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Motion Picture MP81-18

Margaret and Bess Truman at the White House and Atlantic City

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
246 feet
Running Time
6 minutes 50 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
silent
Color
Color
Produced by
Home movie
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Home movie footage by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Strickler (Mrs. Strickler was Margaret Truman's singing teacher) showing Margaret and Bess Truman at the White House and in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Date(s)
April 27, 1946 - April 28, 1946

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
1:32   Bess Truman, Mrs. Thomas Strickler; Margaret Truman; Mrs. Madge Gates Wallace; unidentified woman.
2:06   Margaret Truman at fountain.
3:26   Mr. Thomas J. Strickler gets out of limousine.
3:29   Tulips, fountain.
3:43   Atlantic City boardwalk – deck chairs – Margaret Truman, Mr. and Mrs. Strickler, Bess Truman (with hat over face).
4:47   Margaret, Bess, and Mrs. Strickler waving on city street as they are about to get into a limousine.
5:05   Unidentified couple at seashore.
5:34   Garden of house, unidentified woman in doorway; maid; woman playing with dog (possibly Mrs. Strickler).
6:31   Mr. Strickler walking through woods.