Motion Picture MP70-1
For All the People
Administrative Information
Footage
1026 feet
Running Time
28 minutes 30 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Tape Format
VHS
Sound
sound
Color
Color
Produced by
Calvin, Incorporated
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description
The Truman Library's first orientation film was intended to introduce the museum visitors to President Truman and to the holdings in the Truman Library. Historic footage is interspersed with footage of the Library.
Date(s)
December 3, 1969
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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.
Moving Image Type
Motion Picture
Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:00 | Opening of the Library and credits. | |
| 1:00 | Visitors viewing Library exhibits. | |
| 2:25 | Scenes of world turmoil. | |
| 3:35 | Harry S. Truman sworn in as President – Franklin D. Roosevelt’s burial, April 12, 1945. | |
| 4:30 | War scenes – land, sea, and air. | |
| 5:40 | Part of speech to Joint Session of Congress, April 16, 1945. | |
| 6:20 | Harry Truman, Stimson, and Marshall confer about Atomic Bomb. | |
| 7:10 | End of European war theatre and surrender. | |
| 8:10 | Celebration following V-E Day, May 8, 1945. | |
| 8:50 | Signing of United Nations Charter in San Francisco, June 26, 1945. | |
| 9:20 | Potsdam Conference. | |
| 10:00 | Alamagordo atomic bomb test; Hiroshima and Nagasaki blasts – scenes of destruction. | |
| 12:10 | Japanese surrender aboard Missouri – surrender document exhibit, September 2, 1945. | |
| 13:00 | Views of Truman Library stacks and papers, films, tapes, etc. | |
| 15:30 | Researchers at work. | |
| 16:45 | Lyndon B. Johnson and Medicare Bill signing, July 30, 1965. | |
| 17:00 | Political posters about 1948 Campaign. | |
| 18:30 | 1948 Campaign voting. | |
| 19:30 | Harry S. Truman taking oath of office, January 20, 1949. | |
| 20:00 | Harry S. Truman policies: Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, NATO Treaty, April 4, 1949. | |
| 22:15 | Korean War response and war scenes with MacArthur. | |
| 23:10 | Harry S. Truman speech relieving MacArthur – public opinions, April 11, 1951. | |
| 25:20 | Close up views of Library exhibits. | |
| 27:00 | Closing Library doors and exterior shot. | |
| 27:25 | Credits. | |
| 28:30 | End. |