Motion Picture MP2014-29
Administrative Information
Silent home movies from the family of Clifton Daniel and Margaret Truman Daniel during in 1965. Summertime footage includes the Daniel children swimming in a pool; former President Harry Truman and former First Lady Bess Truman visiting the Daniels; Halloween; Christmas; Harrison Gates Daniel's birthday; trip to Sarasota, Florida and the Circus Hall of Fame; Cypress Gardens; a New York City parade; Kiddieland; Harrison Gates Daniel taking his first steps; and newborn Thomas Washington Daniel.
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Shot List
[“Bedford Summer 1965 / Doodie Walks! Halloween/Christmas 1965” marked on original film canister]
00:00 Harrison Gates Daniel, as a toddler, outdoors in small wading pool
00:05 William Wallace Daniel and Clifton Truman Daniel, in swimming trunks, jump into outdoor pool.
00:10 Pool party – Unknown people beside pool. The Daniel boys are seen swimming and playing by pool.
00:30 Clifton Daniel holds baby Harrison Daniel in pool.
01:00 Exterior views of estate at Bedford, Long Island, New York.
01:06 Ex-President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman with the Daniel family pose for camera outdoors at Bedford, Long Island, New York. Margaret Truman Daniel is holding toddler Harrison Gates Daniel.
01:40 Harrison Gates Daniel in stroller
02:20 Views of a Halloween party for children. The Daniel boys are seen. Harrison attempts to play the piano.
02:40 Christmas decorations
02:45 Harrison (in high chair) blows out candles on birthday cake.
02:50 William, Harrison and Clifton Truman Daniel in bathtub.
03:15 William and Clifton Truman Daniel play the piano.
03:30 Christmas footage of the Daniel family. The Daniel children play with their presents.
03:50 Sarasota, Florida – the Daniel boys jump in pool
04:10 Sarasota, Florida – view of a baseball game, probably a major league team on spring training.
04:15 Clifton Truman Daniel stands by sign “Colony Beach Resort”
04:20 Views of a beach near Sarasota, Florida
04:40 Clifton Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel at the Circus Hall of Fame.
05:20 Clifton Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel at Cypress Gardens.
06:50 New York City – junior military cadets on parade on streets of New York – Clifton Truman Daniel is seen marching with them (Knickerbocker Grays)
07:20 Clifton Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel are seen playing at Kiddieland.
07:50 Harrison Gates Daniel is seen taking his first steps, and is held by his father, Clifton Daniel.
08:00 Close-up of Clifton Daniel, in black suit, holding newborn Thomas Washington Daniel.
08:05 Close-up of Margaret Truman Daniel, in blue dress, holding newborn Thomas.
08:10 Margaret Truman Daniel, holding baby Thomas Washington Daniel, with William, Harrison and Clifton Truman Daniel.
08:20 View of the Daniel family outdoors.
08:30 Baby Thomas Washington Daniel in his crib.
08:40 End