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Motion Picture MP72-2

Harry S. Truman’s Movie Memory Album

Administrative Information

Footage
234 feet
Running Time
6 minutes 30 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Pathe News
Restrictions
Restricted
Description
Newsreel coverage of Harry S. Truman, featuring the 1944 inaugural, the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the beginning of the Truman presidency.
Date(s)
1945

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

    Reel 1
0:00 “Fourth Franklin D. Roosevelt Inaugural,” January 20, 1945.
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.
2:00 Harry S. Truman sworn in by Wallace (silent).
2:15 Franklin D. Roosevelt oath, with miscellaneous shots of crowd, etc.
3:00 “Our New President.”
3:15 White House exterior scenes, Truman swearing in.
3:30 Truman addressing Congress (parts of speech), April 16, 1945.
5:25 Miscellaneous shots of industry and soldiers.
5:45 “Truman – New President Takes up Reins of Office” Truman walks to White House. Shots of: Matthew Connelly, Harry Vaughan, and of Truman with the United Nations delegation in Oval Office.