Audiovisual Collection. 1957 - 2006. Motion Picture Films Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman, 1934 - 1978.

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Audiovisual Collection. 1957 - 2006. Motion Picture Films Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman, 1934 - 1978.

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The series comprises films made between 1934 and 1978. Almost all of the films are black and white. The series includes films of President Harry S. Truman giving speeches, participating in ceremonies, and traveling; newsreels depicting Harry S. Truman and events of his presidency; documentaries, including the 26-part television series entitled "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman;" outtakes from the "Decision" television series; and interviews and program appearances, including Harry S. Truman's appearance on such programs as "The Jack Benny Show" in 1959 and his interviews with his daughter, Margaret Truman in 1955, with Edward R. Murrow in 1958, and with David Susskind in 1960. The series also includes films of several television appearances by Margaret Truman on such programs as the "Jimmy Durante Show." The earliest film in the collection depicting Harry S. Truman is a home movie shot in 1934; it shows a family dinner on December 19 in honor of Senator-elect Truman. Only one other film shows Harry S. Truman as a U.S. senator. Seven films show him as President; and over 215 films date from the years following his presidency. The last substantive film depicting Harry S. Truman is of a presentation to him in 1966 of the first Medicare card by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Very few films depict Bess Truman in a substantive way. The most important film showing her is a "Person-to-Person" program from 1955, in which Margaret Truman interviews her mother and father.

2703 film reels, 1009 videotapes, 264 DVDs

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Harry S. Truman Library

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Harry S. Truman Library

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Truman, Margaret, 1924-2008

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Durante, Jimmy, 1893-1980

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Benny, Jack, 1894-1974.

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Murrow, Edward R. (Edward Roscoe), 1908-1965

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