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Motion Picture MP72-1

Harry S. Truman’s Movie Memory Album

Administrative Information

Footage
350 feet
Running Time
9 minutes 15 seconds
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
1) News of the Day 2) Fox Movietone 3) RKO-Pathe 4) Paramount
Restrictions
Restricted
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.

Date(s)
January 1944 - November 1944

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This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:37   Missouri, U.S.S.. – launching.
0:15   Washington D.C. scenes with the inaugural at the White House; arrival of Harry Hopkins, Henry Stimson, James Forrestal, Harold Ickes, Jesse Jones, Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone, Admiral Ernest King, Edward Stettinius, and General George C. Marshall.
0:54   Truman, Harry S. – at launching of U.S.S. Missouri; Truman, Mary Margaret – at launching of U.S.S. Missouri; Truman, Mrs. Harry S. (Bess) – at launching of U.S.S. Missouri.
1:23   Democratic National Convention, 1944 – nomination of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.
2:32   Roosevelt, Franklin D. – nominated to fourth term, 1944; Truman, Harry S. – nomination as Vice President, 1944.
3:59   Wallace, Henry A. – at 1944 Democratic National Convention.
4:04   Byrnes, James F. – at 1944 Democratic National Convention.
4:15   Clark, Champ – nominates Harry S. Truman for Vice President.
5:26   Roosevelt, Franklin D. – with Harry S. Truman. (White House Luncheon, August 18, 1944) Truman, Harry S. – with Roosevelt, Franklin D. (White House Luncheon, August 18, 1944).
6:07   Presidential election, 1944.
6:45   Dewey, Thomas E. – voting 1944.
7:10   Bricker, John W. – voting 1944.
7:35   Truman, Harry S. – Congratulations after 1944 election victory.
7:56   Luce, Clare Booth (Briefly).
8:01   Nye, Gerald (Briefly).
8:09   Fish, Hamilton (Briefly).
8:12   Dewey, Thomas E. – voicing congratulations to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
9:03   Roosevelt, Franklin D. – at Hyde Park receiving congratulations after 1944 election victory.