President Truman and Margaret Truman Appear on Train in Fargo, North Dakota
President Harry S. Truman and Margaret Truman appear on the rear platform of a train at a whistlestop appearance in Fargo, North Dakota.
President Harry S. Truman and Margaret Truman appear on the rear platform of a train at a whistlestop appearance in Fargo, North Dakota.
This home movie shows a brief clip of President Harry S. Truman visiting Visalia, California on his whistle stop train tour during the 1948 presidential campaign. The remainder of the footage shows unrelated footage of the family of Glenn Sheets and Betty Sheets.
Merle Miler interviews former president Harry S. Truman. They discuss the 1948 campaign, Margaret and Bess's involvement in it, the whistle stop tour, inaccurate press coverage of it, watching the 1948 RNC, and the inaccurate polling. He also reviews the campaigns of Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Grover Cleveland, and Andrew Jackson. Sound and picture.