Motion Picture MP2005-11
Administrative Information
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 toInvestigate the National Defense Program. This footage shows the committee investigating a militaryBase in an unknown country, possibly France. Footage includes views of Paris; Senator JosephB. Ball of Minnesota, Col. Miles Knowles, and Senator Hugh Mitchell of Washington can be seen.
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Shot List
- Reel 1
| 00:00 | Senator James M. Mead was a successive chairman of what was originally known as the Truman Committee, established in the U.S. Senate in 1941 as the Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, meant to investigate "excessive profits, fraud, corruption, waste, extravagance, mismanagement, incompetence, and inefficiency in expenditures, connected with the prosecution of the national defense program for World War II." As the film starts, U.S. military are parked in front of an old building. A man stands in the doorway of the building. | |
| 00:25 | The camera explores a large open space of graded dirt where military vehicles and equipment are parked in long rows. A jeep carrying committee personnel is shown touring the lot. | |
| 00:38 | Tanks are shown loaded upon train cars on railroad tracks. | |
| 00:51 | A sign on a military base directs drivers. An arrow points right and text reads, “Supply Division, Depot 0-653.” An arrow points straight ahead and text reads, “Headquarters, Salvage & Reclamation Maintenance.” | |
| 00:57 | A tank carrying soldiers and towing a trailer rolls down a road. | |
| 01:00 | The camera shows men and large sacks on truck beds in front of buildings. | |
| 01:14 | Committee personnel are shown inside a warehouse. Sacks like the ones on the trucks fill shelves. | |
| 01:22 | Committee personnel are shown by a car. L to R: Sen. Joseph B. Ball of Minnesota; Col. Miles Knowles, CS.C; Sen. Hugh Mitchell of Washington. The camera pans to show others. | |
| 01:50 | Committee personnel take photos outdoors. | |
| 01:37 | Committee personnel walking. | |
| 01:46 | Shot of a large tank. | |
| 01:53 | Shot of a building in front of a road. People stroll along sidewalks. A van with a red cross pulls away. | |
| 02:09 | Faded aerial shots of a city and a train yard. | |
| 02:47 | Committee personnel stand in a building’s courtyard by marble columns. It is a wide, outdoor space like the gardens of an estate or palace. Visitors walk through gates. Scenes follow of visiting various historical sites in Paris including the Arc de Triomphe. | |
| 03:49 | Committee personnel at a restaurant outdoors. | |
| 04:11 | Committee personnel walk outside of buildings on a military base. They tour the base. The camera shows the inside of a warehouse with stacked crates. | |
| 04:46 | Footage of a barge on water near what is probably a naval installation near a large body of water. | |
| 05:10 | Committee personnel stand on a rooftop overlooking the water. Then they look at boats and equipment. | |
| 05:36 | Committee personnel drive in a jeep. They see old buildings and what appear as ruins, possibly remaining devastation from WWII. | |
| 06:04 | Shots of a cathedral, possibly Notre Dame. | |
| 06:17 | Extremely faded aerial shots of a city. | |