Motion Picture MP72-24

Bermuda Vacation

Administrative Information

Footage
438 feet
Running Time
12 minutes 10 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
silent
Color
Black & White
Produced by
RKO – Pathe
Restrictions
Restricted
Description
Newsreel coverage of President Truman's vacation cruise to Bermuda on the USS Williamsburg.
Date(s)
February 26, 1946

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

    Reel 1
0:00 “President on Vacation Cruise” – Narrator Andre Baruch. Truman and General Eisenhower (brief) on U. S. S. Williamsburg.
1:00 Views of the U. S. S. Williamsburg and other small ships as they cruise. Including Truman on deck (taken from another ship).
4:00 Arrival of General Eisenhower again. He and Truman on ship together.
4:45 More scenes of ship.
5:15 Shots of Eisenhower on another yacht – for news conference.
6:10 Charles Ross, John Steelman and John Snyder arrive at dockside.
7:00 More scenes of ship.
7:15 Newsmen typing and relaxing on their ship the Mayflower.
8:30 More scenes of yachts and newsmen.
9:40 Newsmen come to U. S. S. Williamsburg.
10:20 Blank.
10:45 Truman arrives at Bermuda.
11:10 General shots of Truman in different hats.
11:45 Truman news conference on U. S. S. Williamsburg, and other very brief shots of Truman doing various things.