Motion Picture MP2022-02
Administrative Information
Home movies showing funeral activities for former president Harry S. Truman in Independence, Missouri. (See also MP2022-1 for part 1)
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
Please note that this video belongs to a different video collection than the items available to be borrowed by teachers, from our Education Department.
Shot List
0:00 – 1:52, Continuation of funeral activities for former president Harry S. Truman, showing the departure of President and Mrs. Nixon from nearby Mill Creek Park via helicopter after their visit to the Truman Library. Large crowds gathered outside the Truman Library to pay their respects to Mr. Truman, where his casket is lying in state.
1:52-end, Unrelated home movie footage from the winter of 1972-1973, showing Pritchard’s sister and her boyfriend sculpting a snow sculpture in the form of a bust of Ludwig van Beethoven.