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Motion Picture MP74-6

Harry S. Truman Funeral

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
1166 feet
1900 feet
Running Time
31 minutes
53 minutes
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Color
Produced by
NBC
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

NBC news coverage of the funeral of President Truman in Independence, Missouri.

Date(s)
December 27, 1972 - December 28, 1972
Available Format(s)
Video Tape

SD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are available for $20, and HD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are $50. Copies of motion pictures not already digitized will incur additional costs.

This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.

To request a copy of this item, please contact truman.reference@nara.gov​​​​​​​

Please note that this video belongs to a different video collection than the items available to be borrowed by teachers, from our Education Department.

Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:30   Leaving the funeral home.
6:00   Funeral cortege.
8:00   Arrival at the library.
10:00   21 gun salute by Battery D.
11:30   Fly-by of aircraft.
11:40   Casket is brought in to the Library.
22:00   Services (sound not too good) speakers far from microphone.
26:00   Family leaves Library.
27:30   Arrival of Lyndon B. Johnson.
29:45   Lyndon B. Johnson at the home.
31:00   Arrival of Richard M. Nixon at Library.
  • Reel 2
1:45   Richard M. Nixon at the home.
2:15   Scenes of crowd at Library waiting to view the casket.
3:00   Richard Nixon leaves the home.
3:45   “December 28, 1972.”
4:00   The funeral service – W. Hugh McLaughlin, Worshipful Grand Master of Masons in Missouri, conducts Masonic service in auditorium.
11:00   The Rev. Canon John H. Lembcke continues service in the auditorium.
25:00   Pallbearers arrive and proceed to grave (VHS ends 1:02:10).
27:30   Graveside service.
32:00   Family leaves.
53:45   Sound continues – blank screen.