Motion Picture MP96-3
Administrative Information
Film clips relating to the attempted assassination of President Harry S. Truman by Puerto Rican nationalists; steel strike speech; President Truman's meeting with General Douglas MacArthur at Wake Island; President Truman's announcement of not running again for the presidency; 1952 whistlestop speeches; and post presidential footage of Mr. Truman's statement on the Harry Dexter White case.
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Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:05 | Footage relating to the attempted assassination of President Harry S. Truman on November 2, 1950 by Puerto Rican nationalists. Exterior view of Blair House. | |
| 0:12 | Police outside Blair House. | |
| 0:28 | View of crowd. | |
| 0:35 | Press Secretary Charles Ross in front of Blair House making statement. | |
| 0:40 | Men hosing down sidewalk in front of Blair House. | |
| 0:54 | Military officers arriving. | |
| 1:00 | Military officer with briefcase driving away. | |
| 1:10 | Exterior view of Blair House. | |
| 1:20 | Military in park near Blair House. | |
| 1:35 | President Truman leaving Blair House. | |
| 1:50 | President Truman walking (close up). | |
| 2:13 | Police arriving. | |
| 2:20 | Hospital scene – Police visiting wounded officer. | |
| 3:04 | Title: “NBC Television Presents.” | |
| 3:12 | Presidential seal and title “Good Evening from the White House.” | |
| 3:19 | President Truman speaks to nation: Steel strike begins at midnight, April 8, 1951. | |
| 5:20 | President Truman and General Douglas MacArthur meeting before Wake Island. | |
| 6:07 | President Truman announcing he is not running for re-election, Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, March 29, 1952. | |
| 6:30 | Democratic convention, 1952 – Mrs. Bess Truman visible in gallery; views of convention floor. | |
| 6:49 | President Truman signing document. | |
| 7:53 | President Truman giving Whistle Stop speech, location unknown, 1952. | |
| 8:43 | Winston Churchill in automobile. | |
| 9:00 | Winston Churchill and President Truman greet each other and confer. | |
| 9:20 | Mr. Churchill leaving. | |
| 9:45 | Sign: “Batavia.” | |
| 9:55 | Crowd with signs at unknown Whistle Stop, President Truman gives speech, 1952. | |
| 10:07 | President Truman speaking to crowd at unknown location. | |
| 10:21 | President Truman on board plane. | |
| 10:30 | President Truman surveying flood damage. | |
| 11:07 | Martin H. Kennelly campaign ad – Chicago. | |
| 11:43 | Mr. Truman exiting automobile – Kansas City. | |
| 11:56 | Harry S. Truman - close up view. | |
| 12:07 | Harry S. Truman walking. | |
| 12:15 | Harry S. Truman talking to unknown persons outside office building. | |
| 12:20 | HST at desk in Kansas City making statement concerning Harry Dexter White, former staff member, 1953. | |
| 13:07 | End. |