Guide to Videotapes Collection in the Harry S. Truman Library

Date unknown. “Give ‘Em Hell, Harry” (play by Sam Gallu). Performed by Adam Kee in Johnston City, IL. VHS videotape.

2/10/2002. Author Steve Neal on Booknotes on C-Span2 talks about his book “Harry and Ike.” VHS videotape.

October 13, 1970. Paul Powell’s Eulogy. This video show. The Illinois Capitol building where Illinois Secretary of State Paul Powell’s funeral took place. The eulogies of Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie, Mayor Richard J. Daley, and Rep. Clyde L. Choate are spoken, while photos from the career of Paul Powell are seen. Many of the photos include Harry S. Truman, who was a political associate. See also VT2007-43, which is similar, but 20 minutes in length. VHS videotape.

1997. Michael Roesch, who appears to be a high school or college student, gives a biographical talk as Harry S. Truman. This is a home movie, evidently filmed in Mr. Roesch’s house. VHS videotape.

1/31/79. BACKSTAIRS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, part 1, hour 1, part 1, hour 2, and part 1, hour 3. The Ed Friendly production (NBC) based on the memoirs of Lillian Rogers Parks, who was a maid through several Presidents at the White House (including President Truman). These tapes cover the presidencies from Taft to Wilson. Three ¾-inch videotapes. Length: 3 hours. Restrictions: Contract agreement indicates they cannot be duplicated without permission.

1/31/79. BACKSTAIRS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, part 2, Hour 1, part 2, hour 2. The Ed Friendly production (NBC) based on the memoirs of Lillian Rogers Parks, who was a maid through several Presidents at the White House (including President Truman). These tapes cover the presidencies from Harding to Hoover. Two ¾-inch videotapes. Length: 2 hours. Restrictions: Contract agreement indicates they cannot be duplicated without permission.

2016. THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE BATTLE OF CHOSIN. A documentary produced for PBS by Film Posse, Inc. A study of the ordeal experienced by U.N. forces in December, 1950, when they were surrounded by Chinese Communist soldiers at the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. Narrated by Michael Murphy. DVD. Length: approximately 120 minutes.

4/21/17. THE TRUMAN LEGACY: LATIN AND SOUTH AMERICA. Little White House, Key West, Florida. Truman Legacy Symposium. Friday Keynote Address by Guillermo I. Martinez, with additional remarks by Robert Wolz and Mary Lou Pfeiffer. Length: 1 hour, 13 minutes. DVD

4/22/17. THE TRUMAN LEGACY: LATIN AND SOUTH AMERICA. Little White House, Key West, Florida. Truman Legacy Symposium. Saturday Session I. Principal Speaker: Dr. Raymond H. Geselbracht, with additional remarks by Robert Wolz, Clifton Truman Daniel, Michael Devine, and Mary Lou Pfeiffer.

4/22/17. THE TRUMAN LEGACY: LATIN AND SOUTH AMERICA. Little White House, Key West, Florida. Truman Legacy Symposium. Saturday Session II. Principal Speakers: Stephen Rabe, Thomas Field, and Bradley Coleman, with additional remarks by Clifton Truman Daniel and Robert Wolz. Length: I hour, 59 minutes. DVD.

2017. MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM: EPISODE 1406. An Optomen Production for the Travel Channel, featuring an episode on Lt. Winton Sexton and his friendship with President Truman, as documented in their correspondence at the Truman Library, with other episodes and additional content. Length: 1 hour, 4 minutes (Sexton episode from 37:50 to 43:50). DVD.

March 2003. GEORGE F. KENNAN INTERVIEW. Alpine Video Productions. Ambassador Kennan discusses his family background, his early life in Milwaukee, his education at Princeton, his career in the Foreign Service, his training as a Russian expert, his involvement in the creation of the Marshall Plan, his trip to Japan, his association with the Institute for Advanced Study, and his relations with John Foster Dulles, Dean Acheson, and Douglas MacArthur. Also present are his wife Annelise, his son Christopher (who taped the conversation), the sculptor Elmer Petersen, and Wm. Vocke of the Institute of World Affairs, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. At the end of the interview, Kennan discusses plans to honor him with a monumental sculpture in Milwaukee, and expresses regret at his inability to attend the Kennan Forum in Milwaukee.

November 17, 2004. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES CONFERENCE. C-SPAN broadcast of comments by ten Presidential Library Directors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). The Directors discuss the histories and programs of their institutions. Participants include Timothy Walsh (Hoover Library), Cynthia Koch (Roosevelt Library), Michael Devine (Truman Library), Daniel Holt (Eisenhower Library), Deborah Leff (Kennedy Library), Betty Sue Flowers (Johnson Library), Karl Weissenbach (Nixon Presidential Materials Project), Dennis Daellenbach (Ford Library), Jay Hakes (Carter Library), and Duke Blackwood (Reagan Library). Also included are introductory remarks by Deborah Baldwin, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, UALR; Joel Anderson, Chancellor, UALR; Peggy Scranton, Political Science Professor, UALR; Richard Claypoole, Assistant Archivist for Presidential Libraries; and Nancy Kegan Smith, Presidential Materials Staff Director.

John Ross Truman explains that Harry Truman and John McCain are not similar, as McCain had previously stated. This was an impromptu outdoor appearance by John Ross Truman in an unidentified place during the 2008 presidential campaign.

C-SPAN coverage of the dedication of the Harry S. Truman State Department Building, which took place outside the building. Master of ceremonies is James Earl Jones; speakers include George Elsey, John Ross Truman, Representative Ike Skelton, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and President Bill Clinton. After the ceremony, the participants unveiled the new sign.

 Documentary about the Korean War as told by Florida Veterans for the Veterans Council of St. Johns County, FL. Stories about soldiers: Mike DelPizzo, Edwin O'Sullivan, Dr. Henry L. Moreland, Donal F. Foy, Boyd Guttery, and William Dudley. Directed by William Dudley and Michael Rothfeld. Produced by William Dudley, Chairman of the Veterans Council of St. Johns County, FL. Executive Producers: Dr. Henry Moreland, Jorge Rivera, and Michael Rothfeld. Videographer: Jorge Rivera.

Documentary highlighting the service of Florida Veterans for the Florida Veterans Program. Veterans include George Gaspard, James Vanairsdale, Richard Bassett, Robert Bey, and Jack Wentz. Directed by Dr. Nadia Ramoutar. Produced by Michael Rothfeld and Dr. Nadia Ramoutar.

COLLISION COURSE [Truman and MacArthur meet at Wake Island] Wolper Productions, 1976. We have two 3/4-inch videotapes, Part I and Part II, each 1 hour in length. 2 dvd’s created 1/2013. The dvd’s were copied in black and white because the color was fading in and out from the original videos.

BACKSTAIRS AT THE WHITE HOUSE Ed Friendly Productions, Inc., 1/5/79. We have two 3/4-inch videotapes, Book 4A and Book 4B, each 60 minutes.

PUBLIC SERVICE PROMOTIONS Public service promotions for Kansas City [including the Truman Library]. From Dave Busch; handled by Pat Kerr {missing}

BILL MOYER'S JOURNAL Clark Clifford being interviewed by Bill Moyer on Bill Moyer's Journal, May 22, 1981. Three videotapes [one VHS; two 3/4-inch] From Margaret Truman Daniel and Clark Clifford.

10TH ANNUAL GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARD DINNER 10th Annual Good Neighbor Award Dinner for Barry Goldwater, May 7, 1982. From Henry Talge. VHS videotape.

BESS TRUMAN FUNERAL KCMG-TV, October 21, 1982. Bess Truman funeral footage. 3/4-inch videotape.

BESS TRUMAN FUNERAL KMBC, October 21, 1982. Bess Truman funeral footage. Two sets, Four VHS videotapes. One tape shows footage narrated by reporter Denise Franklin-Jones, the other shows footage narrated by Scott Feldman.

REMEMBERING HARRY S. TRUMAN KTWU, Channel 11, Topeka KS., December 28, 1982. Truman is remembered in this program by Andy and Georgia Neese Clark Gray, Dr. Wallace Graham, and Milton Morris. 3/4-inch videotape. Gift of Bill Shaffer, Channel 11 [the producer of the show].