Motion Picture MP76-33

KCMO Newsreel

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
1575 feet
Running Time
45 minutes 50 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
intermittent
Color
Black & White
Produced by
KCMO TV now KCTV 5
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

KCMO TV (Kansas City) footage featuring former President Truman in various post-presidential activities, such as visiting with Lyndon Johnson and accepting the papers of Oscar Chapman for the Truman Library. There is also footage of Thomas Hart Benton working on hisMural in the Harry S. Truman Library. For similar footage, see also MP2005-19.

Date(s)
1959 - 1960

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:00   Lamar Home Dedication – April 19, 1959.
1:36   Truman and Lyndon Johnson in Truman Library Auditorium.
3:06   Truman and Ribicoff discuss Truman’s role in Kennedy campaign – August 10, 1960.
4:40   LBJ arrives at airport with wife on Continental Airlines.
5:15   Strikers – Continental Airline Flight Engineers – at Muehlebach Hotel.
5:42   LBJ in Library Auditorium.
6:49   LBJ at airport.
7:10   Meeting in Truman Library.
7:56   Chapman Papers given to Library – Truman, Oscar Chapman; Wayne Grover; Phillip Brooks – December 17, 1959.
8:51   Thomas Hart Benton works on mural.
9:21   Oscar Chapman papers.
9:58   Tour of Library with Oscar Chapman and Truman.
10:35   Truman tours Menorah Hospital.
12:09   Labor Award – 1959 Murray – Green Award – given to Truman by AFL-CIO - $5,000 check for Community Service – November 16, 1959.
12:36   Unknown speakers at Labor Dinner.
15:11   Truman given paintings at Chamber of Commerce Luncheon – Phil Davis – RLDS Auditorium Laurel Club - October 21, 1959.
16:20   Truman Library – front.
16:31   Luncheon – Chamber of Commerce.
16:55   Benton and mural.
18:40   Rough draft of mural.
19:07   Truman home – Delaware Street, Independence Missouri.
19:54   75th Birthday Party – May 12, 1959, Muehlebach Hotel – George Docking; Herschel Loveless; Raymond Gary; John Dalton; Franklin Murphy; Richard Duncan; Thomas Hart Benton; Harry Darby. Truman speaks. (sound)
27:04   Truman gives check for Polio foundation – Sister Louis Marie, Sister Madeline Maria from Queen of the World Hospital – September 9, 1959.
28:00   Truman with people in Terrace Penthouse – Dr. Brooks.
29:14   Museum staff, Truman and group of women tour Library.
29:38   Communication Workers of America CWA – Truman speaks.
29:54   Museum staff and women take tour of Library with Truman.
30:27   U.S.S. Missouri model and plaque in Truman Library.
30:45   Communication Workers of America.
31:12   75th Birthday Party – Truman – at Muehlebach Hotel.
34:35   Truman at a Conference possibly at Federal Building in K.C. Missouri – Division I room - Congressmen present.
44:44   75th Birthday Party, “75 and one to grow on”.
45:50   End.

This video only shows a portion of the film and is not complete: