Motion Picture MP76-15

Truman Scrapbook

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
123 feet
Running Time
3 minutes 25 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
intermittent
Color
Black & White
Produced by
NBC
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

Biographical film footage is shown as Harry S. Truman looks at a scrapbook. At the film's end, Truman becomes a private citizen after leaving the presidency.

Date(s)
1953

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:00   Harry Truman opens a scrapbook and events from his life are superimposed on the screen. Photos are shown from his childhood, military career, Haberdashery, and Senatorial period.
0:29   Democratic National Convention in 1944, where Truman was selected as the Vice-Presidential nominee. Margaret Truman can be seen.
0:42   Funeral of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
0:55   Truman taking Oath of Office as President, April 12, 1945.
1:08   Atomic Bomb.
1:21   Truman on train – visit to Canada, June 1947. Bess and Margaret can be seen.
1:52   Potsdam Conference; Truman with Stalin and Churchill.
2:04   Truman speaking at the Young Democrats banquet, May 14, 1948.
2:22   Democratic National Convention, July 15, 1948, where Truman was selected as the nominee for President.
2:30   Inauguration (oath of office), January 20, 1949.
2:50   Truman finishes scrapbook, comments on becoming a private citizen (“...guess I’ll have to learn to fill out an income tax form, if I have any”). Sound.