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Motion Picture MP86-3

Silent footage about a model of the USS Missouri which was given to the Kansas City Museum

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
425 feet
250 feet
Running Time
12 minutes 34 seconds
7 minutes 29 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
silent
Color
Color
Produced by
(donated to Truman Library by) John M. Cleary, Kansas City, MO
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

This silent film is about a model of the USS Missouri, built by a Japanese builder. It features scenes of Japan, and the Harry S. Truman Library. U. S. naval officers show Mr. Truman the model and he poses with sailors and officers in front of it.

Date(s)
1964

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This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.

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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
     
0:00   (black and white segment) Unloading of model of the U.S.S. Missouri by a lake. American officers and Japanese people are present. A Japanese gentleman operates the model by remote control. Possibly Yoshio Hirata, the Japanese creator of the ship model.
1:02   (color segments begin) Officers at airplane, loading the model.
1:54   Scenes of flying over countryside.
3:00   Ship model inside building, possibly at Tachikawa Air Force Base, Japan (where the initial presentation took place) April 8, 1964.
3:17   Mr.Komatsu, an elderly Japanese gentleman, at podium.
3:53   Gen. McPartland, of Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, at podium.
6:36   Reception.
6:48   Scenes of Japan, including beaches, docks, an airplane, temples, streets, and the Tokyo Hilton.
12:34   Ends
  • Reel 2
     
0:00   Airplane
0:33   Unloading of model.
1:41   Man holding a People-to-People banner (People –to-People is a Kansas City organization involved with bringing the model to Kansas City).
1:42   Officers walking.
2:11   Officers outside the Truman Library.
2:29   Officers showing model to Harry S. Truman in the Truman Library. Truman poses with sailors and officers. Wilber Phillips, Director of the Kansas City Museum is there. (the Truman Library has the model on loan from the Kansas City Museum) May, 1964.
4:47   Truman (outside) enters the Truman Library with Rufus Burrus.
4:58   Officers in coffee shop with J. R. Fuchs.
5:28   Guests looking at model and at the People-to-People plaque. Japanese guests are present.