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Motion Picture MP67-4

Biography – Harry S. Truman (Part II)

Administrative Information

Footage
900 feet
Running Time
25 minutes 50 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Tape Format
VHS
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
McGraw-Hill, Inc
Restrictions
Restricted
Description
Part II of the episode of the television series "Biography" concerning President Truman. This program covers Truman's career from the 1948 campaign to the end of his presidency in 1953.
Date(s)
March 9, 1963

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

    Reel 1
0:00 President Truman speaks at Presidential Electors Association Dinner, January 19, 1949. Kaltenborn imitation.
1:45 Mike Wallace – narrator.
2:11 Bess and Harry Truman campaign, 1948.
2:48 Truman campaigns in Iowa.
3:37 Bess, Margaret and Harry Truman on a train campaigning.
3:49 Truman in Detroit campaigning.
4:38 South Carolina’s governor Strom Thurmond – Dixiecrat candidate for President.
4:46 Henry Wallace Progressive party candidate for President.
5:00 Thomas Dewey, Republican candidate for President.
5:15 Truman campaigning by train.
6:16 Dewey and family board a train.
6:30 Dewey campaigns.
6:49 Truman speaks at Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles with Ronald Reagan, Humphrey Bogart, George Jessel, Lauren Bacall, September 23, 1948.
7:28 Truman in New York.
7:50 People voting Election Day 1948.
8:03 Dewey votes.
8:13 Truman votes in Independence, Mo.
8:48 Dewey at election headquarters New York.
9:05 Republican campaign manager Herbert Brownell declares Dewey winner.
9:30 Hubert Humphrey, Mayor of Minneapolis, gains Senate seat.
9:40 Paul Douglas, college professor, gains Senate seat of Illinois.
9:44 Estes Kefauver gains Senate seat in Tennessee.
9:52 Thomas Dewey and family.
10:00 Democratic headquarters.
10:37 Dewey sends telegram to Truman.
11:04 Truman wins election.
11:10 Truman speaks at Presidential Electors Association dinner, January 19, 1949.
12:25 Truman and Alben Barkley (Vice-President) return to Washington.
13:45 Truman relaxes on a ship after the campaign.
14:00 January 20, 1949 – Truman takes the oath of office.
14:24 Truman outlines his future plans.
15:03 Signing of the NATO Treaty, April 4, 1949.
15:22 Margaret Truman’s press conference.
16:25 Margaret Truman sings “God’s Bless America”.
17:40 Summer 1949 – Congressional Committee investigates Harry Vaughan.
18:36 Joseph McCarthy accuses Truman administration of having Communists.
18:53 June 25, 1950 – South Korea invaded by North Korea.
19:13 Truman speaks about Korea and United States involvement, September 1, 1950.
19:35 General Douglas MacArthur named commander of United Nations forces.
20:03 October 15, 1950 – Truman and MacArthur meet.
20:20 December 1950 – the Chinese enter the Korean War.
20:27 MacArthur wants to attack over Chinese border.
20:38 Truman denies permission to attack over the Chinese border.
20:51 Secretary of State Dean Acheson advises Truman not to fire MacArthur.
21:15 Truman fires MacArthur.
21:40 Public opinion on MacArthur’s removal.
22:30 Harry and Bess Truman.
22:40 Spring 1952 – Truman will not be a candidate for reelection.
23:20 Truman and Eisenhower on Inauguration Day 1953.
23:39 Truman comes home to Independence.
23:55 Truman’s home.
24:11 Truman shakes hands with the public.
24:23 Truman buys a newspaper.
24:28 Truman walking.
24:40 Mike Wallace.
25:50 End.