Motion Picture MP2016-3
Administrative Information
Intermittent video with sound (rough sync) featuring portions of the 12th Annual Institute Board Meeting in the research room at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, MO. Meeting attendees include Ambassador Averell Harriman, Professor Thomas Blaisdell, Richard Ruetten, Theodore Wilson, Director of the Library and Institute Secretary Philip Brooks, Institute President Elmer Ellis, Institute Vice President Francis Heller, Cyrus Eaton, and Institute Treasurer Tom Evans. This footage was filmed for a film about the Truman Library, probably "For All the People." (MP70-1)
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Shot List
00:00: Man setting up camera, followed by white screen, with random conversation in the background.
00:30: Ambassador Averell Harriman and Professor Thomas Blaisdell enter the room, followed by other board members, amidst more random conversation.
00:50 No picture, with exchanges of greetings and beginning of meeting on soundtrack.
02:55 Focus on volume of Who’s Who in America, followed by scenes of board members seated around the table; Richard Ruetten and Theodore Wilson are introduced, and discussion begins.
03:40 No picture; explanation on soundtrack that a motion picture for museum visitors is being made by Calvin Productions of Kansas City.
04:00 Focus on volume of Who’s Who in America again, followed by scenes of members around the table, with Philip Brooks, Director of the Library and Institute Secretary, speaking about the cost of the Institute newsletter.
05:10 No picture; more comments by Brooks on soundtrack, concerning research projects and oral history program
07:00 Focus on portrait on the wall of President Truman in his Masonic regalia, followed by scenes of Harriman, Elmer Ellis (Institute President), and Francis Heller (Institute Vice President) at the head of the table; Cyrus Eaton and other board members listening to comments on a Roosevelt Library publication and the possibility of electing John Hope Franklin to the board.
08:20 No picture; more discussion and nomination of officers on soundtrack.
08:50 Harriman moves that officers be approved, and the motion is carried; Ellis jests that he has an easy job with Brooks and other officers to assist him; scenes of Tom Evans (Institute Treasurer) and other persons around the table; Blaisdell comments on grants program and David D. Lloyd Prize.
11:50 End.