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. |