- Title: VM-244
- Summary: HARRY TRUMAN (PT.1): TRACES THE EARLY CAREER OF HARRY S. TRUMAN FROM LOCAL POLITICS IN MISSOURI UP THROUGH HIS VICE-PRESIDENCY & PRESIDENCY FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF FDR.
- Description:00:00:04 - APRIL 1945, FDR FUNERAL PROCESSION 00:00:23 - TRUMAN LOOKS ON 00:00:32 - TRUMAN SPEAKING AT PODIUM 00:01:11 - TRUMAN SITTING IN TUXEDO 00:01:31 - 1944 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. FDR NOMINATION 00:02:30 - CHAIRMAN SENATOR SAMUEL JACKSON OFFERS WALLACE'S NOMINATION FOR VICE-PRESIDENT 00:02:58 - HENRY WALLACE AT CONVENTION 00:03:51 - TRUMAN LOOKING OUT WINDOW 00:03:56 - TRUMAN ON THE PHONE, LISTENING WITH OTHERS WITH HIM. CU TRUMAN 00:04:10 - CROWD HOLDING ROOSEVELT, TRUMAN SIGNS 00:04:16 - TRUMAN GIVEN BEVERAGE AT CONVENTION 00:04:19 - ANNOUNCEMENT OF TRUMAN AS VP, HAPPY CROWD 00:04:37 - TRUMAN MAKING HIS WAY THRU CROWD 00:04:51 - TRUMAN USING GAVEL, TRUMAN SPEAKING AT CONVENTION, CROWD, TRUMAN POSING 00:06:31 - HORSES PULLING CANNONS, WWI 00:06:40 - MISSILES LAUNCHED IN SILHOUETTE WWI 00:07:31 - SPEAKING 00:07:36 - CAPITOL BUILDING, WASHINGTON 00:07:40 - HOUSE OF REPS. SENATOR CHAMBERS CONGRESS 00:07:52 - SENATOR TRUMAN IN WHITE SUIT & OTHER WALK OUT OF BUILDING, TRUMAN TIPS CAP 00:08:02 - SITTING WITH FAMILY, BESS TRUMAN & DAUGHTER MARGARET TRUMAN, READING OLD DOCUMENTS 00:08:12 - 1941: ORGANIZE SPECIAL SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE WASTE & MISMANAGEMENT IN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE PROGRAM. TRUMAN TALKING WITH BUSINESSMEN 00:08:18 - ARMY VEHICLES ON THE MOVE 00:08:23 - COMMITTEE MEETING 00:08:39 - TRUMAN SPEAKING ABOUT COST CUTTING 00:08:58 - TRUMAN WITH FAMILY, WIFE & DAUGHTER 00:09:12 - TRUMAN SITTING WITH FDR 00:09:28 - 1944 ELECTION CAMPAIGNING. TRUMAN WAVING FROM CAR 00:09:35 - CROWD WAVING 00:09:39 - TRUMAN SPEAKING AT PODIUM 00:09:51 - TRUMAN GETTING OFF CAR INTO CROWD 00:09:59 - NOVEMBER 1944. FDR & TRUMAN SPEAKING INTO MICROPHONES IN CONVERTIBLE CAR WIN PRESIDENCY 00:10:16 - TRUMAN WAVING TO CROWD, LARGE PARADE 00:10:22 - APRIL 12, 1945 4:35 PM, TRUMAN PRESIDES AT SENATE MEETING, SAME TIME FDR DIES 00:10:40 - CAPITOL BLDG, FLAG AT HALF-MAST 00:10:44 - TRUMAN BEING SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT 00:11:04 - TRUMAN ADDRESSES SENATE 00:11:39 - TRUMAN IN OVAL OFFICE 00:11:52 - WWII WAR IN EUROPE. SOLDIERS 00:12:00 - AMERICANS & RUSSIANS JOIN AT ELBE RIVER. CU HANDS SHAKING 00:12:02 - SOLDIER PLAYING ACCORDION WITH TROOPS AROUND HIM 00:12:06 - SOLDIERS MARCHING 00:12:10 - JULY 1945: TRUMAN MEETS WITH CHURCHILL IN GERMANY AT POTSDAM CONFERENCE 00:12:24 - TRUMAN GREETS STALIN 00:12:47 - TRUMAN AND STALIN ON STEPS OF BLDG, SHAKING HANDS 00:13:19 - PLANE IN FLIGHT 00:13:21 - AERIAL VIEW OF GROUND, HUGE EXPLOSION 00:14:05 - TRUMAN SHAKING HANDS 00:14:13 - TRUMAN ANNOUNCES JAPAN'S SURRENDER 00:14:42 - PRESS RUNNING ALL OVER 00:14:47 - HUGE CROWD OF PHOTOGRAPHERS 00:14:48 - HUGE CROWD IN THE CITY STREETS, WAVING 00:15:01 - THE FAMOUS SHOTS OF TROOPS KISSING WOMEN, ETC. 00:15:14 - TRUMAN HOPPING OUT OF CAR TO SHAKE MACARTHUR'S HAND 00:15:24 - TRUMAN WALKING WITH TROOPS 00:15:34 - TRUMAN IN CASUAL CLOTHING, FUNNY GOLFING HAT ON 00:15:53 - 1946 RAILROAD UNION WORKER STRIKE 00:16:12 - TRUMAN SPEAKS ANGRILY AT LABOR UNIONS 00:16:39 - TRUMAN MAKES SPEECH TO CONGRESS ABOUT DRAFTING INTO THE ARMY ALL STRIKING RAILROAD WORKERS. GIVEN NOTICE BY WORKER THAT STRIKE IS SETTLED 00:17:29 - CIO LABOR UNION LEADER COMPLAINING ABOUT TRUMAN THE STRIKE BREAKER 00:17:48 - OVER SHOULDER SHOT OF TRUMAN SIGNING DOCUMENT 00:17:57 - CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS. PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE, ELECTION SIGNS, WALL MAPS 00:18:11 - 80TH CONGRESS CONVENES 00:18:21 - TRUMAN SPEAKS BEFORE CONGRESS ABOUT CONFLICT IN BETWEEN GREECE & TURKEY. TRUMAN DOCTRINE 00:18:59 - TRUMAN SITTING OUTDOORS, LISTENING TO FAMILY DISCUSSING RE-ELECTION. MARGARET, BESS 00:19:13 - TRUMAN SWIMMING 00:19:21 - TRUMAN WALKING DOWN THE STREET IN LONG BLACK COAT 00:19:25 - SPRING 1948: TRUMAN IN TUXEDO SPEAKING AT POLITICAL DINNER 00:20:17 - JULY 1948: DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA 00:20:50 - DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN NORTHERN & SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS OVER CIVIL RIGHTS 00:21:15 - CHAIRMAN OF ALABAMA DELEGATION MAKES SPEECH. LEAVES CONVENTION 00:21:45 - TRUMAN WRITING & WATCHING CONVENTION ON EARLY TV IN OVAL OFFICE 00:21:58 - TRUMAN NOMINATED. HAPPY PEOPLE 00:22:36 - DONKEY AT CONVENTION 00:22:53 - TRUMAN MAKES HIS WAY THROUGH CROWD 00:23:03 - TRUMAN ELECTRIFIES AUDIENCE WITH HIS SPEECH. CALLS 80TH CONGRESS BACK INTO OFFICE ON JULY 26 00:23:57 - TRUMAN WITH VICE-PRESIDENT BARKLEY
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1920
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: VM-244