Motion Picture MP2013-2
Administrative Information
This home movie shows a brief clip of President Harry S. Truman visiting Visalia, California on his whistle stop train tour during the 1948 presidential campaign. The remainder of the footage shows unrelated footage of the family of Glenn Sheets and Betty Sheets.
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.
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
Shot List
00:00 President Harry S. Truman appears in a whistle stop train visit to Visalia, California, September 23, 1948 during his presidential campaign. First Lady Bess Truman and Margaret Truman wave hello to the assembled crowd.
01:10 Remaining footage of shows other Sheets family activities unrelated to President Truman: a little girl holding her doll and rocking in a small chair; a little boy waving to the camera; views of the countryside and distant hills; a woman (presumably Betty Sheets) holding the little girl, a close-up view of the little boy; dark footage that is difficult to discern; the little boy playing with a tennis racquet; the children eating popsicles; the family (including presumably Glenn Sheets) relaxing outdoors.