: THE DRAWING OF THE BATTLE DECEMBER 8, 1941-APRIL 18, 1942 (MP92-5)
1953
16mm/sound/black and white/13 min. 34 sec.
Production: United States Air Force
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: The film includes scenes about the U.S. War Department, the "Flying Tigers," and Colonel Jimmy Doolittle.

246. TRUMAN SCRAPBOOK (MP96-4)
ca. 1953
35mm/silent/black and white/6 min., 42 sec.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: Footage of Harry S. Truman presented as Mr. Truman looking at a scrapbook of his life; including photographs of Mr. Truman as a child, soldier, Vice Presidential candidate, President, at Potsdam, and at the 1948 convention. See also MP76-15, MP96-6.

247. CUTS FROM TRUMAN SCRAPBOOK (MP96-6)
ca. 1953
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: Footage of Harry S. Truman presented as Mr. Truman looking at a scrapbook of his life. This footage begins with Vice President Truman being sworn into office, childhood pictures, the death of President Roosevelt, and Presidential events, not in chronological order. See also MP76-15, MP96-4.

248. EXCURSION (MP76-89)
January 10, 1954
16mm/sound/black and white/29 min. 15 sec.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: A television program for young people. President Truman answers questions about a variety of subjects from a group of school newspaper editors. Approximately half of this film is a dramatization of Abraham Lincoln's schooldays.

249. EXCURSION (MP76-72)
March 7, 1954
16mm/sound/black and white/29 min. 30 sec.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: A television program for young people. President Truman speaks about the Point Four Program, and answers questions from students.

250. NEWSREEL ON THE WWII CAPTURE OF ROME AND POTSDAM CONFERENCE (MP86-4)
ca. July 1954
Videotape/sound/black and white/6 min. 36 sec.
Production: Universal
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: This newsreel shows the liberation of Rome during World War II. It also covers, the Potsdam Conference. The original film footage is in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration.

251. SEE IT NOW (MP64-7)
September 1954
16mm/sound/black and white/30 min.
Production: CBS
Copyright: CBS
Description: This weekly television program of current events features an interview with George Marshall and includes Harry S. Truman's comments about Marshall and American history.

252. WASHINGTON MERRY GO ROUND (MP59-15)
ca. Late 1954
16mm/sound/black and white/12 min.
Production: Castle Films
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Drew Pearson interviews Harry S. Truman on such topics as the possibility of an ex president, being a member of the Senate, the Korean War truce, and Truman's greatest achievement.

253. AMERICA PRESENTS AMERICA (MP75-4)
ca. 1954
16mm/sound/black and white/26 min. 30 sec.
Production: United States Information Agency and Fox Movietone
Copyright: United States Information Agency and Fox Movietone
Description: The story of the operation of the United States Information Agency. In one segment, President Dwight D. Eisenhower can be seen making an address to the United Nations on December 8, 1953 in which he presents the "Atoms for Peace" proposal.

254. MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS FROM HARRY S. TRUMAN'S PUBLIC LIFE (MP2005-23)
1954-1958
¾-inch videotape/black and white/silent, some sound segments/24 min., 52 sec.
Production: Sammie Feeback
Copyright: Public domain, donated by Sammie and Dorothy Feeback
Description: Narration by Randall Jessee begins the film with former President Truman attending the 75th Anniversary of Wentworth Military Academy on November 14, 1954 and becoming an honorary Colonel. Harry S. Truman and Randall Jessee also record an introduction about Operation Skywatch on the fourth anniversary of the program in 1957. Other film clips include recorded messages for the National Press Photographers Association convention, Harry and Bess Truman arriving on a train in Independence, Missouri, Mr. Truman voting, and Harry and Bess leaving on a train bound for New York, Mr. Truman's 73rd and 74th birthday celebrations, Jack Benny's arrival in Kansas City, and Truman Corners dedication. Some of this footage is also on MP2005-18.

255. TRUMAN BIRTHDAY DINNER (MP59-16)
May 8, 1955
16mm/sound/black and white/ 13 min.
Production: KCMO TV
Copyright: KCTV, Channel 5, Kansas City
Description: Scenes from a birthday dinner in honor of Harry S. Truman. Guests include H. Roe Bartle, Bess and Margaret Truman, and Democratic National Committee Chairman, Paul Butler.

256. V. E. PLUS TEN (MP64-9)
May 8, 1955
16mm/sound/black and white/60 min.
Production: WTOP TV
Copyright: WTOP TV
Description: Interviews with Harry Truman, Walter Bedell Smith, Omar Bradley, John Foster Dulles, Werner Von Braun, and others about their view of the world situation ten years after the end of World War II.

257. PERSON TO PERSON (MP76-87)
May 27, 1955
16mm/sound/black and white/28 min.
Production: CBS
Copyright: CBS
Description: Margaret Truman, sitting in for Edward R. Murrow, conducts an interview with her parents, Harry and Bess Truman, at their home in Independence, Missouri.

258. SEE IT NOW (MP76-91)
October 26, 1955
16mm/sound/black and white/53 min. 5 sec.
Production: CBS
Copyright: CBS
Description: The subject of this Edward R Murrow television show is the vice presidency. It includes a segment on Harry S. Truman's views on the office of the vice presidency.

259. MAN FROM INDEPENDENCE (MP59-3)
1955
16mm/sound/color (includes black and white historic footage)/17 min.
Production: Harry S. Truman Library Corp. and Phil Koury
Copyright: Public Domain, with the exception that the historic footage contained in the film may be copyrighted.
Description: This film was produced to raise funds for the building of the Truman Library. Former President Truman expresses his hopes for the Harry S. Truman Library. The film includes historic footage of major events of Mr. Truman's presidency.

260. NEWSREEL (MP76-27)
1955
16mm/sound/black and white/6 min. 15 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel stories, including one showing Harry and Bess Truman greeting Margaret Truman after her return from Europe.

261. KCMO NEWSREEL (MP76-31)
1955
16mm/silent and sound/black and white/40 min.
Production: KCMO TV
Copyright: KCTV, Channel 5, Kansas City
Description: KCMO TV (Kansas City) footage of former President Truman participating in several activities, including a book signing for his Memoirs, birthday parties, and the ground breaking for the Truman Library.

262. MISCELLANEOUS KCMO FOOTAGE (MP2007-13)
circa 1955-1972
¾ inch video tape/sound and silent/black & white, and color/58 minutes
Production: KCMO-TV
Copyright: KCTV, Channel 5, Kansas City
Description: Miscellaneous news footage of former President Harry S. Truman at various events, Circa 1955-1972, including scenes relating to news of his death. Several segments of this footage have been identified as being from the KCMO morgue.

263. CHURCHILL THE MAN (MP76-79)
ca. late 1950's
16mm/sound/black and white/29 min. 30 sec.
Production: Associated British Pathe Productions
Copyright: Associated Press Television News
Description: Biographical film about the life of Winston Churchill up to 1952. The film has a segment on Churchill's speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, March, 1946; the portion of Churchill's speech in which he uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" is not included.

264. NEWSREEL (MP76-10)
March 1956
16mm/sound/black and white/6 min. 30 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel stories, including one on the engagement of Margaret Truman.

265. KCMO FOOTAGE OF MR. TRUMAN AT MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS FROM 1956 (MP2006-2)
April-November 1956
16mm/black and white/silent, some sound segments/10 min., 43 sec.
Production: KCMO-TV
Copyright: KCTV-5, Channel 5, Kansas City
Description: News segments include Harry S. Truman greeting the University of Missouri Queen; Mr. Truman receiving the America-Israel Friendship Award; Mr. Truman at the IATSE Convention; auction of Truman's Memoirs as Truman Library fund raising event; Truman Library fund raising tour of construction site; Mr. Truman with Vice President Joao Goulart of Brazil.

266. TRUMAN DANIEL WEDDING (MP59-11)
April 21, 1956
16mm/silent/black and white/24 min.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: Footage of activities surrounding the wedding of Margaret Truman and Clifton Daniel in Independence, Missouri.

267. TRUMAN DANIEL WEDDING (MP76-21)
April 21, 1956
16mm/sound/black and white/1 min.
Production: Universal
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Newsreel clips of Margaret Truman's wedding to Clifton Daniel in Independence, Missouri.

268. TRUMAN DANIEL WEDDING (MP76-22)
April 21, 1956
16mm/sound/black and white/1 min. 20 sec.
Production: Fox Movietone
Copyright: Fox Movietone
Description: Newsreel clip on Margaret Truman's wedding to Clifton Daniel in Independence, Missouri.

269. ROMANCE IN THE NEWS (MP76-23)
April 21, 1956
16mm/sound/black and white/1 min. 30 sec.
Production: News of the Day
Copyright: UCLA Film, Television, and Radio Archives
Description: Newsreel clip on Margaret Truman's wedding to Clifton Daniel in Independence, Missouri.

270. TRUMAN WEDDING DAY (MP95-1)
April 21, 1956
16mm/sound/black and white/24 min., 41 sec.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: Footage of Margaret Truman's wedding to Clifton Daniel in Independence, Missouri, with coverage of Harry S. Truman walking about town before the wedding.

271. TRUMAN WEDDING PREPARATIONS (MP96-2)
April 21, 1956
16mm/sound/black and white negative/11 min., 48 sec.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: Reporter visits store in Independence, Missouri displaying bridal and wedding material, on the day of Margaret Truman's wedding to Clifton Daniel. The reporter also interviews Chief of Police Louis Howell.

272. THE TRUMAN'S TRIP TO EUROPE ON THE SS UNITED STATES (MP59-10)
May 6 through July 8, 1956
16mm/silent/black and white (some color)/90 min.
Production: NBC
Copyright: NBC
Description: Footage of Harry and Bess Truman's trip to Europe aboard the SS United States.

273. JAMES PENDERGAST REMARKS (MP66-37)
July 1956
16mm/sound/black and white/14 min.
Production: KCMO TV, Channel 5, Kansas City
Copyright: James Pendergast
Description: Harry Truman introduces James Pendergast, the nephew of Tom Pendergast. James Pendergast makes a political statement on behalf of some candidates he supports.

274. THE 1956 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (MP77-3)
August, 1956
16mm/sound/black and white/39 min. 50 sec.
Production: CBS
Copyright: CBS
Description: Subject is the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Harry S. Truman makes a speech about civil rights. He announces his full support for Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic Presidential nominee, and to the Democratic ticket. Walter Cronkite and Sam Rayburn also appear. Estes Kefauver, Averell Harriman, Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn join Truman on the podium.

275. TRUMAN'S SPEECH ON PRECINCT POLITICS (MP76-13)
November 5, 1956
16mm/sound/black and white/3 min. 45 sec.
Production: Unknown
Copyright: Unknown
Description: Harry S. Truman at a desk reading a speech about the importance of precinct politics. This film was apparently intended for precinct workers.

276. EDDIE JACOBSON MEMORIAL DINNER (MP77-10)
November 26, 1956
16mm/sound/black and white/20 min. 30 sec.
Production: Henry J. Talge
Copyright: Family of Henry J. Talge
Description: At the Eddie Jacobson Memorial Dinner, held at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, Harry S. Truman reminisces about Jacobson, and then introduces Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban. Eban speaks about American aid in creating Israel, and then he talks about current Anglo Israeli problems and the return of U.S. Israel relations.

277. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS (MP76-6)
1956
l6mm/sound/black and white/28 min. 35 sec.
Production: Democratic National Committee, Committee for the Arts
Copyright: Democratic National Committee
Description: Film narrated by Sen. John F. Kennedy, about the accomplishments of the Democratic party. This was evidently prepared for use in the 1956 presidential election.

278. NEWSREEL (MP76-24)
1956
16mm/sound/black and white/6 min. 15 sec.
Production: Warner Pathe
Copyright: Sarnoff, Paramount, Pathe Newsreel Images, Inc.
Description: Newsreel stories, including one on Margaret Truman's wedding to Clifton Daniel.

279. TRUMAN AS A GUEST IN THE HOME OF EARL J. TRANIN OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI (MP2005-3)
1956
16mm/silent/color/2 min., 50 sec.
Production: Home movie by Earl J. Tranin
Copyright: Public domain, please credit Earl J. Tranin, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library
Description: Dinner party at the home of Earl J. Tranin at which Harry S. Truman is a guest. Mr. Truman plays the piano after the dinner.

280. TRUMAN BIRTHPLACE CELEBRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS FROM MR. TRUMAN'S PUBLIC LIFE (MP2005-24)
1956-1963
¾-inch videotape from original film/black and white/mostly silent, some sound segments/37 min., 9 sec.
Production: Sammie Feeback
Copyright: Public domain, donated by Sammie and Dorothy Feeback
Description: Film segments include: Harry S. Truman taking a group on a tour of the Harry S. Truman Library on May 29, 1962; Mr. Truman speaking to young people in the auditorium of the Library; Eddie Jacobson Memorial Foundation event; Mr. Truman and Mayor H. Roe Bartle at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in Grandview, Missouri; May 12, 1959 ride with the press on a train; Masonic Lodge at Belton, Missouri (see also MP2005-20); 75th birthday celebration; Children have birthday cake at train station In Independence as the Truman's leave for New York on April 25, 1959; 78th birthday celebration; dedication of Lamar, Missouri birthplace on April 19, 1959; presentation by B'nai Zion Women's Organization of a friendship award to Harry S. Truman.

281. EDWARD R MURROW INTERVIEWS HARRY S. TRUMAN (MP66-3 through 66-14)
February 8 15, 1957
16mm/sound/black and white/Over 6 hours
Production: CBS
Copyright: CBS
Description: Outtakes of interviews with Harry Truman by Edward R Murrow in Islamorada, Florida, which was broadcast on the television program See It Now ("From Precinct to President"). For the broadcast interview, see videotape VT90-18, or MP74-2.

282. TRUMAN'S 73RD BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION (MP76-101)
May 8, 1957
16mm/silent/black and white/3 min. 36 sec.
Production: Sammy Feeback
Copyright: Public Domain
Description: Harry Truman's 73rd Birthday party at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri.

283. SEVENTY THIRD BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON FOR HARRY S. TRUMAN (MP76-104)
May 8, 1957
16mm/silent/black and white/2 min. 50 sec.
Production: Bob Yonker
Copyright: Bob Yonker
Description: Footage of Harry S. Truman's 73rd Birthday party at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri.

284. LET'S TAKE A TRIP (MP59-13)
June 30, 1957
16mm/sound/black and white/29 min. 30 sec.
Production: CBS
Copyright: CBS
Description: Former President Truman escorts two children through the new Harry S. Truman Library and talks to them about presidential papers and the office of the presidency.

285. TRUMAN LIBRARY DEDICATION (MP76-114)
July 6, 1957
8mm/silent/color/3 min. 35 sec.
Production: Wayne Grover
Copyright: The Family of Wayne Grover
Description: Film footage of the dedication of the Truman Library, including some clips of Wayne Grover, the Archivist of the United States.

286. THE SAM RAYBURN LIBRARY DEDICATION (MP76-41)
October 9, 1957
16mm/sound/color/15 min. 25 see.
Production: Sam Rayburn Library
Copyright: Sam Rayburn Library
Description: Dedication of the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas. Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson appear.

287. MR. TRUMAN'S INVOLVEMENT IN JOHN F. KENNEDY'S CAMPAIGN (MP2005-19)
1957-1960
¾-inch videotape from film original/black and white/mostly sound, some silent/22 min., 47 sec.
Production: Sammie Feeback
Copyright: Public domain, donated by Sammie and Dorothy Feeback
Description: Most of this footage deals with the press conference held at the Harry S. Truman Library by John F. Kennedy on August 20, 1960, when he was running for President. Those visible include Georgia Neese Clark Gray, Senator John F. Kennedy, Senator Stuart Symington, Senator Henry Jackson and Harry S. Truman. Other press conference footage includes Governor Averell Harriman of New York and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson.

288. MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS FROM MR. TRUMAN'S PUBLIC LIFE (MP2005-18)
1957-1962
¾-inch videotape from original film; black and white; mostly silent, some sound segments; 20 min., 10 sec.
Production: Sammie Feeback
Copyright: Public domain, donated by Sammie and Dorothy Fee