Motion Picture MP76-89
Excursion
Administrative Information
Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
1053 feet
Running Time
29 minutes 15 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
NBC
Restrictions
Restricted
Description
A television program for young people. President Truman answers questions about a variety of subjects from a group of school newspaper editors. Approximately half of this film is a dramatization of Abraham Lincoln's schooldays.
Date(s)
January 10, 1954
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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture
Shot List
| 0:00 | At Waldorf Astoria in New York City, a group of school newspaper editors ask Harry S. Truman questions. | |
| 3:00 | Film reenactment of Abraham Lincoln’s schoolboy days, illustrating his character – Lincoln Growing Up | |
| 14:00 | The students ask Truman questions: valuable subjects studied in school – history; favorite character in history-Jefferson; most maligned-Andrew Johnson; Winston Churchill should be “man of the year”; education is valuable; military training; a woman could become President someday; wants to live in Independence, not NYC; “opportunity knocks every day”; public relations a key in politics. | |
| 27:45 | Closing and credits. | |