Post on 06-Mar-2018
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Guide to
Videotapes Collection
in the
HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY
Compiled by
Pauline Testerman
With the Assistance of
Anita M. Smith
April 2018
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VT90-1
"COLLISION COURSE" [Truman and MacArthur meet at Wake Island] Wolper Productions, 1976. We have
two 3/4-inch videotapes, Part I and Part II, each 1 hour in length. 2 dvd’s created 1/2013. The dvd’s were
copied in black and white because the color was fading in and out from
the original videos.
Total length: 2 hours
VT90-2
"GIVE `EM HELL, HARRY"
NBC, 1977. We have two sets of this show, one set consisting of three 3/4-inch
videotapes, the Opening, Act I, and Act II; the other set consisting of two 3/4-inch
videotapes, Part I and Part II.
Total length: 2 hour
VT90-3
"THE HABERDASHER PRESIDENT"
KOOL Radio Television, Inc., Phoenix, AZ. [Program was part of a series entitled
What's So Great About America."], 1974. 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 30 minutes
VT90-4
"THE ROLE OF THE CABINET OFFICER"
General Management Training Center, Bureau of Training, Washington, D.C., 1976.
Panelists on this subject include Averill Harriman, Dean Rusk, and James Webb, all
who served in the Truman administration. 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 60 minutes
VT90-5
“TRUMAN AT POTSDAM'
Hallmark Hall of Fame, 1977. We have two 3/4-inch videotapes of this program, Part I
and Part II.
Total length: 90 minutes
VT90-6
"TRUMAN THE MAN"
Shawnee Mission Public Schools, 1977. [Third grade instructional television] 3/4-inch
videotape.
Total length: 20 minutes
VT90-7
MIKE WESTWOOD'S FUNERAL
News clip from KMBZ, TV-9, 1/19/79. [Bess Truman appears briefly in this news clip,
when she attended the funeral of Mike Westwood] 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: approx. 5 min.
VT90-8
CLASS LECTURE
Session with Professors McKinzie and Kaufman on Economic Issues of the Post-War
Administrations of Presidents Truman and Eisenhower. From Dr. Kathleen Xidis, Social
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Science and Human Division, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 30 minutes
VT90-9
"NOT FORGOTTEN: HARRY TRUMAN'
Channel 19, KCPT, August 12, 1975. One 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 28:46 minutes
VT90-11
"BACKSTAIRS AT THE WHITE HOUSE"
Ed Friendly Productions, Inc., 1/5/79. We have two 3/4-inch videotapes, Book 4A and
Book 4B, each 60 minutes.
Total length: 2 hours
VT90-12
PUBLIC SERVICE PROMOTIONS
Public service promotions for Kansas City [including the Truman Library]. From Dave
Busch; handled by Pat Kerr {missing}
Total length:
VT90-13
"BILL MOYER'S JOURNAL"
Clark Clifford being interviewed by Bill Moyer on Bill Moyer's Journal, May 22, 1981.
Three videotapes [one VHS; two 3/4-inch] From Margaret Truman Daniel and Clark
Clifford.
Total length: 60 minutes
VT90-14
10TH ANNUAL GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARD DINNER
10th Annual Good Neighbor Award Dinner for Barry Goldwater, May 7, 1982. From
Henry Talge. VHS videotape.
Total length:
VT90-15-1
BESS TRUMAN FUNERAL
KCMG-TV, October 21, 1982. Bess Truman funeral footage. 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length:
VT90-15-2
BESS TRUMAN FUNERAL
KMBC, October 21, 1982. Bess Truman funeral footage. Two sets, Four VHS
videotapes. One tape shows footage narrated by reporter Denise Franklin-Jones, the other
shows footage narrated by Scott Feldman.
Total length:
VT90-16
"REMEMBERING HARRY S. TRUMAN'
KTWU, Channel 11, Topeka KS., December 28, 1982. Truman is remembered in this
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program by Andy and Georgia Neese Clark Gray, Dr. Wallace Graham, and Milton Morris.
3/4-inch videotape. Gift of Bill Shaffer, Channel 11 [the producer of the show].
Total length: 29:03 minutes
VT90-17
Unveiling of painting of President Truman by Frank Szasz by the artist and Margaret
Truman at the Truman Library, May 7, 1973 3/4-inch Color videotape. Silent.
Total length: 6 minutes
VT90-18
"FROM PRECINCT TO PRESIDENT: SOME REFLECTIONS BY HARRY S. TRUMAN'
From See It Now, by Edward R. Murrow, February 2, 1958. 3/4-inch videotape. Black &
White. Sound. Donor: CBS Archives.
Total length: 1 hour
VT90-19
SMITHSONIAN WORLD: "DESIGNS FOR LIVING"
WETA, Washington, D.C., April 11, 1984, by Carl Charlson. The Truman home at 219 N.
Delaware, Margaret Truman Daniel is interviewed. 3/4-inch videotape. Color with some Black and White
footage.
Total length: 58:03 minutes
VT90-20
"SETTING THE AGENDA: THE PRESIDENCY OF HARRY S. TRUMAN"
1984. Produced and directed by Gerald Eisterhold, funded by Mid America Arts Alliance.
Restrictions: Mid America Arts Alliance. Black & White, Sound. Made to accompany the traveling exhibit:
"Harry S. Truman: A Centennial Remembrance." Two videotapes, 3/4-inch and VHS.
Total length: 25 minutes
VT90-21
Segments of the "Today Show" of May 8, 1984 regarding Harry S. Truman. This includes
a five-minute interview with Margaret Truman, a remembrance by John Chancellor, and a segment on the
Truman house by Bob Datsun. 3/4-inch videotape. Color and sound.
Total length: 20 minutes
VT90-21-2
Segments of the "Today Show" of May 8, 1984 in which weatherman Willard Scott was filmed at the Truman
Library. 3/4-inch videotape. Color and sound.
Total length: 20 minutes
VT90-22
Segment of the "Today Show" of May 8, 1984 which was about the Truman house.
Produced by Bob Datsun. This is the unedited version. 3/4-inch videotape. Color and sound.
Total length: 5:20 minutes
VT90-23-1 and VT90-23-2
Joint Session of Congress in honor of Harry S. Truman, May 8, 1984. Sent to us by Doug Thurman, who taped
it from C-SPAN. Also on the second videotape is "Remembering Harry S. Truman" which was taped from
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WETA-TV, Washington, D.C. We already have a videotape of this show from Bill Shaffer, KTWU. 3/4-inch
videotape
Total length: 1 hour 30 minutes
VT90-24
"WE REMEMBER HARRY TRUMAN"
Concept Associates, Inc., 4720 Montgomery Lane, No. *00, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Narrated by Hal Linden. This film was prepared for the Democratic National Convention Committee, and was
shown at the 1984 Democratic Convention in San Francisco, CA. Restrictions: Democratic National
Committee. 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 10 minutes
VT90-25-1 and VT90-25-2
"THE LEGACY OF HARRY S. TRUMAN'
CBS Reports, with Walter Cronkite, 7/18/84. Restrictions: CBS Two videotapes, 3/4-inch and VHS.
Total length: 1 hour
VT90-26
"AIR FORCE ONE: THE PLANES AND THE PRESIDENCY"
Elliott D. Sluhan Productions, 1/4/85. Restrictions: Elliott Sluhan Productions. [We received this from Doug
Thurman, who copies it from public television in Washington, D.C. 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT90-27
"TRUMAN TOWN MEETING"
Kansas City Public Television, Channel 19, May 7, 1984. This panel discussion on Truman was broadcast from
the Lyric Theater. [We have five videotapes of this broadcast, plus four teacher's manuals in the videotape file;
the Sales Desk has one teacher's manual] 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT90-28
"EYEWITNESS NEWS: STORY ON COMPUTER STORAGE OF RECORDS"
3/29/85, 6:53 p.m., Channel 9; "CBS Morning News, Ross Perot/Magna Carta," 5/2/85, 7:45 a.m.; "PM
Magazine, NARA/Diplomatic Vault," 5/8/85, 8:00 p.m., Channel 5, WTTG; "Today Show, First Daughters
[tour NLK, NLF, NLT], 5/13/85, 5/14/85, 5/15/85, Channel 4, WRC. 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 33:50 minutes
VT90-29
"CLARK CLIFFORD'S SPEECH TO THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB"
Copied from C-Span, August 14, 1985. Sent to the Truman Library by Steve Greene of the
Office of Presidential Libraries. 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT90-30
“HIROSHIMA REMEMBERED"
Copies form PBS, August 6, 1985. We have three videotapes, Parts I, II, and III. Sent to the Truman Library by
Steve Greene of the Office of Presidential Libraries. 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 3 hours
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VT90-31
"40TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIROSHIMA"
ABC News Nightline, and TV spots on the anniversary. We have two videotapes, Part I and II, August 5, 1985.
Sent to the Truman Library by Steve Greene, Office of Presidential Libraries. 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 2 hours
VT90-32
"HIROSHIMA PLUS FORTH YEARS ...AND STILL COUNTING"
CBS Reports with Walter Cronkite, 7/31/85. Sent to the Truman Library by Steve Greene, Office of Presidential
Libraries. 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 60 minutes
VT90-33
ABC News Closeup, "45/85", 9/18/85. Sent to the Truman Library by Steve Greene, Office of Presidential
Libraries, who taped it from Channel 7, WJLA. Four videotapes of broadcast. 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 3 hours
VT90-34
"WAR: THE KNIFE EDGE OF DETERRENCE"
Taped from WETA, Washington, D.C., November 19, 1985. This documentary was prepared by KCTS-TV,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA. The tape was sent to the Truman Library by Steve Greene, Office of
Presidential Libraries, NARA. 3/4-inch videotape [2 copies]
Total length: 1 hour
VT90-35
"WALK THROUGH THE 20TH CENTURY WITH BILL MOYERS: I.I. RABI: MAN OF THE CENTURY"
Taped from WHMM, Channel 32, November 15, 1985. The tape was sent to the Truman Library by Steve
Greene, Office of Presidential Libraries, NARA. 3/4-inch videotape [2 copies].
Total length: 1 hour
VT90-38
"A IS FOR ATOM, B IS FOR BOMB" (The Story of the Father of the Hydrogen Bomb, Dr. Edward Teller)
Nova, Channel 26, WETA, April 1, 1986. Received form the Office of Presidential Libraries. 3/4-inch
videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT90-39
Interview with Margaret Truman Daniel about her book on her mother, on the "Today Show", 4/21/86, and
other stories related to the National Archives. Received May 5, 1986 from the National Archives. 3/4-inch
videotape.
Total length: 28:19 minutes
VT90-40
"TRUMAN SEMINAR"
Political Science 191-T, University of California-Berkeley, July 17, 1986. This seminar was held in observance
of the Truman Centennial. Received from Prof. Patrick L. Hatcher, Dept. Of Political Science, University of
California-Berkeley. Tom Blaisdell, who was involved in the seminar, requested Prof. Hatcher send us these
tapes. Two 3/4-inch videotapes.
Total length: 2 hours
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VT90-41
"OUR WORLD: SECRETS AND SURPRISES, FALL OF 1948"
ABC/WJLA, January 1, 1987. Received January 8, 1987 from Jim Wright at the National Archives. 3/4-inch
videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT90-43
"JACK BENNY SHOW
October 18, 1959. Show was filmed at the Truman Library with President Truman as the guest star. See also
MP75-2 for 16mm copy. This was a gift from Dave Goldin, Radio
Yesteryear. VHS videotape.
Total length: 30 minutes
VT90-44
"SHRINE TO THE CHIEF"
(about presidential libraries) MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour. Roger Mudd report, April 30, 1987. 3/4-inch
videotape.
Total length: 4:33 minutes
VT90-45
"THE GENERAL"
Ben Gazzara narrates this story on the life of Gen. George Marshall, 6/5/87. PBS. From the National Archives,
Office of Presidential Libraries. 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT90-46
"KANSAS CITY ILLUSTRATED"
KCPT, Channel 19 (PBS in Kansas City), December 8, 1987. Segment of interview with David McCullough (a
researcher at the Truman Library, who spoke about Truman). This was a gift from Clay Bauske. VHS
videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT90-51
"CBS - THIS MORNING"
April 4, 1988. Charles Osgood segment of Harry Truman. The show was broadcast from Kansas City because
of the NCAA championship in basketball which was held in Kansas City. VHS videotape.
Total length: 10 minutes
VT90-52
"TRUMAN: YEARS OF DECISION"
Learning Corp. Of America (From the series, Leaders of the 20th Century). 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 24 minutes
VT90-53
Dedication of the Kansas City telephone directory (featuring a photograph of a segment of the Benton Mural),
5/17/88. This tape contains excerpts from television news shows, Channel 4 (WRAF), Channel 5 (KCTV), and
Channel 9 (KMBZ). Received from James C. Denney, Southwestern Bell. 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: Approximately 3 minutes
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VT90-55
“THE GREAT UPSET OF `48"
October 26, 1988. WETA, Washington, D.C. Videotape was received from WETA. 3/4-inch videotape (2
copies, we also received one videotape of this from the Office of Presidential libraries). Walter Cronkite reports
on the election of 1948.
Total length: 57:46 minutes
VT90-56
Interview by Wendell Anschutz with Dr. Benedict Zobrist, Director of the Truman Library, on the 6:00 p.m.
news, Channel 5, KCTV, Kansas City. The interview was conducted in the1948 campaign room exhibit at the
Truman Library and was broadcast in conjunction with coverage of George Bush's presidential inauguration.
This was broadcast on Jan. 19, 1989. This was taped from television. The interview is at the beginning of the
news broadcast. VHS videotape.
Total length: 4:25 minutes
VT90-57
Ceremony inducting Harry Truman into the National Housing Hall of Fame, May 8, 1988. We received two
videotapes, one 3/4-inch and one '/Z-inch VHS from the National Association of Home Builders, Housing Hall
of Fame. They are copies of the same ceremony.
Total length: 20 minutes
VT90-59
"SECRET CITY: THE OAK RIDGE STORY"
Videotape copy of a 12-projector multi-image show from the American Museum of Science and Energy, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee. This was sent to us because a tape recording of Truman's Aug. 6, 1945 announcement of the
dropping of the Atomic Bomb, as well as a few images, were purchased from us. VHS videotape.
Total length: 15 minutes
VT90-60
HARRY S. TRUMAN GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARD FOUNDATION 37TH ANNUAL BIRTHDAY
LUNCHEON: HOWARD BAKER, RECIPIENT, MAY 8, 1989
Allis Plaza Hotel, Kansas City, MO. Dr. Zobrist received this tape from the Foundation. ½-inch VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 1 hour
VT90-61
"THE VERY HUMAN MR. TRUMAN'
From Vignettes of St. Joseph History, by the School District of St. Joseph, Missouri, Gene Bradley. This tape
focuses on an interview with Harold Slater, a St. Joseph journalist who knew Truman. The film includes footage
shot at the Truman Library, including several still photographs. VHS videotape.
Total length: 15 minutes
VT90-62
“GOOD MORNING AMERICA"
Segment on the Berlin Airlift. Date unknown, probably May 1989, which would be anniversary of the end of
the airlift. VHS videotape.
Total length: 5:53 minutes
VT90-63
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"CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES KURALT: AMERICAN MEMORIES"
Segment on the National Archives, including short interview with Don Wilson. VHS videotape.
Total length: 10 minutes
VT90-64
"WAR AND PEACE IN THE NUCLEAR AGE: PROGRAM 1: DAWN"
WGBH, Boston and Central Independent Television, England, producers. Distributed byIntellimation. January
1989. VHS videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT90-65
"WAR AND PEACE IN THE NUCLEAR AGE: PROGRAM 2: THE WEAPON CHOICE"
WGBH, Boston and Central Independent Television, England, producers. Distributed by Intellimation. January
1989. VHS videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT90-66
Tour of the Truman Library, conducted by Supervisory Archivist, Ray Geselbracht and featuring several
Truman Library staff members (Phil Lagerquist, Liz Safly, Erwin Mueller, Carol Briley, Pauline Testerman,
Mark Beveridge). This was an informal tour behind the scenes at the Truman Library, prepared with a home
video camera and filmed by Mark Beveridge, to be sent to a Veterans Hospital that had requested such material.
Spring 1990.
VHS videotape.
Total length: 45 minutes
VT90-67
"SURVIVORS OF THE GREAT FIRST WORLD WAR"
Interviews with McKinley Wooden, who was in Battery D with Truman, and Col. James Sellars, by Stuart
Stefany of the Kansas City Art Institute. February 1990. VHS videotape.
Total length:
VT90-68-1 and 68-2
"PLAIN SPEAKING"
Ed Flanders as Harry Truman, David Susskind Productions. 3/4-inch videotape. Received copy from researcher
William Hall; National Archives made copy for us. Ca. 1976. Second copy in VHS. Curtis Brown Ltd., 20
Astor Place, Copyright, 212-473-5400. DVD in-house reproduction added 8/24/12.
Total length: 1 hour
VT91 -1
"KANSAS CITY ILLUSTRATED"
11/9/90. This show features a 15-minute segment on the Korean War exhibit at the Truman Library, including
an interview with Dr. George Curtis and researcher Professor Hua, Qing Zhao. VHS videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT91-2-1 through 91-2-3
"KOREA: THE UNKNOWN WAR
11/12-14/90. Produced by Thames Television on association with WGBH. Recorded from public television I
Kansas City, including a segment shown after the program that was filmed at the Truman Library Korean War
exhibit. VHS videotape (2 hours on three separate tapes)
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Total length: 6 hours
VT91-3
"BREAKING THE MOLD" "SETTING THE MOLD"
Show #1 1990. Produced by Rock Creek Productions. This is a documentary about the Cold War and
U.S.-Soviet relations, and includes an interview with George Elsey. VHS videotape.
Total length: 28:16 minutes
VT91-4
Truman Library Tour, prepare by a high school student and his father as a school project. Fall, 1989. Tour
includes views of the museum, research areas, background information on the Library, and features Pat Dorsey
and Erwin Mueller. VHS videotape.
Total length: 15 minutes
VT91-5
"HARRY S. TRUMAN: DAYS OF DECISION"
1991. Segment of the Biography series on A&E cable television, featuring Peter Graves as host. This segment
on Truman was taped by Warren Ohrvall and donated to the Truman Library. Hearst Metrotone Production by
Caleb B. Stratton. VHS videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT91-6
CNN clip on the Truman Library, January 17, 1991. Jeff Flock of Cable News Network broadcasts from the
First Six Months Room and the Korean War exhibit, asking visitors views on the war with Iraq. VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 5 minutes
VT91-8
May 8, 1991. 39th Annual Birthday Luncheon, honoring the 1991 recipient of the Harry S. Truman Good
Neighbor Award: Ewing M. Kauffman. VHS videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT92-1
"MCCNEIL/LEHRER NEWS HOUR"
PBS. Jim Fisher essay on remembering Pearl Harbor (broadcast from Kansas City). ca. 12/7/91. VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 10 minutes
VT92-2
DECEMBER 7, 1991 ACTIVITIES AT THE HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY
Includes the opening of the World War II exhibit "Day of Infamy: War Comes to America," the USO show in
the auditorium featuring the Sweet Adelines, the lowering of the flag to half-mast, and parts of the luncheon for
Pearl Harbor Survivors at the Adams Marks Hotel. Filmed by Niel Johnson on his video camera. VHS
videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT92-3
"AN EVENING WITH WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHERS"
Panel discussion at the Lyndon Johnson Library, Austin, Texas, 2/15/91. Donated to the Truman Library by
Gerald D. Pulley, USN (Ret.), who was featured on the panel. VHS videotape.
Total length: 2 hours 50 minutes
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VT92-4
"THE STORY OF HARRY S. TRUMAN'
Famous Americans of the 20th Century. Hearst Entertainment, a Questar Home Video Presentation. Narrated by
Louis Nizer. Date Unknown. VHS videotape.
Total length: I hour
VT92-5
"START ENGINES, PLUS 50 YEARS (8th AF Historical Society)
The 50th anniversary commemorative video of the 8th Air Force Historical Society. Written and produced by
Al Zimmerman (493rd B.G.). Received from Al Zimmerman, 2/5/92. VHS videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT92-6
"A REMEMBRANCE -- 493RD BOMB GROUP, EPISODE I"
Apparently produced by Al Zimmerman in 1987. Received from Al Zimmerman, 2/.5/92. VHS videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT92-7
"SWASTIKA"
Documentary film of Germany under Hitler, using extensively actual home movies and German archival film
footage of the period. Received from the National Archives for Dr. Curtis to view for possible use in a film
series. Two 3/4-inch videotapes
Total length: 2 hours
VT92-8
John Masterman interviews David McCullough about McCullough's new book, Truman. 6/18/92, Channel 19,
KCPT-TV. VHS videotape.
Total length: 30 minutes
VT92-9
"THE TRUMAN-DEWEY ELECTION OF 1948, A PERSONAL REMINISCENCE WITH PROFESSOR
WILLIAM STEVENS"
Produced by U.M.K.C. for secondary, college, and general audiences. 1991. VHS videotape.
Total length: 35 minutes
VT93-1
"THE WHITE HOUSE LECTURES: HARRY TRUMAN'
With David McCullough. WXXI, Rochester, NY. Producer, director, John Overlan. 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 56 minutes
VT93-2
"GEORGE MARSHALL AND THE AMERICAN CENTURY"
A GM Mark of Excellence Presentation. Copied from KCPT, public television, Channel 19, May 14, 1993.
VHS videotape.
Total length: 1 hour 30 minutes (missing first five minutes of program)
VT93-3
"TRUMAN LIBRARY TV SPOTS, 1977.
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First Work Print. Produced by National Archives and Records Service.
Total length: 2:10 minutes (four 30 second spots and one 10 second)
VT93-4
"EMPIRE OF REASON"
Program aired on public television in November 1989. Copied by AV Archivist from the Herbert Hoover
Library.
Total length: Approximately 75% of program taped
VT93-6-1 though 93-6-2
Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award to Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, May 8, 1984, Kansas City,MO. 3/4-inch
videotape.
Total length: 2 hours
VT93-8-1
"1942: THE VIDEO HISTORY OF OUR TIMES"
Video contains Universal Pictures newsreel footage pertaining to President Truman and the Truman period.
Donated by Bill Hannegan. VHS videotape.
Total length: 60 minutes
VT93-8-2
"1945: THE VIDEO HISTORY OF OUR TIMES"
Donated by Bill Hannegan. VHS videotape.
Total length: 60 minutes
VT93-8-3
"1947: THE VIDEO HISTORY OF OUR TIMES"
Donated by Bill Hannegan. VHS videotape.
Total length: 60 minutes
VT93-8-4
"1951: THE VIDEO HISTORY OF OUR TIMES"
Donated by Bill Hannegan. VHS videotape.
Total length: 60 minutes
VT93-8-5
"1956: THE VIDEO HISTORY OF OUR TIMES"
Donated by Bill Hannegan. VHS videotape.
Total length: 60 minutes
VT94-1
CNN News, Phil Brooks, Jr. being interviewed about the Clinton inauguration and other inaugurations. ca.
January, 1993. (This video was sent to Sue Gentry from Phil Brooks, Jr. who is employed by the National
Archives). VHS Videotape.
Total length: 32 minutes
VT94-2
Historical Impressions with Peter Small (he does Harry Truman), Midday Sunday, KTTV-TV, Los Angeles,
2/16/92. VHS videotape.
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Total length: 15 minutes
VT94-3
Universal newsreel footage (which is public domain) of President Truman, copied from footage at the National
Archives by Steve Bell (who was working on a film for the HSTL Institute). There is an accompanying
description of the footage that is with the tape. This was copied in 1992, but primarily covers Truman's
presidency. VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 2 hours
VT94-4
Harry S. Truman Library, World War II Exhibit PSA, 2/93. (Promotional tape advertising the World War II
Personal Accounts exhibit). Interface Video Systems, Inc. This tape was sent to the Truman Library by Susan
Cooper at the National Archives. VHS videotape.
Total length: 30 seconds
VT94-5
Truman PSA and VNR Loop tape. (Promotional tape advertising the World War II Personal Accounts exhibit).
2/93. VHS videotape.
Total length: 30 seconds
VT94-6
"WORLD WAR II: THE ARTIST'S VIEW 'and "WORLD WAR II: PERSONAL ACCOUNTS--PEARL
HARBOR TO V-J DAY" Promotional tape sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives to publicize
exhibit, 2/93. VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 8 minutes
VT94-7
"PERSPECTIVES"
National Archives and the National Issues Forum. (This videotape discusses the National Issues Forum, in
which citizens discuss and voice their opinions on national and international issues, and the National Archives
involvement in NIF, such as sponsoring forums in various presidential libraries). VHS videotape
Total length: 8:52 minutes
VT94-8
NIF Overview Final Version. (This videotape tells about National Issues Forums and what they do). Received
from Robert E. Daley, Kettering Foundation. VHS videotape.
Total length: 14:49 minutes
VT94-9
"THE TRUMAN-DEWEY ELECTION OF 1948: A PERSONAL REMINISCENCE WITH PROFESSOR
WILLIAM STEVENS" (Much of the footage was shot in our 1948 campaign exhibit area). Prof. Stevens
teaches at U.M.K.C. This video was produced by U.M.K.C., copyright 1991 by University of Missouri Board of
Curators. VHS videotape (2 copies)
Total length: 35 minutes
VT94-11
"MEN IN CRISIS: TRUMAN vs. STALIN"
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Narrated by Edmond O'Brien, David L. Wolper Production. Copied by Bill Hannegan from A&E cable
network. There are other programs on the same tape; this is located at about 109 on the video counter. This
program deals primarily with the Potsdam Conference. Taped in 1993. VHS videotape.
Total length: 25 minutes
VT94-12
“WHY KOREA?"
20th Century Fox Movietone. Produced by Edmund Reek. Ca. 1950. National Archives No. 306.03692. (This
film was distributed by 20th Century Fox to movie theaters to explain why the U.S. was fighting in Korea; we
have a file on the film OF Box 1356. Purchased from the National Archives 12/93) 3/4-inch videotape,
broadcast quality, transferred from 16mm film. Black and White, Sound. VHS, HDMPEG2, and dvd copies
from 3/4 –inch videotape.
Total length: 29:38 minutes
VT94-13
Workers at the White House breakfast At the Adams Mark Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, March 19, 1994.
Truman Library video of the program featuring Rex Scouten, Eugene Allen, Reathel Odum, and Howard
"Reds" Arrington, guests who worked at the White House during the Truman administration and attended the
opening of the "Workers at the White House" exhibit at the Truman Library. This video covers the breakfast
program and their remarks. This video was filmed by the Truman Library Staff. VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 50 minutes
VT94-14
July 7, 1994. Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan signs into law Senate Bill No. 650, the Campaign Finance
Reform Bill, at the Truman Library auditorium. This video was filmed by the Truman Library staff. VHS
videotape.
Total length: 15 minutes
VT94-15
July 4, 1994. Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of President Truman, speaks at the annual Fourth of July
ceremony At the Truman Library. (Clifton Truman Daniel's speech only). Video courtesy of Merrill G. Phillips.
VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 15 minutes
VT94-16
July 4, 1994. Fourth of July ceremony at the Harry S. Truman Library, including the speech by Clifton Truman
Daniel, grandson of President Truman. This video includes other speeches and parts of the ceremony Video
courtesy of Merrill G. Phillips. (VT94-15 is the same as VT94-16, only it covers only Clifton Truman Daniel's
speech). VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 30 minutes
VT94-17
"THE TRUMAN LIBRARY THROUGH 1995"
September 26, 1994. A tour conducted by Dr. George Curtis, Assistant Director, primarily for use by Truman
Library volunteers. This video is an in-house production by the Truman Library. VHS videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT94-19
"BEHIND THE SCENES WITH JOHN CURRY"
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October 3, 1994. A tour of the Truman Library conducted by archivist John Curry, primarily for use by Truman
Library volunteers. A 37 year veteran of the Truman Library gives a behind the scene VIP tour. VHS videotape.
Total length: 47 minutes
VT95-1
January 31, 1994. Harry S. Truman Library Institute. Remarks of David McCullough, Kansas City, Missouri.
VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 30 minutes
VT95-2
"THE SOONG SISTERS" (Married to Chang Kai-shek)
1994. Episodes 1 and 2. Produced by NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corporation. This documentary is in the
Japanese language, and was donated to the Truman Library by NHK. 2 VHS videotapes.
Total length: 2 hours
VT95-3
“LASTING TIES”
1994. Independence School District. Produced by Black & Becker Productions. VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 15 minutes
VT95-4
" INDEPENDENCE DAY AT THE TRUMAN MEDIA COVERAGE"
July 4, 1994. From Barkley & Evergreen. VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately l S minutes
VT95-5
"MARGARET TRUMAN DANIEL’S NATIONAL PRESS CLUB SPEECH'
From the Truman Library Institute. VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 1 hour
VT95-6
November 1, 1950. Universal Newsreel coverage of the assassination attempt of President Truman by Puerto
Rican nationalists. Copied from the holdings of the National Archives and donated to the Truman Library by
Arts & Entertainment Network. 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: 4 minutes
VT95-7
“FOR GENERATIONS TO COME"
ca. 1993. Fund raising video produced for the Harry S. Truman Institute 21st Century Fund. Narrated by David
McCullough. VHS videotape. One Betacam SP videotape.
Total length: Approximately 15 minutes
VT95-8
"WE REMEMBER MR. TRUMAN"
October 11, 1994, A panel discussion moderated by Professor Robert Ferrell (featuring former members of the
Truman Library staff: John Curry, J.R. Fuchs, Phil Lagerquist, and Niel Johnson; Dr. Wallace Graham and
Francis Heller also speak). This video was filmed by the Truman Library. There is a master and one copy of this
tape. VHS videotape.
Total length: 1 hour 20 minutes
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VT95-9
November 4, 1994. Actor Kevin McCarthy receives the Truman Library "Lifetime Achievement'' award in the
Oval Office replica at the Truman Library. Mr. McCarthy is in town starring in "Give `Em Hell, Harry." This
video was filmed by the Truman Library. Dr. George Curtis presented the award to Kevin McCarthy. VHS
videotape.
Total length: 18 minutes
VT95-10
Fall, 1994. "Faces of War" exhibit in East Gallery (video recording of the exhibit for reference purposes.) This
video was filmed by the Truman Library. VHS videotape.
Total length: 10:50 minutes
VT95-11
"BESS TRUMAN'S FASHIONS"
A slide show presented by Jean Svadlenak during Bess Truman week at the Truman Library. An in depth look
at Bess Truman's tastes in clothing in public and in private. This video was filmed by the Truman Library. VHS
videotape.
Total length: 41:23 minutes
VT95-12
"VOLUNTEER TRAINING" WITH CLAY BAUSKE
Museum curator Clay Bauske takes new tour guides on a tour of the museum. This video was filmed by the
Truman library. VHS videotape.
Total length: 1 hour 33 minutes
VT95-13
"50 YEARS AGO ...THIS MONTH"
March 1, 1995. Volunteer training video with Curator Clay Bauske. VHS videotape.
Total length: 26:30 minutes
VT95-14
February 13, 1995. Remarks by Reathel Odum in the Truman Library auditorium recalling her work with Bess
Truman. This presentation was part of Bess Truman week at the Truman Library. C-SPAN videotaped the
program and broadcast it on February 21, 1995.
VHS videotape.
Total length: 40 minutes
VT95-15
"BIOGRAPHY: HARRY S. TRUMAN'
Arts & Entertainment network. 2 VHS videotape copies, one master 1-inch videotape of the program. 1994.
Total length: Approximately 50 minutes.
VT95-16
"A & E'S BIOGRAPHY: HARRY S. TRUMAN'
World Premier Event Promo. (World premier held at Truman Library, November 17, 1994). American
Cablevision, Kansas City, Missouri. VHS videotape.
Total length: 30 seconds
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VT95-18
"MARGARET TRUMAN DANIEL'S NATIONAL PRESS CLUB SPEECH"
September 15, 1994. VHS videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT95-19
"AIR FORCE ONE: THE PLANES AND THE PRESIDENTS, FLIGHT II"
1991. Elliott Sluhan Productions, hosted and narrated by Charleton Heston. (Probably an updated version of
VT90-26). VHS videotape.
Total length: 90 minutes
VT95-20
"OVER HERE, OVER THERE: AMERICAN HOME LIFE AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR"
A supplemental teaching unit for high school students, produced by the National Archives Central Plains
Region and Central Missouri State University. This videotape has an accompanying booklet. (Resources from
the Truman Library were used in the making of this video). 1994. VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 1 hour
VT95-21
"THE MODERN PRESIDENCY"
A conference of Southeast Missouri State University, held at the Truman Library, April 10, 1995. This
historical conference featured interdisciplinary perspectives of the modern presidency (speakers representing
political science, history, rhetoric, etc. disciplines). VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 1 hour
VT95-22
Wreath-laying ceremony (presidential) with guests from Ft. Leavenworth, attended by members of the Truman
family. This was videotaped by the staff of the Truman Library. May 8, 1995. VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 15 minutes
VT95-23
American Legion Pilgrimage and Wreath-laying at the Truman gravesite, May 8, 1995. This was videotaped by
the staff of the Truman Library. VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 15 minutes
VT95-24
Fourth of July ceremonies at the Truman Library, July 4, 1995. This was videotaped by Truman Library staff.
VHS videotape.
Total length:
VT95-25
"AN ORDINARY MAN, AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE" Harry S. Truman Library, 1994. Produced by Video
Works, Inc. For the Truman Library for showing as a museum orientation film. Written by Barkley &
Evergreen Public Relations Firm. VHS videotape (continuous loop tape).
Total length: Approximately 15 minutes
VT95-26
"THE DAY AFTER TRINITY: ROBERT OPPENHEIMER & THE ATOMIC BOMB" Pyramid Home Video,
Santa Monica, CA 90406, 1981. Color. VHS videotape.
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Total length: 88 minutes
VT95-27
"GREAT SPEECHES, VOL. VIII" The Educational Video Group, 1992. Narrated by Edward Roehling. This
series of speeches includes President Truman's speech in Dexter, Iowa on September 19, 1948. The Truman
segment is approximately 25 minutes in length. Other speeches includes: Bishop Fulton Sheen (Role of
Communism, from his television series, 1951); John F. Kennedy ("I am a Berliner"); Ann Richards (1988
Democratic Convention keynote address); and Stokely Cormichael (1967). VHS videotape. Total length:
approx. 5 hours.
VT95-28
"HIROSHIMA: THE DECISION TO DROP THE BOMB" ABC News report with Peter Jennings. July 27,
1995. VHS videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT95-29 "RAIN OF RUIN: THE BOMBING OF NAGASAKI" 1995. Produced by the Oregon Public
Broadcasting in association with Nagasaki Broadcasting Co. This was copied from Channel 19, KCPT-TV.
VHS videotape – 2 copies.
Total length: 1 hour
VT95-30
"TRUMAN"
An HBO Production, based on the David McCullough book, starring Gary Sinese in the title role. 1995. 2 VHS
videotapes (2 copies )
Total length: 1 hour 30 minutes
VT95-31
Dedication of plaque donated to the Truman Library by the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. The tape
begins with Channel 5, KCTV news coverage by reporter Thurman Mitchell; it is followed by Channel 41 news
coverage by reporter Mark Toma. This is followed by general footage of the ceremony, including remarks by
Rep. Karen McCarthy and Independence Mayor Ron Stewart. May 29, 1995. VHS videotape.
Total length: 1 hour
VT95-32
Truman Appreciation Day, August 5, 1995. (World War II veterans and their families participate in ceremonies
to say thank you to President Truman for his decision to drop the atomic bomb which ended World War II).
VHS videotape.
Total length: approx. 1 hour
VT95-33
Truman Wreath-laying and Panel Discussion, August 31, 1995. VHS videotape.
Total length: approx. 2 hours
VT95-34
Harry Truman Vice-Presidential Nomination ceremony in Chicago, July 21, 1944. Some of the events of Harry
Truman's nomination at the Democratic Convention in 1944 and his acceptance were re-created at the same
convention center with descendants of the original people reading their words. Bill Hannegan read the speech of
his father, Robert Hannegan; Clifton Truman Daniel read the nominating speech of Sen. Bennett Champ Clark;
Steven Kelly read the words of welcome of his father, Mayor Ed Kelly. Niel Johnson read Harry Truman's
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acceptance remarks. Professor Robert Ferrell also spoke at the event in the Chicago Stadium. (This video was,
according to a note on the box, donated to the Library by Bill Hannegan. After the segment on the July 21, 1994
ceremony, there is part of a documentary taped from the Discovery Channel, entitled "Sea Wings," about air
power in the cold war era). VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 30 minutes
VT95-35
"KOREA: THE FORGOTTEN WAR"
Produced by Lou Reda and Mort Zimmerman; narrated by Robert Stack. This was taped off the Discovery
Channel. Ca 1990. Donated by Bill Hannegan. VHS videotape.
Total length: 2 hours
VT95-36
"MEMORIES OF OUR FRIEND, CAPTAIN HARRY" May 11, 1995. Edwyna Condon, widow of Edward V.
Condon (who served with Captain Harry Truman in Battery D in WWI) speaks of her memories of Mr. Truman
at a dinner meeting of the University of Kansas Retirees Club. VHS videotape.
Total length: 40 minutes
VT95-37
"AT YOUR LEISURE"
Featuring an interview with Dr. George Curtis and volunteer Al Ogden talking about the Truman Library. ca.
3/95. Donated by Al Ogden. VHS videotape.
Total length: 19:10 minutes
VT95-38
Series of public service announcements about the Personal Accounts exhibit on World War II. Some of these
announcements include words by Dr. Benedict Zobrist, Director of the Truman Library, Lenny Thacker, a
veteran, and J.R. Fuchs, former archivist at the Truman Library and a veteran. This was produced by Video
Works to publicize this exhibit at the Truman Library. ca. March, 1993. VHS videotape.
Total length: Approximately 30 minutes
VT96-1
"HARRY TRUMAN: THE SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE”
ca. October, 1995. Video, produced by Pale Horse Productions for the Walt Disney Company, for use with the
Washington, D. C. fund raising dinner and gala that was attended by Presidents Clinton, Ford, and Carter. This
film is the full length version. Received from the Truman Library Institute. VHS Videotape. One Betacam SP
videotape.
Length: 15 min. 53 sec.
VT96-2
“HARRY TRUMAN; THE SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE”
ca. October, 1995. Video, produced by Pale Horse Productions for the Walt Disney Company, for use the
Washington, D. C. fund raising dinner and gala for the Truman Library museum renovation. This is the shorter
version of the video, which was shown at the dinner. 1 VHS Videotape, 2 Betacam SP tapes.
Length: approx. 10 min.
VT96-3
LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP DINNER.
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A videotape of the Legacy of Leadership Dinner, sponsored by the Harry S. Truman Library Institute, October
25, 1995, in Washington, D. C. The fund raising dinner was attended by President Clinton, and former
Presidents Carter and Ford. 3 VHS videotapes. Two sets of Betacam SP videotapes, three tapes each.
Length: approx. 3 hours
VT96-4
LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP DINNER, HIGHLIGHTS TAPE
October 25, 1995 A videotape of highlights of the Legacy of Leadership dinner in Washington, D. C. sponsored
by the Harry S. Truman Library Institute. This fund raising dinner was attended by President Clinton, and
former Presidents Carter and Ford. VHS videotape.
Length: 12 min. 37 sec.
VT96-5
“MACNEIL/LEHRER NEWS HOUR” JIM FISHER ESSAY ON HARRY TRUMAN
April 12, 1995. Segment taped from the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, featuring Jim Fisher commenting on the
life of Harry Truman. Some of the material was taped at the Truman Library. VHS videotape
Length: approx. 5 min.
VT96-6
"BOB HOPE; MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR II"
Videotape of Bob Hope and his wife, Charlton Heston, Frances Langford, Dorothy Lamour, and Ed McMahon,
reminiscing about entertaining the troops in World War II. VHS videotape.
Length: 70 min.
VT96-7
"HARRY S. TRUMAN: HIS LIFE AND LIBRARY" 1995. Videotape about Harry Truman and the Truman
Library, featuring some of the exhibits and work areas of Library, but primarily concentrating on biographical
information on Harry Truman. Produced by All American Video Productions, Bob Muller, VHS Videotape.
Length: 3 5 min.
VT96-8
“MODERN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS, VOL. II, 1948-1960"
1990. This videotape covers presidential campaigns from 1948 (Truman and Dewey) to 1960 (Kennedy and
Nixon) with the first 30 minutes featuring the presidential election of Harry Truman in 1948. Coverage includes
color footage of the Democratic convention in 1948, scenes of the 1948 campaign of both Dewey and Truman,
and a good deal of Harry Truman's speech in Dexter, Iowa on September 18, 1948. Produced by The
Educational Video Group; written by Robert Denton and Roger Cook. Narrated by Edward Roehling. VHS
Videotape.
Length: 1 hour, 20 minutes
VT96-9
“TRUMAN, A SELF PORTRAIT'
ca. 1984. This biographical video consists mostly of historic photographs which have been filmed with a sort of
sepia effect with a voiceover by a narrator who reads from Truman's own words. Produced by the National
Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, produced by Eric Breitbart and Mary Lance for the
Truman Centennial. VHS Videotape; ¾-inch videotape.
Length: 25 minutes
VT96-10
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“MEDICARE 30TH ANNIVERSARY”
July 30, 1995. Ceremony at the Harry S Truman Library on the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Medicare
Bill at the Truman Library by President Lyndon Johnson. The ceremony consisted of speakers in the auditorium
of the Library, and a television hookup with several other cities in which the speakers could take questions from
both the TV audience and the live audience. Speakers included: Rep. David E. Bonior, Dem-Mich.; Rep. Peter
Deutsch, Dem.-Fl.; Rep. Sherrod Brown, Dem-Ohio; Rep. Martin Frost, Dem.-Texas; Rep. Richard Gephardt,
Dem.-Mo; Rep. Sam M. Gibbons, Dem.-Fl.; Luci Baines Johnson daughter of the late President Johnson; Rep.
Joseph Kennedy, Dem.-Mass.; Rep. Patrick Kennedy, Dem.-Rhode Island; Rep. Karen McCarthy, Dem.- MO;
Rep. Ronald Lee Wyden, Dem.-Oregon; Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services. This
videotape was purchased by Barkley and Evergreen for the Truman Library from C-Span Viewer Services.
VHS Videotape. 3 BETA CAM SP Videos
Length: 1 hour, 19 minutes
VT 96-11
"JACK POSADA, TRI COUNTY HEADLINES” ca. August, 1995. Interview with Al Purdy, a WWII Veteran
who visited Hiroshima after the dropping of the bomb. The interview concerns his experiences in Hiroshima,
November, 1945. He left October 25th to set up a hospital near Hiroshima. Mainly photo stills taken in
Hiroshima of debris and damage, small discussion of bomb vs. invasion decision. Mr. Purdy also donated
photos. VHS Videotape.
Length: 23:04 minutes
VT96-12
Amateur video of the USS Missouri as well as taped segments off of public access. Video address to
Congressperson in attempt to keep the USS Missouri from being sent to Hawaii. In four Parts. Part 1: Shots of
USS MO. June 15, 1995, inside and out, why Missouri should remain where it is, wishes to move it to St. Louis,
Recitation of USS Oregon battle history, details about the MO itself, 43 minutes; Part 2: Bremerton City
Council Meeting August 30, 1995 reading of the resolution to keep the MO in Bremerton, 10 minutes; Part 3:
USS Missouri VJ day Ceremony Sept 2, 1995, 57 minutes; Part 4: USS Missouri on Parade at Sidney for
Celebration of their 75th naval Anniversary. About 30 min. VHS Videotape:
Total time: 2 hours and 30 minutes
VT 96-13
"FRIENDS OF THE TRUMAN HOUSE IN BERLIN - POTSDAM"
1995 History of the "Little White House" in Potsdam. Presentation to persuade donations to finance its
purchase to be used as a museum of American/European History. Includes photo stills from Potsdam conference
and reel footage of Potsdam. Talk of the Communist plans for the Truman House, the wall built through the
garden. Donated by Robert S. Mackay, Berlin. VHS Videotape:
Total Time: 14 minutes (5 minutes are in German)
VT 96-14
"HARRY S. TRUMAN, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. CITIZEN"
Date unknown. Life of president Truman from birth to death, shots of cities now and then. Includes reference to
Truman's admiration of President Andrew Jackson, link to Jackson County. Mainly photo stills, some video and
reel footage. This is an educational video, aimed at a junior high audience. VHS Videotape:
Total Time: 21:57 minutes
VT 96-15
"TELEVISION AND THE PRESIDENCY" ca. 1994. 3 Segment series on the effect of Television on the
Presidency. Segment 1: The difference between radio and TV. Includes Photos of Truman and Clip of TV
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coverage of Truman's speech in the 1948 Democratic convention. Also includes TVcoverage of Eisenhower;
Clips of JFK's press conferences; Reagan's GE Theater, Reagan on TV. Segment 2: The Presidents used by TV.
Coverage of Carter, Nixon, Ford, Johnson and Bush Segment 3: Bill and the future; Clinton and his TV image.
VHS Videotape:
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
VT 96-16
“HARRY TRUMAN IN KOKOMO, INDIANA IN 1948"
October 15, 1948. From Donald Billings, copied from his home movie. No sound: Truman speaking from the
back of a train during a campaign stop in Kokomo, IN. VHS Videotape.
Length: 1 hour and 13 minutes
VT 96-17
"HARRY'S SHADOW” 1996. An audio/ video portrait of and personal essay on Harry Truman by Dwight
Frizzell. Mainly concerning what it is like to have lived in the same town that Harry grew up in. Issues dealt
with; Atomic bomb, Roswell, Truman's funeral, Truman's homecoming after he left office. VHS tape.
Length: 30 minutes
VT 96-18
"BESS TRUMAN REMEMBERED" February 13, 1996. Recorded in the auditorium of the Truman Library,
this is a conversation between three women who knew Bess Truman well. Betty Beal, a social syndicated press
writer who covered the first family; Reathel Odum, personal secretary to Bess Truman; Eda Brennan, wife of
Charles Brennan and personal friend of Bess Truman. Moderated by Dr. George Curtis and sponsored by the
Pioneer's Club/DAR. This conversation reflects Bess's personality and her life within the family before and
during the White House years. Obtained from C-Span by Barkely & Evergreen Public Relations firm.VHS
videotape.
Length: 1 hour 20 minutes.
VT 96-1
"CBS NEWS SPECIAL: CRONKITE REMEMBERS"
May 23, 1996.
This special remembers Walter Cronkite's career from in his own words. From his birth in St. Joseph, Missouri,
to his start in radio at KCMG radio and his long career with CBS news. Included is a clip of the White House
tour with Truman in which Truman plays the piano for the TV audience. VHS Videotape.
Length: l hour 34:13 minutes
VT 96-21
"THE PRESIDENTS AND THEIR FIRST LADIES, DRAMATICALLY SPEAKING"
1995. A glimpse into the private lives of the Truman’s is performed by two speakers playing the parts of the
Truman's, covering their courtship, the presidency, and return home. This act provides a look into the relations
of the two and the influence of Bess on Harry. VHS Videotape.
Length: 45minutes
VT 96-22
"ADMIRAL RUSSELL R. WAESCHE TRIBUTE"
January 20, 1996. Tribute to the actions and career of Admiral Waesche of the Coast Guard allowed by Harry
Truman to keep his Wartime rank in time of peace. This video contains a slide show put together for the
presentation of a photo-replica of Adm. Waesche's official portrait to his surviving family, at a ceremony held at
the Truman Library on January 20, 1996, hosted by the Kansas City Council of the U. S. Navy League.
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Remarks are by Captain Kenneth C. Hollemon, Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard Pay and Personnel
Center. VHS Videotape.
Length: 15 minutes
VT 96-23
"HARRY S. TRUMAN DEDICATION CEREMONY OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE"
May 12, 1984. This ceremony dedicates the Truman home in Independence, Missouri as a National Historic
Site. Speakers: Superintendent Norm Reigle, Representative Alan Wheat, Representative Ike Skelton, Senator
Thomas Eagleton, and Russell Dickinson of the Park Service. From KYNE-TV, Channel 26, Omaha, Nebraska.
VHS Videotape.
Length: 23 minutes
VT 96-24
"C-SPAN SCHOOLBUS" March 26, 1996 Director Larry Hackman gives a brief explanation of the White
House Gallery and Oval Office Replica exhibits. VHS Videotape:
Length: 2:06 minutes
VT97-1
"HIROSHIMA"
1995. A dramatization with actors dealing with Harry Truman's assumption of the U. S. presidency in 1945 and
centering on his decision to drop the atomic bomb. This film includes a brief interview at the beginning with
Clark Clifford. A Roger Spottiswoode Film, produced by Showtime Networks, Inc. in association with
Hallmark Entertainment and Adelman Entertainment. VHS videotape..
Length: 2 hours.
VT97-2
"CAMPAIGN 1996: FUNDING FOR EDUCATION"
October 3, 1996. NBC News with Tom Brokaw. This news segment was part of an NBC news special series
following Highway 40 through America. In the segment featuring Independence, there was filming done at the
Truman Library, which was not included in the segment. The segment instead dealt with a visit to an American
History classroom in the Independence school system, where issues discussing the funding of education was
discussed. There were also interviews with people in the school district who believe that "education is
Independence.” VHS videotape.
Length: 2 min. 20 sec.
VT97-3
"AMERICAN PRESIDENTS EXHIBIT AND I'M JUST MILD ABOUT HARRY EXHIBIT
September 16, 1996 and September 22, 1996." Clay Bauske is interviewed at the Truman Library by Channel 5,
KCTV, Kansas City, about an exhibit of Time Magazine portraits on loan from the National Portrait Gallery.
This was taped September 16, 1996. Another segment features Dr. George Curtis being interviewed about the
"I'm Just Mild About Harry" exhibit at the Truman Library. This interview was taped September 22, 1996. VHS
videotape.
Length: 3 min. 23 sec. September 16, 1996; 17 min. 47 sec. September 22, 1996
VT97-4
"TRUMAN LIBRARY HIGHLIGHTS"
This video is from Barkley & Evergreen and features various news segments on the April 12, 1995 tree planting
honoring Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman; remembering V. E. Day; the traveling trunk and interviews
with school children; and a tour of Clay Bauske showing museum artifacts. 3/4-inch videotape.
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Length: 4 min. 25 sec.
VT98-1
"PRESIDENT GERALD FORD RECEIVES THE HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY PUBLIC SERVICE
AWARD"
Former President Ford's acceptance speech is included, as well as honors for Betty Dawson, a volunteer at the
Truman farm home in Grandview, Missouri. May 8, 1998. VHS videotape.
Length: approx. 1 hour
VT99-1
“NAVY MARINE CORPS NEWS, PROGRAM 831"
July 25, 1998, program covering the commissioning ceremony for the U. S. S. Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier.
This program shows brief segments of the ceremony, including a couple of portions of President Bill Clinton's
speech. There are also segments on the building of airplanes that are used aboard the ship (the Superhornet
airplane). how aircraft carriers are built, and what its like to serve aboard an aircraft carrier. Segments of
interviews with Truman Library Supervisory Archivist Ray Geselbracht and Sue Gentry are included. VHS
videotape.
Length: 27 min.
VT99-2
"NEWS FILM CLIPS ON HARRY S. TRUMAN FROM TELEVISION STATION WTVJ, MIAMI,
FLORIDA"
Donated to the Harry S. Truman Library by the Louis Wolfson Media History Center in Miami, Florida.
Copyright is retained by the Louis Wolfson Media History Center.
Segments are as follows:
March 20, 1952. Truman press conference at Key West. Silent. B&W.
May 1, 1952. Truman at the Little White House in Key West, with other staff, going out for a walk. Silent.
B&W.
February 10, 1957. Harry and Bess Truman arrive at Florida East Coast Railroad Station in Miami. Sound.
B&W.
February 12, 1957. Combined Jewish Appeal dinner at Seville Hotel, Miami. Sound segments. B&W.
February 16, 1957. Truman interviewed by Leslie at Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami (asked about expected
grandchild). Sound. B&W.
February 17, 1957. Eddie Cantor's birthday party. Launches bond drive for Israel. Truman gives speech, Miami.
Sound. B&W.
February 25, 1957. Mr. and Mrs. Truman at fifty dollars a plate luncheon at Algiers Hotel in Miami for Library
in Independence. Sound on portion of speech by Truman. B&W.
February 26, 1957. Mr. and Mrs. Truman at Florida East Coast railroad station in Miami, ready to leave for
Missouri (interview at station). Sound. B&W.
February 16, 1960. Margaret Truman Daniel birthday party at Garden Rest by Democratic Women's Club, with
Omar Bradley. Silent. B&W.
February 16, 1960. Harry and Bess Truman arrive by train in North Miami, greeted by daughter. Silent. B&W.
February 22, 1960. Harry S. Truman receives honorary Doctor of Law degree at Temple Emanuel. Silent.
B&W.
February 23, 1960. Harry and Bess Truman visit Viscaya (Dade County Art Museum). Key presented by Chuck
Hall and Joe Boyd. Silent. B&W.
February 25, 1960. Truman honored at Key West Naval Station, with Rear Adm. L. M. Mustin. Silent. B&W.
February 26, 1960. Truman addresses students at Key West High School. Conchettes perform. Silent. B&W.
February 27, 1960. Truman addresses Democratic fund raising dinner at Fountainbleau Hotel. Silent. B&W.
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February 28, 1960. Israel Bond dinner with Israel Minister of Agriculture, Moshe Dayan. Silent. B&W.
March 7, 1960. Interview by Ralph Renick at Florida East Coast Station in Miami (about President
Eisenhower's trip to South America). Sound. B&W.
April 17, 1960. Sen. John F. Kennedy at airport in Miami interviewed about remarks by Truman (Truman said
Kennedy wasn't electable; Kennedy says he will go to the people, as Truman did in 1948 when he wasn't
considered electable). Sound. B&W.
President Eisenhower's trip to South America). Sound. B&W.
April 17, 1960. Sen. John F. Kennedy at airport in Miami interviewed about remarks by Truman (Truman said
Kennedy wasn't electable; Kennedy says he will go to the people, as Truman did in 1948 when he wasn't
considered eletable). Sound. B&W.March 14, 1964. Truman and family arrives at Miami Airport for Key West
vacation. Silent. B&W.
March 23, 1964. Guests of Sen. John Spottswood of Key West, Harry, Bess, and Margaret, and Margaret's sons
visit the Little White House. Sound. B&W.
March 28, 1964. Jere Pierce interviews Truman at airport en route to Missouri. Sound. B&W.
March 16, 1968. Harry and Bess arrive at Key West via Air Force jet for vacation. Silent. Color.
March 20, 1968. Truman news conference on Key West, 2 grandsons present on walk. Sound. Color.
March 31, 1968. Harry and Bess Truman leave Key West after a 2 week vacation. Silent. Color.
March 22, 1969. Harry and Bess Truman arrive at Key West, greeted by Margaret and her family. Silent. Color.
March 28, 1969. Sen. John Spottswood makes a statement for Truman on the death of Dwight Eisenhower.
Sound. Color.
April 3, 1969. Gordon Steven special report. Truman honored by 21 gun salute at Key West Naval Base. Sound.
Color.
April 4, 1969. Ralph Renick talks to Truman in Casa Marina Hotel in Key West. Clifton Daniel is with Truman.
Sound. Color.April 5, 1969. Harry and Bess leave Key West on Air Force jet to return to Missouri. Silent.
Color.
December 26, 1972. Scenes at Little White House in Key West after the death of Harry Truman. Silent. Color.
December 28, 1972. Ceremonies in Key West marking the death of Truman. Silent. Color.
December 28, 1972. Key West flies flag at half mast, Silent. Color.
This footage was put together by Jeff Heinle of the Wolfson Center. VHS videotape.
Length: 1 hour, l minute.
VT99-3
"THE BERLIN AIRLIFT"
July 13, 1998. This program commemorates the most dramatic humanitarian rescue mission of the century. It is
the story of the American and British pilots and crews who flew 277,000 trips to deliver more than 2 million
tons of food and supplies to Berlin, in 1948. This film uses archival film, stills, home movies, and oral accounts.
Hosted by journalist Paul Duke. Produced and Directed by Robert E Frye. Production by WETA. VHS
videotape.
Length: 1 hour.
VT 99-4
"TRUMAN" (THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE) 3Parts
Shown Oct 5&6, 1997 on KCPT. Documentary footage using interviews with Truman's friends, journalists, and
biographers, video footage, stills and manuscripts. It follows the life and career of Harry Truman beginning
with his childhood to his progression through politics. It ends with his return to Missouri as an average citizen.
Produced By David Grubin Productions. Narrated by David McCullough. VHS tape.
Length:5 hours 20 minutes.
VT99-5
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"TRUMAN LOVE LETTERS" Obtained By Barkely, Evergreen and Partners. CBS Public Eye with Bryant
Gumbel Aired on 5/27/98. Filmed at the Truman Library and Museum, curator Pat Dorsey discusses "Dear
Bess" _ display and the history of the Truman's love affair before, during and post Presidency. Some highlights
of Harry Truman's political career are shown. VHS tape.
Length: approx 10 minutes.
VT99-6
"TRUMAN" (TCA reel)
HBO Production, 7/10/95. Shows the highlights from the feature movie, starring Gary Sinese that showed on
HBO. See also VT 95-30. VHS tape.
Length: 6 minutes, 30 Seconds.
VT99-7
"CAPABILITIES DEMO FOR THE HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE 21st CENTURY FUND"
VPR Creative Group. Features various group ads. "The Jerry Litton Story"(excerpt), narrated by Walter
Cronkite, shows the influence that Truman had on Litton's political career. It also promotes the Truman Library.
VHS tape.
Length:11 minutes 50 seconds.
VT99-8
"JEWISH TRIBUTE DINNER"
Copied, from the Phil Blazer Show. Highlights a Jewish Community tribute dinner to Truman for the 50th
anniversary of the return of Jewish survivors of World War II to the Los Angeles area. Commemorates
Truman's support of the creation of the state of Israel, the Jewish cause, and the Immigration Act of 1946. It
discusses the Jewish artifacts that the Truman Library owns. Shows clips of Truman's life and career.
VHS tape.
Length: 13 minutes.
VT99-9
"SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE" (rough cut)
Disney Channel Production. Created 8/31/95. Truman's life from farm boy to President. A very rough cut of
clips video, stills, political cartoon animation with voice dub over used in VT 96-1, The Spirit of Independence.
VHS tape.
Length: l1 minutes 45 seconds.
VT99-10
"OMAR BRADLEY AND D-DAY"
6-15-94. A&E Biography.
This is the story of General Omar Bradley's career in WWII. Having never seen battle, Bradley leads US forces
to victory at Omaha Beach in the Normady Invasion. Post war, President Truman asks Bradley to head the
Veterans Administration. Also under Truman, Bradley replaces Eisenhower as Army Chief of Staff during the
creation of the new Armed Forces Unification Act and the new Department of Defense. Bradley goes on to lead
the US in NATO, under Truman approval. When Truman relieves General MacArthur under advisement from
General Bradley, Truman shortly after promotes Bradley to General of the Army, the last to be promoted to a
5th star. VHS tape.
Length: 45 minutes.
VT99-11
"1952: THE VIDEO HISTORY OF OUR TIMES"
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1988. Easton Press Video. An overview of the year 1952 in newsreel format. This compilation includes
Truman's State of the Union Address warning of the continuing peril of war and reprimanding the Soviet Union
for refusing to accept the West's disarmament program. Also included are Defense Department films of the
Eniwetok A-Bomb blast and footage of the US assault in North Korea in one of the most massive air assaults of
the war. Donated By Bill Hannegan. VHS tape.
Length: 54 minutes.
VT99-12
FOX MORNING SHOW.
News clip of the miniature White House display at the Harry S. Truman Library. John Zweigel, the artist, is
interviewed. VHS tape.
Length: 4 minute clip, 20 minutes into tape.
VT99-13
"1965: THE VIDEO HISTORY OF OUR TIMES"
1988. Easton Press Video. An overview of the year 1965 in newsreel format. Former President Truman is
honored by President Johnson at the Harry S. Truman Library for the signing of the Medicare Bill into law.
Donated By Bill Hannegan.VHS tape.
Length: 54 minutes.
VT99-14
"1946: THE VIDEO HISTORY OF OUR TIMES"
Easton Press Video. Highlights Atomic Bomb effects tested at Bikini Atoll and Margaret and Harry Truman
receiving college degrees. Donated by Bill Hannegan.
VHS tape.
Length: 60 minutes.
VT99-15
"1949: THE VIDEO HISTORY OF OUR TIMES"
Easton Press Video.Highlights the Berlin Airlift and the Truman report that Russia has the Atom Bomb.
Donated by Bill Hannegan. VHS tape.
Length: 60 minutes.
VT99-16
"1950: THE VIDEO HISTORY OF OUR TIMES"
Easton Press Video. Highlights the Korean conflict surge, the Inchon invasion by UN forces, the Wake Island
Conference between Truman and MacArthur, and the assassination attempt on President Truman. Donated by
Bill Hannegan. VHS tape..
Length: 60 minutes.
VT99-17
"KOREA: THE COLDEST WAR 1950-1953: THE VIDEO HISTORY OF OUR TIMES"
Easton Press Video. Highlights the conflict from the Communist invasion of South Korea to the establishment
of the Demilitarized Zone along the 38th parallel. Donated by Bill Hannegan. VHS tape. Length: 60 minutes.
VT99-18
A&E "TRUMAN VS MACARTHUR: CONFLICT OVER KOREA"
Narrated and produced by David L. Wolper, this film explores the military reprimand of Billy Mitchell in WWI
and General MacArthur in the Korean War and whether or not it was justified. It shows the strain between
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Truman and MacArthur; from the conference at Wake Island to MacArthur's blatant disregard for Presidential
authority, which eventually had him removed from command. VHS tape.
Length: Program is 60 minutes into tape. Length: 46 minutes.
VT99-19
"GEORGE MARSHALL AND THE AMERICAN CENTURY"
Produced by Great Projects Film Co, Inc. In Association with South Carolina Educational Television Network.
This is the story of General George Marshall's career. Between Allied leaders he was a diplomatic statesman,
and was essential as a global leader in Washington D.C. He helped to guide President Truman in regards to the
use of the Atom Bomb and the implementation of the Marshall Plan, which was a turning point to relations in
Europe. He became President Truman's Secretary of State in 1947 and was influential prior and subsequent to
the Korean War. During the War Marshall became Secretary of Defense and guided Truman to MacArthur's
dismissal, and was vilified for his role in that decision. Retiring in 1951, Marshall won the Nobel Peace Prize in
1953, for the creation of the Marshall Plan. VHS taoe.
Length: 1 Hour 26 minutes.
VT99-20
"USS WISCONSIN"
Tells the history of this battleship. While the signing of the peace surrender was on the USS Missouri, the USS
Wisconsin was honored with never having been hit during WWII, contributing to the victory. After being
retired, the US S Wisconsin is again put back into action during the Korean War for troop support. VHS tape.
Length: 25 minutes.
VT99-21
"MIGHTY MO: THE MANY LIVES OF THE USS MISSOURI"
ABC News Saturday Night May 23, 1998. As a salute to the retiring ship, Hugh Downs looks at the history of
the USS Missouri, from its role in the Japanese surrender in WWII to the Persian Gulf War. Also shown is
Margaret Truman christening the ship in 1944, the signing of the surrender and two stories of people whose
lives were affected by the ship. This is a rough screen of the show, provided by ABC News. VHS tape.
Length: 42 minutes.
VT99-22
“TRUMAN CARS RESTORED"
September 15, 1998. KCTV CH 5 (CBS)--6 pm news; KSHB CH 41 (NBC)--6:30 pm news; KMBC CH 9
(ABC)--6 pm news; WDAF CH 4 (FOX)--9 pm news. Clips noting the history of the restoration of the two
Truman Chrysler cars, which are on display at the Harry S. Truman Library. VHS tape.
Total length 5 minutes. 2 seconds.
VT99-23
"AMERICAN PRESIDENTS: THE MOST POWERFUL MAN ON EARTH"
1996. Presented and narrated by Walter Cronkite, in collaboration with the National Archives (NARA), and the
Presidential Libraries. Cronkite walks through the evolution of the Presidency from Hoover to Bush and how
the office has changed, or not changed. He talks about Truman's Fair Deal program and his desegregation of the
Armed Forces. Also discussed in detail, is the Cold War waged by Roosevelt through Bush: from the first
atomic bomb to the democratization of Eastern Europe. Used is a combination of newsreels, archival footage
and photographs from NARA, and commentary from leading scholars. VHS tape. Also included an interactive
CD-rom packet.
Length: approx. 60 minutes.
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VT99-24
"BEST OF MISSOURI RECEPTION: MISSOURI BAR ASSOCIATION"
Sept 19, 1996. Hosted by the Harry S. Truman Library. Harry S. Truman designated honoree by the Missouri
Bar. Larry Hackman, HSTL dircector, explains new exhibits and goals of the Library and makes presentations.
VHS tape.
Length: 23 minutes.
VT99-25
"A SUMMER TOGETHER"
6/24/96 KCTV CH 5 MORNING SHOW. The Harry S Truman Library is given as a tourist suggestion for
family outings with the kids. Provided by Barkley and Evergreen. VHS Tape.
Length: 30 seconds.
VT99-26
6/10/96
TCI's "HOORAY FOR KIDS"
On tour in the Truman Library, an interview with Dr. George Curtis discusses the changes in the Library and
upcoming events and displays. Clay Bauske talks about the renovations within the museum and new exhibits
being planned. Provided by Barkley and Evergreen. VHS tape.
Length: 17 minutes.
VT99-27
KANSAS CITY SPOTLIGHT. 7:30 AM
5/5/96
Celebration of Law Day and Harry Truman week at the Truman Library. Interview with Dr. George Curtis,
discusses the events at the Library, and a recent exhibit featuring the 19th Amendment. He also talks about the
changes at the Library since he began his career there. Kyle Carson talks about the Bess Wallace Truman
Award, Lindy Boggs the recipient. Provided by Barkley and Evergreen.
VHS tape.
Length: 20 minutes.
VT99-28
KMBC-TV 6 PM NEWS
8/5/96
A-Bomb Anniversary celebrated at the Harry S. Truman Library.
VHS tape.
Length: 30 Seconds.
VT99-29
"1948 CAMPAIGN"
8/12/96
CSPAN
A perspective during campaign week takes a look back at the Truman Campaign of 1948. Truman Library
Archivist Randy Sowell talks about the display at the museum on the 1948 campaign which explains the
strategy of Truman, the Whistle stop Tour of America, the polls, and various other aspects of the Truman
campaign.
Provided by Barkley and Evergreen.
VHS tape.
Length: 15 minutes, 30 seconds.
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VT99-30
NEWS CHANNEL 8, WASHINGTON DC. AFTERNOON REPORT
10/24/95. 50th Anniversary of Truman's Presidency. Interview with Clifton Truman Daniel, Harry Truman's
eldest grandson, who talks about the Washington celebration, fundraising and goals of the Truman Library.
Provided by Video Monitoring Services of America. VHS tape.
Length: 5 minutes.
VT99-31
24th ANNIVERSARY OF TRUMAN'S DEATH
CSPAN. 12/26/96. Mark Beveridge, Registrar for the Harry S Truman Library, shows some of Truman's
items in the collection at the Museum. Discusses the special care taken to preserve the items. Stacy Bredhoff,
Curator of the National Archives Exhibit Center, is also shown. VHS tape.
Length: 12 minutes.
VT99-32
KMBC TV (ABC) 10 PM News, 9/19/96
Truman receives an honorary law license from the Missouri Supreme Court. VHS tape.
Length: 1 minute.
VT99-33
KSHB TV CH 41 (NBC) 11/4/96 5:30 AM News; 11/5/96 5:30 AM News; KCTV CH 5 (CBS) 11/5/96 6 AM
News
Truman Library holds mock elections the week of the Presidential Election between Dole and Clinton. Dole
claims to be able to pull off a "Truman' win over Clinton. The pullet polls of the 1948 election are explained.
Clay Bauske and Larry Hackman are both shown. Provided by Barkley and Evergreen. VHS tape.
Length: 5 minutes.
VT99-34
KCTV CH5 (CBS) 5/3/96 10 PM News; 5/4/96 8AM News; KSHB TV CH 41 (NBC) 5/3/96 10 PM News;
5/8/96 6 PM News
"PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD FROM THE CITY OF INDEPENDENCE TO BILL BRADLEY AT THE
TRUMAN LIBRARY"
A kick off to Truman week, the awards ceremony was held at the Library, along with the 112th birthday of
Harry and a book signing by former Senator Bradley. Provided by Barkley and Evergreen. VHS tape.
Length: 7 minutes
VT99-35
"CONGRESSWOMAN KAREN MCCARTHY AWARDS $2 MILLION TO THE INDEPENDENCE
SCHOOL DISTRICT"
10/2/96. Presented at the Truman Library's Museum Lobby. Larry Hackman discusses the educational plans for
the Library and the Library's the partnership with the Independence school district. VHS tape.
Length: 25 minutes.
VT99-36
KMBC TV CH9 (ABC) 10 PM NEWS 5/27/96
Former Senator Thomas Eagleton leads the fundraising for the Truman Library, as President of the Library
Institute. VHS tape.
Length: 30 seconds.
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VT99-37
KMBC TV CH 9 (ABC) 6 NEWS plus TEASER 12/5/95
The Oval Office display at the Truman Library is enhanced as the first phase of a $10 million renovation plan.
Rex Scouten, White House curator, is shown. VHS tape.
Length: 1 minute 30 seconds.
VT99-38
CNN EARLY EDITION, 10/26/95
Legacy of Leadership Dinner with President Clinton at the White House, remembers President Truman and his
role in NATO, and NATO's current role in the Bosnian conflict. VHS tape.
Length: 1 minute.
VT99-39
WDAF TV CH 4 (FOX), 7/4/96
FIREWORKS DISPLAY AT THE TRUMAN LIBRARY.
Volunteer Jim McAlpine shown.VHS tape.
Length: 5 minutes.
VT99-40
"TIME MAGAZINE COVER EXHIBIT"
9/16/96 7 AM NEWS KCTV CH 5 (CBS). Clay Bauske, Harry S. Truman Library Curator, discusses the
display. Provided by Barkley and Evergreen. VHS tape.
Length: 3 minutes 30 seconds.
VT99-41
"POLITICAL CARTOON EXHIBIT"
7/18/96 5:30 AM NEWS KCTV CH 5 (CBS). Truman's private collection of "Anti-Truman" political cartoons
are on display. Provided by Barkley and Evergreen. VHS tape.
Length: 22 minutes.
VT99-42
"LINDY BOGGS WINS BESS TRUMAN AWARD"
5/9/96 12 PM NEWS
KCTV CH 5 (CBS)
Interview with Lindy Boggs about her life and career. Provided by Barkley and Evergreen.
VHS tape.
Length: 4 minutes.
VT99-43
"KEN HECHLER"
10/10/96 7 am News. 10/15/96 WDAF CH 4 (FOX). Interview with Ken Hechler about his life and career with
Harry Truman. Provided by Barkely and Evergreen. VHS tape.
Length: 8 minutes.
VT99-44
INDEPENDENCE DAY MEDIA COVERAGE"
7/4/94 WDAF CH 4 (FOX). Clifton Truman Daniel visits the Library to celebrate the 4th and to do research for
his new book. KMBC CH 9 (ABC). The Eternal flame goes out due to high winds, prior to the 4th celebration.
Bryan Busby reports from the Library. Clifton Daniels talks about what the 4th meant to his grandfather. KSHB
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CH 41 (FOX). Celebration of Independence Day with Truman's grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel. Provided by
Barkley and Evergreen. VHS tape.
Length: 19 minutes.
VT99-45
"JAPANESE MAP DISPLAY"
9/2/96 8 AM. C-SPAN. Larry Hackman, Harry S. Truman Library Director, discusses new acquisitions. He
shows the Japanese map used in the Map Room at the White House, and explains how the map aided in making
decisions in the Pacific Theatre during WWII. Also shown are the telegrams sent during the Japanese surrender
to the Allies. Provided by Barkely and Evergreen. VHS tape.
Length: 7 minutes.
VT99-46
"VJ DAY REMEMBERED"
8/31/95 12 PM and 5 PM News. WDAF CH 4 (FOX). 8/31/95 5:30 AM News.12 PM, 5PM, 6PM, l0 PM
News KCTV CH 5 (ABC) Celebration at the Truman Library of the Allied Victory over Japan. Several
celebrities talked, a panel discussion, "A Witness to History", was held in remembrance. Larry Hackman,
Library Director, is shown talking about the activities of the VJ Day celebration at the Library.
Provided by Barkley and Evergreen. VHS tape.
Length: 19 minutes.
VT99-47
"FIRST LADIES: BESS TRUMAN" 2/1/96 8AM News WDAF CH 4 (FOX) The role Bess Truman played in
supporting Harry and how she changed the role of the First Lady is discussed in honor of Bess' 111th Birthday.
Provided by Barkley and Evergreen.
VHS tape.
Length: 3 minutes.
VT99-48
"TRUMAN APPRECIATION DAY" August 5, 1995. World War II veterans speak on their appreciation that
President Truman dropped the atomic bombs to end the war with Japan. This was held at the Harry S. Truman
Library. VHS tape.
Length 46 minutes.
VT2000-1
“REX SCOUTEN'S NEWS CONFERENCE WITH CHILDREN AT THE TRUMAN LIBRARY “
1996 HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY Rex Scouten, White House Curator, talks with and answers questions
from local children concerning his years as a White House Curator under ten presidents.VHS tape.
Length 39 minutes
VT2000-2
"RESTORATION AT THE TRUMAN LIBRARY" WDAF TV CHANNEL 4 KANSAS CITY (FOX) 6/30/95
5:00 PM NEWS (:31) 7/29/95 9:00 PM NEWS (:26) West Wing plaster reconstruction in the reproduction of
the Oval Office at HSTL. KCTV 5 KANSAS CITY (CBS) 6/30/95 5:00 PM NEWS (1:29) The unveiling of the
1944 map showing plans to invade Japan. KSHB TV 41 KANSAS CITY (NBC) 6/30/95 5:00 PM NEWS
(1:59)7/11/95 6:00 PM NEWS (:26) Further segments on the plaster moldings reconstruction of the Oval Office
reproduction at the HSTL VHS videotape.
Length: approx. 30 min.
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VT2000-3
"CLIFTON TRUMAN DANIEL VISITS THE LIBRARY"
1995 visit of Clifton Truman Daniel and Margaret Truman Daniel to the Harry S. Truman Library to
commemorate the 50th anniversary of VE Day and the 111th birthday of Harry Truman. Segments show the
wreath laying ceremony, book signing by Clifton T. Daniel and an interview of Clifton T. Daniel. VHS
videotape.
Total length: 14 minutes
VT2000-4
"TRUMAN LIBRARY, WHITE HOUSE GALLERY NEWS COVERAGE"
Dec. 4, 1995 interview of White House Curator Rex Scouten and a series of Abbie Rowe photographs from
1950 used to restore the Oval Office reproduction in the HSTL. Dec. 5, 1995 unveiling of the "Buck Stops
Here" display case with a further interview of Rex Scouten pertaining to the Oval Office and Gallery. VHS
videotape
Total length: 13 minutes
VT2000-5
"ARTISTICALLY SPEAKING WITH MARILOU DONAHUE"
May 1998 interview by Marilou Donahue with George Manos, Music Director at the National Gallery of Art.
Manos knew President Truman quite well and a large portion of the show is given over to his remembrances of
the President. VHS videotape
Total length: 28:01
VT2000-6
"SELECTED TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRUMAN
PRESIDENCY"
April 12, 1995. WDAF TV CHANNEL 4 KANSAS CITY (FOX); KCTV TV CHANNEL 5 KANSAS CITY
(CBS); KMBC TV CHANNEL 9 KANSAS CITY (ABC); KSHB TV CHANNEL 41 KANSAS CITY (NBC)
Clips from the various newcasts on the 50th anniversary of the Truman presidency. VHS videotape.
Length: Approx. 1 minute each.
VT2000-7
"GAO: A PROUD HERITAGE"
September 26, 1996 tape marking the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the General Accounting Office,
with still photos and an audio portion of President Truman's speech at the dedication. VHS Videotape
Total length: 14 minutes
VT2000-8
"POLITICS WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS" October 25, 1995 videotape of Matthews as he interviews Milton
Kayle, Staff Assistant to President Truman on the 50'' anniversary of the Truman Presidency. VHS Videotape
Total length: 17 minutes
VT2000-9
"PRESIDENT TRUMAN PRIVATE OFFICE TOUR C-SPAN INDEPENDENCE, MO"
May 7, 1997 tour of President Truman's private office at the Truman Library. George Curtis, Former Assistant
Director of HSTL describes the president's working office which he used from 1957 to 1969. Pat Dorsey,
Museum Specialist, HSTL, talks about the discovery of the president's locked credenza in 1993 and its contents.
The 113th anniversary of Truman's birthday was on May 8, 1997. VHS Videotape.
Total length: 24 minutes
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VT2000-10
"KC CROSSROADS KSHB CAL 41 2-PART DEAR BESS LETTERS"
April 20, 1998
Neil Johnson portrays and reads President Truman's letters to Bess. Still photographs are set to the letters.
VHS Videotape
Total length: 7 minutes
VT2000-11
April 23, 1997
"INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS: THE SECRET WHITE HOUSE TAPES-AN A & E PRODUCTION"
Investigative Reports looks at the secret taping by seven presidents in the Oval Office. It includes footage by
FDR, Nixon, Johnson, JFK and others. Received from Real TV, Inc. VHS videotape
Total length: 120 minutes
VT2000-12
October 25, 1995
"TRUMAN PRESIDENCY 50TH ANNIVERSARY"
President Clinton, former presidents including, Carter, Ford and others pay tribute to President Truman's
leadership during the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War during this special gala in
Washington, D. C. A C-SPAN Video VHS videotape; 2 copies BetaCamSP; 1 copy Master BetaCamSP BCT-
60MLA
Total length: 1:33 minutes
VT2000- 13
"NORTH AMERICAN PANORAMA: MISSOURI"
1992 Ruenitz Associates Inc. A video that highlights important Missouri cities and individuals. Events from
Truman's presidency are focused on, including his role in World War II and Korea. VHS tape.
Length: 54:38
VT2000-14
"INDEPENDENCE DAY-1995"
6/13/95 Jones Intercable. Gives a preview of the festivities planned at the Truman Library for Independence
Day, 1995. VHS tape.
Length: 50 seconds
VT2000-15
"NEWS COVERAGE OF TRUMAN'S BIRTHDAY AND RENOVATION PLANS FOR THE LIBRARY"
5/8/00 and 5/9/00 Corporate Communications. KCTV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS); KSHB Channel 41
Kansas City (NBC); WDAF Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX); KMBC Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC). Clips from
different newscasts about the celebration of Truman's birthday and the plans for the renovation of the Library.
Interview with Clifton Truman Daniel about what his grandfather thought the purpose of the Library should be.
VHS tape.
Total Length: 10 minutes
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VT2000-16
"GUARDIAN OF THE PROMISED LAND"
1991 SET Productions. This video explains how the Jews were able to establish their homeland in Palestine. It
tells how Israel has improved greatly through the help of the Jewish National Fund. VHS tape.
Length: 6:24
VT2000-17
"ISRAEL'S FORGOTTEN HEROES"
1998, WPBT Channel 2. A video that tells the stories of Americans who helped establish the Jewish homeland.
VHS tape.
Length: 60 minutes
VT2000-18
"NEWS COVERAGE OF THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION"
7/4/96, WDAF Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX). A clip from a news broadcast that told about the planned
celebration at the Library for Independence Day, 1996. VHS tape.
Length: 4 minutes
VT2000-19
"THE SPEECHES COLLECTION: HARRY S. TRUMAN"
1990, MPI Home Video. The film focuses on important speeches given by Truman during his presidency, and
provides some biographical information. The speeches focused on include the subjects of the dropping of the
atomic bomb, the threat of communism in Asia, and the firing of MacArthur. VHS tape.
Length: 50 minutes
VT2000-22
"WORKERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE"
1994, Smithsonian Institution. This production tells about the different individuals who worked in the White
House during various presidencies. There are two main individuals featured who worked during the Truman
presidency. They are Alonzo Fields, the chief butler, and Norwood Williams, another butler. VHS tape.
Length: 32 minutes
VT2000-24
"VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC" August 3, 1995 CBS Reports This film focuses on the war with Japan,
beginning with Pearl Harbor. It also explains the development and use of the atomic bomb. The show is hosted
by Dan Rather. VHS tape.
Length: 2 hours
VT2000-26
"THE WHITE HOUSE"
Guggenheim Productions. Video acquired by Guggenheim productions and used in the making of the film
"Harry S. Truman, 1884-1972." It shows the history of the building of the White House and how it has changed
during different presidencies. VHS tape.
Length: 1:27 minutes
VT2000-28
"PRESIDENTIAL CHRISTMAS CARDS"
December 10, 1999 WDAF Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX). A news feature that shows an exhibit of Presidential
Christmas cards on display at the Truman Library. The cards were part of the Seeley collection. VHS tape.
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Length: 1:03 seconds
VT2000-29
"CLAY BAUSKE INTERVIEW"
February 21, 2000, WDAF Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX). A news story on a photography exhibit on display at
the Truman Library. The photos were taken by photographer Harry Benson who was able to capture the more
casual side of several First Families. There is an interview with Clay Bauske. VHS tape.
Length: 3:37 seconds
VT2000-30
"MICHAEL BESCHLOSS INTERVIEW"
February 13, 2000, KCTV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS). On the 115th anniversary of Bess Truman's birthday,
Beschloss talks about her way of life during her husband’s presidency. He also talks about his new book on the
secret tapes of President Johnson. VHS tape.
Length: 4:57 seconds
VT2000-31
“THE SPEECHES COLLECTION: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT"
1990, MPI Home Video. This is a biography of Roosevelt's life and focuses on some of his more important
speeches. These speeches deal with The New Deal, state addresses, and fireside chats. VHS tape.
Length: 45 minutes
VT2000-33
"SMITHSONIAN WORLD"
Smithsonian Institution. Hosted by David McCullough, this film traces the events leading up to and throughout
Truman's presidency. It explains how Truman's life in Independence was so important. VHS tape.
Length: 24 minutes
VT2000-34
"THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: FDR"
1/13/95, David Grubin Productions. This collection is made up of two videos with four parts. The video is a
biographical story about Franklin Roosevelt and narrated by David McCullough. It focuses on Roosevelt's
upbringing and the major events of his presidency. It tells how Truman became Vice-President and then
President. VHS tape.
Length: 1:50 minutes
VT2000-36
"THE COLD WAR"
1963, McGraw-Hill Inc. In this video, the Cold War is explained, focusing on how it came about and the roles
of the Soviet Union and the United States. The differences between the Soviet Union and the United States are
explained. VHS tape.
Length: 2 hours.
VT2000-37
"DR. FRANK: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FRANK PORTER GRAHAM"
1994, John B. Wilson Productions. This documentary follows the life of Porter Graham. He was the President
of the University of North Carolina and later a U.S. Senator. He worked for civil rights in the South. He helped
plan the Social Security Act. He worked with Truman on establishing civil rights. As a result, the armed forces
were integrated. VHS tape.
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Length: 58:16 minutes
VT2000-38
"BIOGRAPHY: GEORGE MARSHALL"
David L. Wolper Productions. This episode of Biography tells about Marshall's life, and focuses on his military
life. It tells about his role in World War II, in establishing the Marshall Plan, and as an advisor to Truman. VHS
tape.
Length: 30 minutes
VT2000-40
"HST: LITTLE WHITE HOUSE"
National Geographic. This special tells about Truman's vacation spot in Key West. It shows the advisors that
came to Key West, and it focuses on decisions made about the Korean War while Truman was there. VHS tape.
Length: 18 minutes
VT2000-41
"THE GENERAL EFFECTS OF THE A BOMBS ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI"
U.S. Air Force. This video talks about the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan. It shows how Hiroshima and
Nagasaki looked before they were bombed and after. VHS tape.
Length: 33 minutes
VT2000-42
"FOUR NEWS STORIES ON TRUMAN"
These are news stories and clips on Truman. They show the beginning of his presidency, his goodwill visits to
Canada and Brazil and the Atlantic Pact (NATO) being signed. VHS tape.
Length: 30 minutes
VT2000-43
"HARRY S. TRUMAN 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF V.P. NOMINATION"
July 21, 1994. Chicago Coverage. News coverage of the 1994 reenactment of Truman's Vice-Presidential
nomination in Chicago. VHS tape.
Length: 5:29 seconds
VT2000-44
"TRUMAN LIBRARY TRIBUTE TO WASPS"
4/21/94. KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS). News coverage of the Library's exhibit about female pilots
during World War II. Several of the pilots are interviewed. VHS tape.
Length: 3:55 seconds
VT2000-45
"KEVIN MCCARTHY PLAYS HARRY TRUMAN"
11 /4/94, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX). An interview with Kevin McCarthy about an upcoming
performance where he portrays Harry Truman. VHS tape.
Length: 5 minutes
VT2000-46
"DAVID MCCULLOUGH ON TRUMAN"
12/12/94, KSHB TV Channel 41 Kansas City (FOX). An interview with David McCullough on Today on NBC.
The focus of the interview was to compare Truman with President Clinton. VHS tape..
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Length: 6:21 seconds
VT2000-47
"TRUMAN LIBRARY: FACES OF WAR"
1994, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX); KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS); KMBC TV Channel
9 Kansas City (ABC); News coverage of an exhibit at the Library titled Faces of War about D-Day. Several
veterans of World War Il were interviewed. VHS tape.
Length: 11 minutes
VT2000-48
"REX SCOUTEN-WHITE HOUSE CURATOR"
3/18/94 WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX), An interview with Rex Scouten about his work at the White
House as curator. It also provides news coverage of an exhibit at the Library called "Workers at the White
House." VHS tape.
Length: 7 minutes
VT2000-49
"TRUMAN DECISION TO USE ATOMIC BOMB"
WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX); KSHB TV Channel 41 Kansas City (NBC). News stories about the
51st anniversary of Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. VHS tape.
Length: 4 minutes
VT2000-50
11/19/96, KCUR 89.3 FM. Radio interview with Rex Scouten about working at the White House as curator.
VHS tape.
Length: 1 hour
VT2000-51
"VOLUNTEERS AT TRUMAN LIBRARY-JAN HOAG"
1/17/96, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX). An interview with Jan Hoag about the volunteers who work
at the Truman Library. She expresses a need for more volunteers. VHS tape.
Length: 2:35 seconds
VT2000-52
"BRAD HARVEY SERIES-TREASURES OF TRUMAN LIBRARY"
5/8/95-5/12/95, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX). A week-long series exploring the artifacts at the
Truman Library. They focus on Harry's letters to Bess and his World War II memorabilia. VHS tape.
Length: 17:40 seconds
VT2000-53
"19TH AMENDMENT EXHIBIT AT TRUMAN LIBRARY"
4/23/96, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX). News coverage about an exhibit at the Truman Library that
tells about giving women the right to vote. VHS tape.
Length: 2:40 seconds
VT2000-54
"RENOVATIONS AT TRUMAN LIBRARY NEAR COMPLETION"
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12/4/95-12/5/95, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX); KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS); KSHB
TV Channel 41 Kansas City (NBC). Interviews with Rex Scouten about the renovation of the Oval Office
exhibit at the Truman Library. It also shows the unveiling of "The Buck Stops Here" sign. VHS tape.
Length: 10 minutes
VT2000-55
"HARRY TRUMAN AND BESS" and "JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE AWARD TO LINDY BOGGS"
2/ 13/96, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (NBC). News coverage about the letters between Harry and Bess.
Kathleen Xidis is interviewed. It is announced that the winner of the Junior Service League Award is Lindy
Boggs. VHS tape.
Length: 6 minutes
VT2000-56
"MEDIA COVERAGE OF UPCOMING ACTIVITIES AT THE TRUMAN LIBRARY"
WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX); KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS); KMBC TV Channel 9
Kansas City (ABC); KSHB TV Channel 41 Kansas City (FOX); Johnson County Telecable Channel l0A/41B.
News coverage up the upcoming renovation of the Truman Library in 1995. There is also coverage of the
upcoming birthday anniversary festivities. VHS tape.
Length: 37 minutes
VT2000-57
"MONTHLY MEDIA COVERAGE OF TRUMAN LIBRARY ACTIVITIES"
May, 1994, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (NBC); KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS); KMBC TV
Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC); KSHB TV Channel 41Kansas City (FOX). News coverage of the "Faces of
War" exhibit at the Truman Library. It shows the recipients of the Harry Truman Public Service Award (Millard
Dean Fuller and Linda Caldwell Fuller, founders of Habitat for Humanity), and the celebration of the 110th
anniversary of Harry Truman's birthday. Also covered is-Truman's farmhouse becoming a National Historic
Site. VHS tape.
Length: 13 minutes
VT2000-58
"PRESIDENT CLINTON AT TRUMAN LIBRARY"
7/29/94 and 7/30/94, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (NBC); KMBC TV Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC);
KSHB TV Channel 41 Kansas City (FOX). News coverage of the preparation for the visit of President Clinton,
and the actual visit and speech. The reason for Clinton's visit was to discuss health care. VHS tape.
Length: 6:42 seconds
VT2000-59
"FIRST LADIES GOWNS AT THE TRUMAN LIBRARY"
2/21 /94 and 2/22/94, KSHB TV Channel 41 Kansas City (FOX). News coverage of the exhibit at the Library of
the gowns of some of the first ladies. One of Bess Truman's gowns is shown. VHS tape.
Length: 4:51 seconds
VT2000-60
"SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE FOR TRUMAN LIBRARY"
November-December 1993, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (NBC); KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City
(CBS); KMBC TV Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC). Different news stories over two months. Truman's diary is
shown, as well as the exhibit of the gowns of the first ladies. On the anniversary of John F. Kennedy's
assassination, some letters Kennedy wrote to Truman are featured. VHS tape.
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Length: 25 minutes
VT2000-61
"HILLARY CLINTON'S GOWN ON DISPLAY AT TRUMAN LIBRARY"
1 /6/94, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (NBC); KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS); KMBC TV
Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC). Showcases Hillary Clinton's inaugural gown which was donated to the Truman
Library and put on display in the exhibit of first ladies' gowns. VHS tape.
Length: 2:26 seconds
VT2000-62
"EVENTS AT TRUMAN LIBRARY"
September, 1994, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX); KMBC TV Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC); KSHB
TV Channel 41 Kansas City (NBC). Various news stories covered during the month. There is a story on the
retirement of Dr. Zobrist, the director of the Library. 113 immigrants became citizens of the United States at the
Truman Library, and the focus is on two Haitian immigrants. VHS tape.
Length: 11:50 seconds
VT2000-63
"MEDIA COVERAGE OF EVENTS AT THE LIBRARY"
June, 1994, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (NBC); KMBC TV Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC); KSHB TV
Channel 41 Kansas City (FOX). There are several different news stories covered during the month. Clifton
Truman Daniel came to visit the Library during the Fourth of July Celebration of 1994. VHS tape.
Length: 22 minutes
VT2000-64
"CITY BEAT-TRUMAN LIBRARY" and "REX SCOUTON WHITE HOUSE CURATOR"
3/9/94 and 3/22/94. Highlights permanent exhibits at the Truman Library. Also an interview with Rex Scouten
talking about his work as the curator at the White House. Shows the exhibit at the Library called "Workers at
the White House." VHS tape.
Length: 8:16 seconds
VT2000-65
"FOCUS GROUP-CONSUMERS"
1996, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. A panel discussion including residents of Kansas City. They
discuss important sites in Kansas City and how the Truman Library fits in with those, and how it can become
better. VHS tape.
Length: 1:42 minutes
VT2000-66
"FOCUS GROUP-CONSUMERS"
1996. Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. Another discussion between Kansas City residents about how the
Truman Library is an important site for visitors and how it can be improved. VHS tape.
Length: 2:03 nunutes
VT2000-67
"FOCUS GROUP-OPINION LEADERS"
1996. Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. A group of influential leaders from the Kansas City area got
together to discuss how people feel about the Truman Library. VHS tape.
Length: 1:51 minutes
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VT2000-68
"FOCUS GROUP-TEACHERS"
1996. Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. Kansas City teachers were brought together to discuss possible
field trips and how the Library could be more appealing to a younger audience. VHS tape.
Length: 2:03 minutes
VT2000-69
11/4/94, KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS). An interview with Kevin McCarthy, an actor who portrays
Truman, about his upcoming show. VHS tape.
Length: 1 minute
VT2000-70
1995, KMBC TV Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC). News coverage of an exhibit at the Truman Library which
celebrates the 50th anniversary of Truman's presidency. VHS tape.
Length: 2 minutes
VT2000-71
7/2/94. Footage of Clifton Truman Daniel throwing out the first ball at a Royals baseball game. VHS tape.
Length: 1 minute
VT2000-72
"FACES OF WAR EDIT"
5/6/94, KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS). News coverage of the "Faces of War" exhibit opening at the
Truman Library. There are several interviews with veterans of World War II who donated items to the exhibit.
VHS tape.
Length: 2:30 seconds
VT2000-73
7/20/94, 7/21/94, and 7/23/94, WGN TV Chicago (IND); WLS TV Chicago (ABC); WCIU TV Chicago. News
coverage of a reenactment of the 1944 Democratic convention where Truman was nominated for
Vice-President. Clifton Truman Daniel is interviewed. Donald Dawson is also interviewed about his
experiences with Truman. VHS tape.
Length: 24 minutes
VT2000-74
KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS). News coverage of the Fourth of July celebration at the Truman
Library. Also included is an interview with Clifton Truman Daniel about his book and his visit to the Library.
VHS tape.
Length: 2:30 seconds
VT2000-75
Johnson County Community College TV. The television program, "On Campus with Mike Alley" has an
interview with Dean Davison. He talks about the various events at the Library and the legacy of Truman. VHS
tape.
Length: 30 minutes
VT2000-76
"A YEAR TO REMEMBER"
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9/17/99, Harry S. Truman Library. This video highlights the events at the Truman Library during 1999.
Included are the NATO Accession Ceremony and the 50th anniversary celebration of the U. S. Armed Forces
desegregation. VHS tape.
Length: 9:30 seconds
VT2000-77
"TRUMAN CARTOONS"
7/19/96, KMBC TV Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC). News coverage of the political cartoon exhibit at the
Truman Library. VHS tape.
Length: 2:50 seconds
VT2000-78
"CRONKITE ON TRUMAN"
11/18/99, Bernstein-Rein Advertising. An advertisement featuring Cronkite with a short message about the
character of Harry Truman. This is a promotion for KC150 (150th anniversary of Kansas City). VHS tape.
Length: 30 seconds
VT2000-80
1996. A video record of the Truman Chrysler cars being taken away in a trailer. They are being restored by the
Chysler Corporation in Detroit. No sound. VHS tape.
Length: 11:10 seconds
VT2000-82
"FAIR DEAL SERIES: PART ONE"
10/28/99, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library. This was an assembly at the Truman Library that discussed
what the Fair Deal was and how it affected the public and government. The featured speaker was Alonzo
Hamby. VHS tape.
Length: 1:25 minutes
VT2000-83
"FAIR DEAL SERIES: PART TWO"
11/1/99, Harry S. Truman Library. This is the second part of the Fair Deal Series. The featured speakers are
former Senator Paul Simon and Journalist Jack Cashill. They discussed the legacy of the Fair Deal and what the
role of the government should be in the main policies of the Fair Deal. VHS tape.
Length: 1:41 minutes
VT2000-85
"TRUMAN LIBRARY LOVE LETTERS"
2/5/1999, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX); KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS); KMBC TV
Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC); KSHB TV Channel 41 Kansas City (NBC). News coverage of the opening of
the Dear Bess exhibit at the Truman Library. There are interviews with Clay Bauske and Larry Hackman. VHS
tape.
Length: 30 minutes
VT2000-87
"PRESIDENTIAL STUDIES COLLECTION"
2/25/00, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX). News coverage of the opening of the Presidential Studies
Collection with UMKC. The program is meant to make information from the Truman Library more available to
the public. VHS tape.
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Length: 38 seconds
VT2000-88
8/5/95, CBS Evening News; KMBC TV Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC). News storage dealing with presidential
power, focusing on Truman and the atomic bomb. Veterans are shown who came to visit the Truman Library.
VHS tape.
Length: 10 minutes
VT2000-89
"COLD WAR: A TELEVISION HISTORY"
2/17/96, Jerry Isaacs Productions. An interview with James Warren about the Cold War, and how the events of
World War II contributed to the Cold War. VHS tape.
Length: 49 minutes
VT2000-90
"BETH SHALOM CONVENTION"
10/20/96, Harry S. Truman Library. This gathering features Sylvan Siegler as a speaker. The group is
celebrating the establishment of the state of Israel. VHS tape.
Length: 58 minutes
VT2000-92
"AMERICA'S WONDERS: EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK"
7/15/97, Burrud Productions. This video gives information about the Everglades in Florida. A speech by
Truman is included with the information. VHS tape.
Length: 58 minutes
VT2000-94
"AMERICAN PRESIDENTS: HARRY TRUMAN"
10/18/99, C-SPAN. As a part of a presidential series, C-SPAN came to the Truman Library. There, they
interview Alonzo Hamby who answers questions about Truman and his life. Larry Hackman is also interviewed
to explain the purpose of the Library. VHS tape.
Length: 3 hours
VT2000-96
"SPECIAL COUNSEL"
1994, Tel Aviv University. A documentary that explains the Camp David Accords and the Israeli-Egyptian
Peace Treaty. VHS tape.
Length: 90 minutes
VT2000-98
C-SPAN. A production that features Randy Sowell discussing the 1948 election. He talks about the importance
of the railroad during the campaign. There is an exhibit about the 1948 campaign between Truman and Dewey.
VHS tape.
Length: 18 minutes
VT2000-101
"TRUMAN LIBRARY LECTURE FEATURING ABBA EBAN"
4/19/98, Truman Library. Abba Eban is the Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations and the United
States. He is the speaker as part of the Israel 50 program put on by the Truman Library. VHS tape.
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Length: 60 minutes
VT2000-102
"CREWS CONTROL-VNR CURTIS ROOSEVELT"
10/12/94, Barkley & Evergreen. Two videotapes showing an interview with Curtis Roosevelt, the grandson of
Franklin Roosevelt. He talks about his experiences in the White House. The election of Harry Truman is
discussed and he tells about Eleanor Roosevelt's reaction to the election. VHS tape.
Length: 60 minutes
VT2000-103
"KANSAS CITY TV SPOT"
1995. An advertisement promoting tourism in Kansas City. Harry Truman and the Library are mentioned as an
attraction. VHS tape.
Length: 30 seconds
VT2000-104
"I REMEMBER HARRY"
There are two tapes that have interviews with individuals who knew Harry Truman. They share their personal
experiences. One of the individuals is a nephew of Eddie Jacobson, name not mentioned; the other individual is
Independence Mayor Ron Stewart, who speaks of knowing Truman when Stewart worked for the Independence
Police Dept.
VHS tape.
Length: 2 hours
VT2000-105
" TIME AND THE PRESIDENCY"
WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX); KMBC TV Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC). News coverage of the
TIME exhibit on display at the Truman Library. Hugh Sidey is interviewed, and former President Gerald Ford
is shown. VHS tape.
Length: 6:30 seconds
VT2000-106
"GENERAL COLIN POWELL"
7/24/98, Harry S. Truman Library. A videotape of a speech made by Colin Powell at the Auditorium of the
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Independence, Missouri. The speech
commemorates the anniversary of the signing of Executive Order #9981 which integrated the armed forces.
VHS tape, BetaCamSP, Dubbing Master BetaCamSP.
Length 1:25 minutes
VT2000-107
"WHERE THE TRAIL STARTS AND THE BUCK STOPS"
5/27/98, City of Independence. A promotional video for the city of Independence. Harry Truman and his home
are focused on. Other historical sites in Independence are shown. VHS tape.
Length: 10 minutes
VT2000-108
"NATO ACCESSION CEREMONY"
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3/12/99, Harry S. Truman Library. A recording of the accession ceremony that was held at the Truman Library.
The countries represented are Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic. It is also the 50th anniversary of the
creation of NATO by Truman's administration. Madeline Albright is present at the ceremony. VHS tape.
Length: 60 minutes
VT2000-110
4/25/00, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX). News coverage of a fund raising event at the Truman
Library that featured a performance by Mark Russell, a political satirist. The money raised was used for the
renovation. VHS tape.
Length: 31 seconds
VT2000-111
"ONE MORE CLUB"
Harry S. Truman. Footage taken by Truman showing news photographers posing in front of the White House.
VHS tape. See also MP76-56.
Length: 4 minutes
VT2000-113
"TRUMAN CIVIL RIGHTS AND POLITICS IN 1948"
Harry S. Truman Library. This lecture is a part of the Whistle Stop Series program. The keynote speaker is Dr.
Ken Hechler who was part of the Truman staff during the 1948 election. He discusses the campaign and the
significance of it. VHS tape.
Length: 60 minutes
VT2000-114
"PETER M. SMALL AS MR. TRUMAN"
News coverage of Hoover Fest in Iowa. Mr. Small was there impersonating Truman and he is interviewed.
Small also impersonates Franklin Roosevelt and Thomas Jefferson. VHS tape.
Length: 14 minutes
VT2000-115
"HIROSHIMA ANNIVERSARY AT TRUMAN LIBRARY"
8/5/95, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX); KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS). News coverage of
the ceremonies at the Truman Library on the 50th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb. There are
several interviews with veterans of WWII who attended the ceremonies. VHS tape.
Length: 9 minutes
VT2000-116
"TRUMAN AND MEDICARE"
7/30/95, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX); KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS). News coverage
of a ceremony at the Truman Library celebrating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Medicare.
Richard Gephardt is interviewed about the importance of Medicare and the future of the program. VHS tape.
Length: 4:50 seconds
VT2000-117
"VE DAY/BIRTHDAY COMMEMORATIONS"
May, 1995, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX); KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS); KMBC TV
Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC); KSHB TV Channel 41 Kansas City (NBC). News coverage of celebrations at
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the Truman Library dealing with the victory over Europe and Truman's 111th birthday. Several veterans of
WWII are interviewed. VHS tape.
Length: 18 minutes
VT2000-118
"BESS TRUMAN WEEK, 50TH ANNIVERSARY"
1/18/95, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX). An interview with Dr. George Curtis about Bess Truman
and the activities going on at the Truman Library during Bess Truman Week. VHS tape.
Length: 2:51 seconds
VT2000-119
"CONSTITUTION DAY CELEBRATION AT THE TRUMAN LIBRARY"
9/17/95, KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS). News coverage showing an event at the Truman Library
where visitors were allowed to sign a copy of the Constitution as a part of a traveling exhibit. VHS tape.
Length: 34 seconds
VT2000-120
"TRUMAN LIBRAY DEDICATES NEW PEARL HARBOR MEMORIAL"
5/29/95, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX); KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS); KMBC TV
Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC); KSHB TV Channel 41 Kansas City (NBC). News coverage of the installation of
a new memorial at the Library in the courtyard, remembering those who were killed at Pearl Harbor. VHS tape.
Length: 5:18 seconds
VT2000-121
"TRUMAN VISITS STATE LEGSLATURE," "TRUMAN LIBRARY NEEDS VOLUNTEERS," and
"ENOLA GAY EXHIBIT"
1994, KRCG TV Channel 13 Jefferson City (CBS); KOMU TV Channel 8 Columbia/Jefferson City (NBC).
News coverage of Niel Johnson, a Truman impersonator, talking in front of the Missouri legislature. There is
also a story about the cancellation of the Enola Gay exhibit by the Smithsonian, and a reaction by Ben Nicks, a
pilot for the Enola Gay. VHS tape.
Length: 7 minutes
VT2000-122
"SECURITY ISSUES AT THE TRUMAN LIBRARY"
11/21/95, KSHB TV Channel 41 Kansas City (NBC); WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX); KCTV TV
Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS). Interviews with Library Director, Larry Hackman, who asked the National
Archives to review the security policies for Top Secret documents in the Library. The documents deal mainly
with the atomic bomb and the formation of the CIA. VHS tape.
Length: 8 minutes
VT2000-123
"NEW WHITE HOUSE EXHIBIT AT TRUMAN LIBRARY"
11/21/95, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX); KSHB TV Channel 41 Kansas City (NBC); KCTV TV
Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS). News coverage of the renovation being done at the Library. An interview with
Clay Bauske about the new Oval Office reproduction and the White House gallery exhibit. VHS tape.
Length: 5 minutes
VT2000-124
"TRUMAN AND THE BOMB"
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7/22/95 and 7/31/95, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX); KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS).
News stories about the 50th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb. There is an interview with Walter
Ross, a WWII prisoner of war. VHS tape.
Length: 6 minutes
VT2000-125
"JULY 4TH CELEBRATION AT TRUMAN LIBRARY"
7/4/95, WDAF TV Channel 4 Kansas City (FOX); KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS); KSHB TV
Channel 41 Kansas City (NBC). News coverage of the 1995 festivities at the Truman Library celebrating the
fourth of July. VHS tape.
Length: 9:30 seconds
VT2000-126
"V J DAY CELEBRATED AT TRUMAN LIBRARY"
8/31/95 KSHB TV Channel 41 Kansas City (NBC). News coverage of the 50th anniversary of the victory over
Japan. Several WWII veterans are interviewed. VHS tape.
Length: 3 minutes
VT2000-127
"DR. GEORGE CURTIS ON TRUMAN"
4/16/95, KMBC TV Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC). A news program hosted by Micheal Mahoney, in which he
interviews Dr. George Curtis, the Assistant Director of the Library, about the 50th anniversary of the beginning
of Truman's presidency. They talk about the events of Truman's presidency. VHS tape.
Length: 21:45 seconds
VT2000-128
"VJ DAY"
8/31/95, KMBC TV Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC); KCTV TV Channel 5 Kansas City (CBS). News coverage
of the ceremonies at the Truman Library recognizing the 50th anniversary of the victory of the United States
over Japan. VHS tape.
Length: 30 minutes
VT2000-129
8/5/95, CNN TV, KHOU TV Houston (CBS). News coverage concerning the 50th anniversary of the dropping
of the atomic bomb. There is an interview with a photographer who was in Hiroshima and Nagasaki after they
were bombed. VHS tape.
Length: 7 minutes
VT2000-130
"HIROSHIMA + 50"
8/5/95 and 8/6/95, NBC Nightly News; This Week with David Brinkley. National news coverage of the
ceremonies held in Independence and Hiroshima. Survivors of the atomic bomb are interviewed. VHS tape.
Length: 9 minutes
VT2000-131
“THE INK TANK"
11/9/95. A series of cartoons depicting various presidents and how they used media and new technology.
Truman is shown using the radio and television. VHS tape.
Length: 7 minutes
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VT2000-132
"UN BOOK"
9/30/95
KMBC TV Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC)
News coverage of the ceremonies at the Truman Library celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment
of the United Nations. There is a new exhibit at the Library that is featured in this news story that explains how
the United Nations was formed. Veronica Hearst is interviewed. She is the publisher of a book about the United
Nations. VHS tape.
Length: 1 minute
VT2000-133
"MEDICARE"
7/27/95 and 7/30/95 KMBC TV Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC)
A news story about the anniversary of the establishment of Medicare. VHS tape.
Length: 3 minutes
VT2000-134
"THE A-BOMB"
8/6/95
KMBC TV Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC)
A show that is hosted by Micheal Mahoney in which he has guests discuss the dropping of the atomic bomb.
VHS tape.
Length: 30 minutes
VT2000-135
"THE ATOMIC BOMB"
8/4/95-8/6/95
KMBC TV Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC)
News coverage about the 50th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb. A new exhibit at the Library
about this subject is featured.
VHS tape.
Length: 6 minutes
VT2000-136
"NEW ROOMS AT TRUMAN LIBRARY"
11/21/95
KMBC TV Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC)
News coverage of the newly renovated areas at the Truman Library. The remodeled Oval Office replica is
shown. VHS tape.
Length: 1 minute
VT2000-137
"TRUMAN TRIBUTE"
4/12/95
A news feature remembering Truman. It highlights important events from his presidency. It is in celebration of
the 50th anniversary of the beginning of his presidency.
VHS tape.
Length: 12 minutes
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VT20000-138
"DAVID MCCULLOUGH ON CHARLIE ROSE"
2/2/95
PBS
David McCullough is interviewed. He talks about his book, "Truman," and his upcoming book about Thomas
Jefferson. VHS tape.
Length: 1 hour
VT2000-139
A news story about Truman becoming president after Roosevelt's death. It contrasts the two presidents. Sue
Gentry is interviewed.
VHS tape.
Length: 6 minutes
VT2000-140
"MEDICARE FORUM"
7/30/95
KMBC TV Channel 9 Kansas City (ABC)
News coverage of a forum held at the Truman library discussing the future of Medicare.
VHS tape.
Length: 2 minutes
VT2000-141
KSDK TV Channel 5 St. Louis (NBC)
A news story highlighting the events of Truman's life and his presidency.
VHS tape.
Length: 5 minutes
VT2003 -1
LAUNCHING A PRESIDENT
5/10/ 2001
Truman Library Production
Panel discussion about President G. W. Bush first months as President. Roger Mudd, moderator. Panel
members: Richard V. Allen, John P. Burke, Haynes Johnson, and John Sununu.
VHS tape. (2 identical tapes).
Length: 2 hours.
VT2003-2
FORGOTTEN HEROES OF THE KOREAN WAR
CBS News, Eric Inberg
2 part special news clip on the CBS Evening News about integration of Armed Forces. Interviews with Black
servicemen, and scenes from the Korean War.
VHS tape.
Length: 6 min. 38 sec.
VT2003-3
GREAT CONVENTIONS
History Channel with Roger Mudd
50
1948 Democratic and Republican Conventions. 1948 Presidential campaign. Excerpts of all conventions from
1948 to 2000. Effect of television on conventions.
VHS tape.
Length: 46 min.
VT2003-4
HARRY S. TRUMAN SERVICE AWARD PRESENTATION
5/10/01
City of Independence Production
Harry S. Truman public service award presented posthumously to Gov. Mel Carnahan and received by his wife
Sen. Jean Carnahan.
VHS tape.
Length 39 min. 34 sec.
VT2003-5
HEART OF A NATION
1998
PBS
National First Ladies Library, Canton, Ohio. First Ladies lives, legacies, and contributions to America. All First
Ladies to present (Hillary Clinton) interviewed or depicted.
VHS tape.
Length: 2 hrs, 25 min.
VT2003-6
“A CALL TO DUTY”
7/25/98
LNC NORFOLK VIRGINIA
Commissioning ceremonies of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman; President Bill Clinton and Secretary of
Defense William Cohen were speakers.
VHS tape.
Length: 1 hr, 15 min.
VT2003-7
“KEN HECHLER: PUBLIC SERVANT”
CIRCA 12/00
PBS interview with Ken Hechler. Received from Ken Hechler through Liz Safly.
VHS tape.
Length: 1 hr, 15 min.
VT2003-8
CHRISTENING OF THE USS HARRY S. TRUMAN
9/7/96
Newport News Shipbuilding Recording
Christening ceremony at Newport News, VA of the aircraft carrier.
VHS tape.
Length: 1 hr, 16 min.
VT2003-9
SACRED COWS
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10/30/00
Film House Inc.
Harry S. Truman signing 1947 National Security Act; this was signed aboard the SACRED COW, the
presidential airplane. USAF
VHS tape.
Length: 29 sec. (repeats several times)
VT2003-10
“GIVE EM HELL HARRY”
8/11/00
Greene Theatre recording
Terry Tanner as HST in an amateur stage play production of “GIVE EM HELL HARRY’.
VHS tape.
Length: 1 hr, 37 min.
VT2003-11
NAZI GOLD RESEARCH
12/10/97
NARA Recording
Greg Bradsher speaks to a National Archives meeting at College Park, MD., telling about the efforts to find the
assets and property of the victims of the Holocaust.
VHS tape.
Length: 1 hr, 17 min.
VT2003-12
THE GREATEST POLITICAL UPSET IN HISTORY
9/17/98
C-SPAN
Ken Hechler speaks at Miller Center, University of Virginia, about HST writings and actions during his term of
office, and the 1948 campaign.
VHS tape.
Length: 57 min.
VT2003-13
KEN HECHLER ON PETER JENNINGS
11/16/00
ABC WORLD NEWS
Ken Hechler’s views on the electoral college.
VHS tape.
Length: 4 min. 34 sec.
VT2003-14
HISTORY OF GIDEON, MISSOURI
Ca. 2000
History of the City of Gideon, Missouri. Contains a still picture of Senator Truman, who dedicated the new
high school building in 1937.
VHS tape.
Length: 35 min.
VT2003-15
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“DUELS IN THE SUN” CAMPAIGN OF 1952
Received 5/2002 from Doug Thurman of NARA. Found during the renovation of NARA.
Ca. 1987
ABC NEWS “Our World”
Americans and the world, excerpts from the 1952 Democratic and Republican Convention, campaigns and life
in the United States in 1952. Excerpts of the 1952 Summer Olympics. Also includes television commercials of
1987.
VHS tape
Length: 1 hour
VT2003-16
“SECRETS AND SURPRISES” FALL OF 1948
Received 5/2002 from Doug Thurman of NARA. Found during the renovation of NARA.
1/1/87
ABC News “Our World”
Life in America, 1948. Complete recording of “:Our World” broadcast including commercials. Excerpts of
Berlin Air Lift, 1948 Presidential Campaign, HST speech at Dexter, Iowa, Candy Bomber of the Berlin Air Lift.
VHS tape.
Length: 60 min.
VT2003-17
FALL OF 1946 “PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT”
Received from Doug Thurman, NARA. Found during renovation of NARA
Circa 1987
ABC News “Our World”
“Diary of a Sergeant” training film, Best Years of Our Lives, Baby Boom, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Nuremberg
Trial and execution excerpts. Nazi V2 Rockets, Truman lifts controls on meat (10/14/46), Union Strikes, John
L. Lewis, 1946 congressional elections, World Series, Senators, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Joseph
McCarthy.
VHS tape.
Length: 58 min.
VT2003-18
”A LOOK BACK’ DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS 1948, 1952, 1956
Received 5/2002 from Doug Thurman, NARA. Found during renovation of NARA.
7/15/1988
C SPAN PRODUCTION
Democratic convention 1948, Hubert Humphrey civil rights speech, HST acceptance speech. 1952 convention,
Gov. Adlai Stevenson acceptance speech, Sen. Estes Kefauver Acceptance speech 1956 convention. Interview
with David Burns, (1956 President of Young Democrats). Gov. Adlai Stevenson 1956 acceptance speech.
ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE
C SPAN Production.
Ann Richards, Texas State Treasurer, news conference 7/15/88, prior to keynote speech at 1988 Democratic
Convention. V-Pres. George Bush speech to Maryland Black Businessmen Breakfast, V-Pres. Walter Mondale,
speech to National Democratic Institute for Foreign Affairs at the Carter Presidential Library., Interview with
Maynard Jackson, former Mayor of Atlanta, GA.. Republican Congressional Leadership news conference,
Atlanta, Ga. (7/15/788) with Rep. Lynn Martin and Sen. Robert Dole. Interview with Gen. Don Dawson, Adm.
Asst. to HST, with excerpts of 1948 Democratic convention and Hubert Humphrey, Civil Rights Speech and
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HST 1948 acceptance speech. Interview with John Graves, Asst. Sergeant of Arms, 1952 Democratic
Convention.
VHS tape
Length: 6 hours.
VT2003-19
“50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE”
Received 5/2002 from Doug Thurman, NARA. Found during renovation of NARA.
3/12/97
C-SPAN Production
First 30 min. includes an interview with Dr. Alonzo Hamby regarding Truman Doctrine, second 30 min. is
congressional hearing concerning confirmation of Anthony Lake as director of CIA.. Includes excerpts from
Truman address to Congress about changing foreign policy (3/12/47).
VHS tape
Length: 1 hours.
VT-2003-20
AN ORAL HISTORY “D-DAY/WAR IN EUROPE”
Received June 16, 1995 from Judy McCaffery, Barton County Community College, Great Bend, Ks.
1993
BCCC Production
Interview with Harold Burgardt, WWII army veteran from Great Bend, Ks. Relating his experiences in
training and action during the war. Includes some stories about the Battle of The Bulge.
VHS tape
Length: 47 min.
VT-2003-21
AN ORAL HISTORY “WWII HEAVY ARTILLARY IN EUROPE”
Received June 16, 1995 from Judy McCaffery, Barton County Community College, Great Bend, Ks.
7/1994
BCCC Production
Interview with Carlos Miller, WWII veteran from Great Bend, Ks. Relating his war experiences.
VHS tape
Length: 2 hours.
VT-2003-22
AN ORAL HISTORY “US POW IN GERMANY”
Received June 16, 1995 from Judy McCaffery, Barton County Community College, Great Bend, Ks.
7/17/1991
BCCC Production
Interview with Marion Shelor, WWII Army Air Core veteran, relating his training and war experiences.
Details about his experience in POW camps.
VHS tape
Length: 1 hour 20 min.
VT-2003-23
AN ORAL HISTORY “ON STAFF WITH ADMIRAL NIMITZ”
Received June 16, 1995 from Judy McCaffery, Barton County Community College, Great Bend, Ks.
6/1993
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BCCC Production
Interview with Carl Soden, WWII Navy veteran. Relating his accounts of his training and war experiences.
VHS tape
Length: 2 hours 8 min.
VT-2003-24
AN ORAL HISTORY “WWII US 8TH AIR FORCE”
Received June 16, 1995 from Judy McCaffery, Barton County Community College, Great Bend, Ks.
10/1994
BCCC Production
Interview with Robert Kopke, World II 8th Air Force veteran experiences while stationed in England during
WWII.
VHS tape.
Length: 1 hour 30 min.
VT-2003-25
AN ORAL HISTORY “WWII-IWO JIMA”
Received June 16, 1995 from Judy McCaffery, Barton County Community College, Great Bend, Ks.
4/1993
BCCC Production
Interview with Vic McAtee, WWII Marine veteran relating his experiences during invasion of Iwo Jima.
VHS tape.
Length: 40 min.
VT-2003-26
AN ORAL HISTORY “B-29 RADAR OPERATOR IN CHINA, WWII”
Received June 16, 1995 from Judy McCaffery, Barton County Community College, Great Bend, Ks.
9/1994
BCCC Production
Interview with Virgil Belford, WWII Air Force veteran, relating his experiences as a radar operator on a B-29.
Also relating his experiences and injuries, as the only survivior in a crew of 12 when their plane went down
over China.
VHS tape.
Length: 45 min.
VT2003-27
”HIROSHIMA, WHY THE BOMB WAS DROPPED”
Received from Barkley and Evergreen
July, 1995
ABC News Production
Peter Jennings narrates; includes interviews with several historians and describes actions leading up to the
dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
VHS tape
Length: 1 hr. 30 min.
VT2003-28
“HARRY S. TRUMAN 1884 – 1972”
1997
Guggenheim Productions
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David McCullough narrates life of President Truman, produced for showing as an orientation film in the
Truman Library auditorium.
2 VHS tapes (one labeled Master). 35mm copies of this film (from the projection booth).
Length: 44 min.
VT2003-29
COMMISSIONING CEREMONY OF USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75)
July 25, 1998
Produced by USS Harry S. Truman Public affairs office
Donated by Kansas City area WAVES, National Unit #9, Heartland of America Chapter. Commissioning of
USS Harry S. Truman ceremony.
VHS tape
Length: 90 min.
VT2003-30
REMARKS BY DAVID MCCULLOUGH
1/31/1994
Produced by Truman Library
David McCullough speaking to the Truman Library Institute promoting the renovation of the Truman Library.
Remarks about HST character and background. Includes film clips of HST.
VHS tape.
Length: 17 min.
VT2003-31
“STEEL SEIZURE CASE “ A 50 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE
11/22/2002
Produced by Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA.
Panel discussion debate about the issue of Presidential Power. Panel members: Milton Kayle, Ken Hechler,
David Feller, Stanley Temko, John Barrett, and Maeva Mardcus. Moderator Prof. Ken Gormley. Clifton
Truman Daniel accepts a citation for the Truman Library.
VHS tape
Length: 2 hrs.
VT2003-32
“FRATERNALY YOURS” “THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN” “SYMBOL OF PRIDE”
July, 2001
Produced by Imagination Unlimited and Charles Linderman
Donated by The Masonic Service Association of North America
Three separate clips depicting the organization of the Masonic Service Assn. Includes color film clips of action
in WWII, Senator Harry S. Truman speaking to the public informing them of the benefits provided to American
Servicemen in WWII, and a picture of Mr. Truman in Masonic Regalia. “Symbol of Pride” is a drama of
Masonic ideals and purposes. See also MP 72-15.
VHS tape; 2 DVD’s.
Length: Fraternally Yours –10 min
The Brotherhood of Man - 30 min
Symbol of Pride – 20 min
VT2003-33
1996 TRUMAN LIBRARY HIGHLIGHTS
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Circa 1996. Barkley and Evergreen, the Library’s public relations firm, featuring news segments, Bess Truman
week highlights, Ken Hechler, Larry Hackman, and Clay Bauske. Highlights of important events of the year.
VHS tape
Length: 7 min.
VT2003-34
“THE MARSHALL PLAN: AGAINST THE ODDS”
Educational Film Center of George C. Marshall Center. Narrated by Roger Mudd. HST speech before congress
requesting help for Europe. George Marshall swearing in as Secretary of state. June 5, 1947 George Marshall
address at Harvard University. George Marshall speaks to Congress in 1948. HST signing European Recovery
Pact. Excerpts of Berlin Air Lift. Rebuilding of European industry. VHS tape.
Length: 56 min.
VT2003-35
TRANSFER OF TRUMAN FARM HOME TO NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
May 8, 1994
From: Neil Johnson
Tour of Home with Martha Ann Swoyer (Truman niece), as Neil Johnson narrates. Ceremony of transfer of
property, including Truman family and friends. Tour inside the Grandview farm home.
VHS tape
Length: 16 min.
VT2003-36
“ENOLA GAY’
October 25, 1994
ABC News Nightline
Barkley and Evergreen
Debate about script for the display of the Enola Gay by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
President Truman announcement of the dropping of the Atomic Bomb. Charles Swinney, pilot of the plane
flying beside the Enola Gay.
VHS tape.
Length: 30 min.
VT2003-37
“THE PHIL BLAZER SHOW BROADCAST’
July 30, 1995
Truman Library segment as part of the show. Phillip Fleming, Director of Development of the Truman Library,
appears on the show to appeal for funds for the Library. Truman Presidency impact on State of Israel. USA
Public Service announcement narrated by Henry Fonda, depicting the Jewish People after World War II. VHS
tape
Length: 23 min.
VT2003-38
“SUE GENTRY ORAL HISTORY”
June 18, 1998
Truman Library Production, Whistle Stop Room. Program for Discovery, Life and Times of Harry S. Truman,
Field Trips teacher workshop. Kathy Vest interviews Sue Gentry, reporter for the Independence Examiner.
Many facts and associations with Harry, Bess, and Margaret Truman. VHS tape (2 copies). 4 Betacam SP
videos.
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Length: 53 min.
VT2003-39
“HARRY HOPKINS”
Harriman Foundation Productions. Documentary narrated by Walter Cronkite. Includes a brief scene with
President Truman and Harry Hopkins. President Truman sent Harry Hopkins to meet with Premier Stalin after
WWII. VHS tape
Length: 90 min.
VT2003-40
TRUMAN – PRE-PRESIDENTIAL
Circa 1997, Guggenhiem Productions Inc. Harry S. Truman prior to becoming President of the United States.
(This is the video shown in the museum at the start of the tour). VHS tape – David McCullough narrates.
Length: 16 min 22 sec.
VT2003-41
“PROJECT WHISTLESTOP”
August 1999
WDAF-TV Kansas City, MO Channel 41 (Fox)
Newscast featuring Mark Adams and Kathleen Vest giving information about Project Whistlestop at the
Truman Library. Project Whistlestop puts documents from the Library online on the Library web site.
VHS tape.
Length: 3 min.
VT2003-42
“I’M JUST WIRED ABOUT HARRY’
Circa 2000
Black and Becker Production
Neil Johnson portrays President Truman, to promote an internet style of learning with Kathleen Vest, at the
Truman Library. This was the video that was produced to promote Project Whistlestop.
VHS tape
Length: 14.5 min.
VT2003-43
“TRUMAN RECOGNIZES ISRAEL”
Circa 1998
The Video Works Inc. Interview with George Elsey on the 50th anniversary of Israel statehood. Interview at
the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California. Remarks about the Truman Presidency and Elsey and
Truman’s relationship. VHS tape
Length: 11 min. 17 sec.
VT2003-44
“GREAT SPEECHES VOLUME XII
Circa 1997
The Educational Video Group, Greenwood, In.
Sarah Brady (1996 Democratic Convention), Colin Powell (1996 Republican Convention), Ann Richards
(Eulogy of Barbara Jordan), Harry S. Truman ( Two historic speeches, Use of Atomic Bomb(8/15/45) and
Firing of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, 4/11/51.), Ronald Reagan (Moscow University).
VHS tape
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Length: 1 hr. 41 min.
VT2003-45
“WREATH LAYING CEREMONY”
May 8, 2001
Truman Library Production
28th Annual American Legion Pilgrimage, a wreath laying at the grave of President Truman at the Harry S.
Truman Library.
VHS tape
Length: 10 min.
VT2003-46
“STEVE NEAL AND TRUMAN GIBSON SPEAK AT TRUMAN LIBRARY
AUDITORIUM”
July 26, 2000
Truman Library Production
Third of Presidential Advisors Series. Steve Neal, Political Editor of the Chicago Sun Times, and Truman
Gibson, presidential advisor to Harry S. Truman.
VHS tape
Length: 1 hr. 15 min.
VT2003-47
“MAKE-OVER FOR TRUMAN LIBRARY”
July 28, 1999
Media Library Inc. Production
WDAF-TV Channel 4 (FOX); KCTV-TV Channel 5 (CBS); KMBC-TV Channel 9 (ABC); KSHB-TV
Channel 41 (NBC)
News coverage of Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan presenting the Truman Library a check for two million
dollars from the state of Missouri for the renovation project of the Harry S. Truman Library. Director Larry
Hackman accepts the check.
VHS tape
Length: 2 min. 48 sec.
VT2003-48
“FOCUS GROUP” TRUMAN LIBRARY RESEARCH
9/12/2000
Teacher DIADS- Elementary, Group 1
Four elementary teachers and a unidentified consultant meeting to discuss educational ideas, and field trips for
elementary students.
VHS tape
Length: 1 hr. 32 min.
VT2003-49
“FOCUS GROUP” TRUMAN LIBRARY RESEARCH
9/14/2000
Teacher DIADS- Elementary, Group 2
Four elementary teachers and a unidentified consultant meeting to discuss educational ideas, and field trips for
elementary students.
VHS tape
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Length: 1 hr. 35 min.
VT2003-50
“FOCUS GROUP” TRUMAN LIBRARY RESEARCH
9/13/2000
Teacher DIADS- Elementary, Group 2
Four elementary teachers and a unidentified consultant meeting to discuss educational ideas, and field trips for
elementary students.
VHS tape
Length: 1 hr. 30 min.
VT2003-51
“FOCUS GROUP” TRUMAN LIBRARY RESEARCH
9/13/2000
Teacher DIADS- Elementary, Group 3
Four elementary teachers and a unidentified consultant meeting to discuss educational ideas, and field trips for
elementary students.
VHS tape
Length: 1 hr. 30 min.
VT2003-52
“FOCUS GROUP” TRUMAN LIBRARY RESEARCH
9/19/2000
NON-VISITOR – 40’S
Eight adults in the 40’s age group and an unidentified consultant meet to discuss places of interest to visit with
friends and family.
VHS tape
Length: 1 hr. 30 min.
VT2003-53
“FOCUS GROUP” TRUMAN LIBRARY RESEARCH
9/19/2000
NON-VISITOR – 20’S
Six adults in the 20’s age group and A unidentified consultant meet to discuss places of interest to visit.
VHS tape
Length: 1 hr. 41 min.
VT2003-54
TRUMAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY REDEDICATION CEREMONY
12/19/2001
Truman Library Production
Rededication ceremony on the front steps of the Library. Ida McBeth sings the National Anthem. David
McCullough and Missouri Governor Bob Holden speak. Clifton Truman Daniel reads a letter from Margaret
Truman Daniel.
VHS Tape
Length: 51 min.
VT2003-55
TRUMAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY REDEDICATION CEREMONY
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12/19/2001
C-Span Production
Rededication ceremony on the front steps of the Library. Ida McBeth sings the national anthem. David
McCullough, Missouri Governor Bob Holden speaks. Clifton Truman Daniel reads a letter from Margaret
Truman Daniel.
VHS Tape
Length: 45 min.
VT2003-56
TRUMAN LIBRARY REDEDICATION
12/19/2001
Media Library Inc.
WDAF-TV Channel 4, 12/9/01; KCTV-TV Channel 5. 12/9/01; KCTV-TV Channel 5, 12/10/01; KMBC-TV
Channel 9, 12/10/01
News coverage of Rededication of Truman Presidential Library. Thomas Washington Daniel, Clifton Truman
Daniel, Missouri Governor Bob Holden, and David McCullough.
VHS tape
Length: 7 min. 24 sec.
VT2003-57
“FOCUS GROUP” TRUMAN LIBRARY RESEARCH
9/14/2000
Non-visitors. Seven adults discuss places to visit. (see also VT2003-53). These focus groups were conducted
by a public relations firm, for the Library.
VHS tape
Length: 1 hr. 40 min.
VT2003-58
AMERICAN PRESIDENTS - HARRY S. TRUMAN
New York Life Foundation
Visitor screening reel. One of a series of short videos about the Presidents of the United States, this episode on
President Truman is called “Harry S. Truman – American Optimist.” Nice film footage and sound clips,
general biographical content.
VHS tape
Length: 13 min. 16 sec.
VT2003-59
“FOCUS GROUP” TRUMAN LIBRARY RESEARCH
9/11/2000
Non-visitors
10 adults meet discussing places to visit. Focus group was conducted by a public relations firm working for the
Library.
VHS tape
Length: 1 hr. 47 min.
VT2003-60
“AIR FORCE ONE” “THE FLYING WHITE HOUSE”
7/11/2001
National Geographic Special –PBS
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Interview with Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. A plane ride
with the crew, steward, mechanics, and pilot of Air Force One during one of President Clinton’s last flights.
VHS tape
Length: 23.42 min.
VT2004-1
“PATRIOTS OF WAR: ONE PERSON’S EXPERIENCE, WWII”
4/13/2002
Truman Presidential Library and Museum
Jack Woodson, ex POW, speaks at the Patriots of War series at the Truman Library. He recalls his experiences
as a prisoner of war in the Philippines, and Japan during WWII.
VHS tape
Length: 45 min.
VT2004-2
“THE WHITE HOUSE, IN TUNE WITH HISTORY”
White House Historical Association.
Music of the White House. Marine Band featured along with many music stars. History of White House music.
President Nixon plays “Happy Birthday” on piano at the Harry S. Truman Library, and President Truman plays
piano in another segment.
VHS tape
Length: 55min. 45 sec.
VT2004-3
“THE PURSUIT OF A RUPTURED DUCK”
Circa 2003
Blackwell, Sanders, Peper and Martin
Edward T Matheny, US Navy Veteran of World War II, speaks about his book, “The Pursuit of a Ruptured
Duck.” Many Kansas City area businesses were involved in WWII.
VHS tape
Length: 43 min.
VT2004-4
“THE BENTON MURAL”
10/1999
St. Paul’s Episcopal Day School production.
Truman “Trunk” speech prepared by 7th grade students at St. Paul’s Episcopal Day School. A student portrays
Thomas Hart Benton, depicting his actions and thoughts on the commission to paint the mural for the Truman
Library.
VHS tape
Length: 3 min. 57 sec.
VT2004-5
“THE RISE AND FALL OF JIM CROW’
8/23/2002
Quest Publications Inc.
PBS series about segregation and discrimination in the United States. WWII scenes and its effects on
discrimination. Harry S. Truman addresses the NAACP. Harry S. Truman speech at 1948 Democratic
convention.
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VHS tape
Length: 56 min.
VT2004-6
“TRUMAN’S FAREWELL”
1/16/2003
Truman Library Media Production
Professor Richard Kirkendall speaks at the Harry S. Truman Library about the process of writing and delivering
President Truman’s farewell address to the nation in 1953. This presentation was part of a conference at the
Harry S. Truman Library on this subject.
VHS tape
Length: 1 hr. 15 min.
VT2004-7
“ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MOVIES’
Circa 2003
Paul Fischer, White House Projectionist, diary of all movies shown at the White House, and the persons who
viewed them. President Truman shown on the deck of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg..
VHS tape
Length: 48 min.
VT2004-8
“ALL THE PRESIDENTS KIDS”
Ca. 2003
Peter Jones Production
Presidents starting with John Adams and their relationships and accomplishments of their children. Margaret
Truman Daniel is interviewed and shown.
VHS tape
Length: 1 hr. 28 min.
VT2004-9
“SCREEN GEMS COLLECTION” TRUMAN LIBRARY EXHIBIT
12/15/2003
Media Library Inc.
KMBC-TV Channel 9, 5:00 PM; Fox-TV channel 4, 5:00 PM
Media coverage of the opening of the Screen Gems film collection at the Truman Presidential Library. This
was the opening of the second segment of the collection. Truman Library staff member Ray Geselbracht is
featured.
VHS Tape
Length: 2 min. 25 sec.
VT2004-10
“HARRY S. TRUMAN, HIS LIFE AND TIMES”
1/2/2004
Media Library Inc.
WDAF-TV Channel 4; KSHB-TV Channel 41
Media coverage of the opening of the “HARRY S. TRUMAN, HIS LIFE AND TIMES” exhibit at the Truman
Presidential Library.
VHS tape
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Length: 2 min.
VT2004-11
“WAR WITH JAPAN”
Received from an anonymous donor on January 27, 2004. A recording of a History Channel
Production . Date of production unknown.
Bataan Death March and WWII POW treatment by the Japanese during WWII. War Crimes Trial of the
Japanese held in Tokyo, Japan after WWII.
VHS tape
Length: 39 min.
VT2004-12
“JULIE NIXON AND DAVID EISENHOWER VISIT TRUMAN LIBRARY”
2/13/2004
Media Library Inc.
KMBC-TV Channel 9, 5:00 PM
Media coverage of 119th birthday celebration in honor of Bess Truman. Julie Nixon Eisenhower and David
Eisenhower present a program in the auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library.
VHS tape
Length: 1 min. 26 sec.
VT2004-13
COMCAST NEWSMAKERS SERIES # 1
10/13/2003
Time Warner Cable Production
Mike Shanin, reporter, interviews the following people at the Truman Library, in the Truman working office.
Curt Dougherty, Missouri State Representative; Matt Bartle, Missouri State Senator; Sue Else, President, Hope
House; Paul LaVota, Missouri State Representative; Bryan Pratt, Missouri State Representative; Dr. Michael
Devine, Director of Truman Presidential Library; Gary Duesenberg, Missouri State Representative
VHS tape
Length: 34 min.
VT2004-16
COMCAST NEWSMAKERS SERIES # 4
1/28/2004
Time Warner Cable Production
Mike Shanin, reporter, interviews the following people, at the Truman Presidential Library, in the oval office
replica. Karen Messerli, Mayor, Blue Springs, Mo.; Jerry Fogel, Pres/CEO, Film Commission of Greater
Kansas City; Scott Roley, Deputy Director, Truman Presidential Library; Mike Sanders, Prosecuting Attorney,
Jackson County Mo.; Sue Frank, Mayor, Raytown, Mo.; Peter Shemitz, Urban Outreach Office, Mo. Dept.
Natural Resources; CiCi Rojas, Pres. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Debbie Whisler, Pres, Blue Springs
Chamber of Commerce; Aaron Barnhart, TV Critic, Kansas City Star
VHS tape
Length: 43 min.
VT2004-18
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMED FORCES INTEGRATION
7/26/98
ARMED FORCES RADIO AND TELEVISION
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This program features a speech given by Sec. of Defense William Cohen. He addresses the ROTC class at
Norfolk State University. Secretary Cohen recognizes Tuskegee Airmen, St Col. Howard Baugh, Ret.; Lt Col
Lee Archer, Ret.; Lt. Col. Charles Bussey, Ret.
¾ inch tape
Length: 29 min.
VT2004-19
HISTORIC HOMES OF KEY WEST
4/4/2004
High Noon Productions, Home and Garden Television Production
A television program featuring the Historic Homes of Key West. Includes a short clip of the “Little White
House.” Little White House Director Bob Wolz speaks.
VHS tape
Length: 45 min.
VT2004-21
THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS OF DAVID AND JULIE EISENHOWER
2/13/2004
Truman Presidential Library Production
In honor of Bess Truman’s birthday, David and Julie Eisenhower speak at the Truman Presidential Museum and
Library. Introduced by Steve Kraske, Kansas City Star political correspondent.
VHS tape
Length: 1 hour 47 min.
VT2004-22
COMCAST NEWSMAKERS SERIES # 7
4/28/2004
Time Warner Cable Production
Mike Shanin, reporter, interviews the following people, at the Truman Presidential Library, in the oval office
replica. Bob Montgomery, Olathe, Kansas City Councilman; Paul Morrison, Johnson County Kansas District
Attorney; Sam Graves, Missouri U. S. Rep.; Joe Maxwell, Missouri Lt. Governor; Jim Talent, Missouri, U. S.
Senator; Dan Simon, Publisher, The Olathe News, Olathe, Ks.; Kay O’Connor, Kansas State Senator; Karin
Brownlee, Kansas State Senator; Clay Bauske, Curator, Truman Presidential Museum and Library; Brad Scott,
Regional Administrator, GSA
VT2004-23
“AN INTERESTING LIFE IN REFLECTED LIGHT”
4/22/2004
Truman Presidential Library Production
Clifton Truman Daniel speaks at the Truman Presidential Library. He speaks about his years with his
Grandparents (President and Mrs. Harry Truman) while describing slides of himself with them.
VHS tape (2 copies)
Length: 1 hour 5 min.
VT2004-24
“MEMORIES OF A SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT TRUMAN”
4/23/2004
Truman Presidential Library Production
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Milton P. Kayle, Special Assistant to President Truman, reflects on his time at the White House. The
presentation is in the Library auditorium.
VHS tape
Length: 51 min.
VT2004-25
SENATOR JOHN KERRY AT TRUMAN LIBRARY
6/2/2004
Media Library Inc. Production
KMBC-TV Channel 9, 6/2/2004; KSHB-TV Channel 4, 6/3/2004
Media coverage of Sen. John Kerry, Democratic Presidential Candidate, 2004, who gave a national security
speech at the Truman Library.
VHS tape
Length: 5 min.
VT2004-27
TRUMAN PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD, 2004
5/7/2004
Truman Presidential Library Production
Historian Michael Beschloss accepts the Truman Public Service Award from the City of Independence,
Missouri, at the Truman Library. The Truman High School Trutones, directed by Mark Lee, sing the National
Anthem. Ron Stewart, Mayor of Independence, presents the award.
VHS tape
Length: 1 hour 10 min.
VT2004-28
PRESIDENT TRUMAN’S VISIT TO BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
6/12/1948
Home movie donated by Frank Hardina.
Narrated by donor Frank Hardina. Begins with a view of Darlene Hardina, then views a motorcade through
Berkeley, California. President Truman is riding in a convertible, sitting on the back of the car. Narrator states
“Give ‘Em Hell Harry, sitting up there like a pigeon” as the President’s vehicle passes. This was copied from
an original 8mm home movie.
VHS tape
Length: 1 min. 49 sec.
VT2004-29
PRESIDENT TRUMAN’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF DROPPING THE ATOM BOMB
ON HIROSHIMA, JAPAN. National Archives duplication # 111ADC9865
8/6/1945
Donated by: Bill Lambers, a copy of a film he ordered from the National Archives.
President Truman sitting at a desk, reads the statement announcing the atomic bomb drop on Hiroshima. This
may be a rehearsal, because it shows laughter. President Truman is aboard the U. S. S. Augusta, returning from
the Potsdam Conference. See also MP72-36, which contains the entire speech.
VHS tape
Length: 3 min. 56 sec.
VT2004-31
COMCAST NEWSMAKERS SERIES # 10
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7/22/2004
Time Warner Cable Production
Mike Shanin, reporter, interviews the following people, at the Truman Presidential Library, in the oval office
replica. Peter Kinder, Missouri Senate, President Pro-tem; Matt Blunt, Missouri Secretary of State; Dr. Michael
Devine, Director, Truman Presidential Library & Museum; Bob Johnson, Missouri State Representative; Rex
Rector, Missouri State Representative; Dr. Steven Silverstien, Mayor Pro-tem, City of Lake Winnebago, MO.
VHS tape
Length: 29 min
VT2004-33
“50TH ANNIVERSARY TRUMAN – DEWEY 1948 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION”
9/17/1998
C-Span Production
Ken Hechler speaks at the University of Virginia, Miller Center, Charlottsville , VA. Topic, 1948 presidential
campaign.
VHS Tape
Length: 55 min.
VT2004-34
Home video by Niel and V. G. Johnson of various activities in which they participated.
Donated by Neil Johnson
7/23/1998 USS HARRY S. TRUMAN COMMISSIONING
Home video of activities at Norfolk, VA regarding the commissioning of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S.
Truman. Behind the scenes view and media reports, reception prior to commissioning. President Bill Clinton
and other dignitaries attended.
7/25/97 AIR FORCE MUSEUM, DAYTON OHIO
Presidential planes, visit with one of the crew members of the Sacred Cow, when Pres. Truman received word
of his Mothers death. Several scenes inside and outside of the museum. Celebration of 50th Anniversary of
National Security Act. Neil Johnson speaks as Harry S. Truman.
6/24/1997 Neil Johnson interviews Frances Schlichenmaier, former assistant to Rose Conway. Frances gives
an oral history of her time working for the President.
5/8/1998 Gillioz Theatre, Springfield, MO. Neil Johnson speaks at the Theatre fundraiser. Poor sound quality.
5/9/1998 Lamar, MO. Party celebrating the anniversary of President Truman’s Birthday. Held at the Truman
birthplace in Lamar, MO.
VHS tape
Length: 3 hrs. 25 min.
VT 2005-1
“EVERY FOUR YEARS ELECTING A PRESIDENT”
12/2004
KCPT-TV
Film clip of TV promotion of “EVERY FOUR YEARS” exhibit at the Truman Presidential Library.
VHS tape
Length: 30 Sec.
VT 2005-3
COMCAST NEWSMAKERS #13
10/25/2004
Time Warner Cable Production
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Mike Shanin, reporter, interviews the following people, at the Truman Presidential Library, in the oval office
replica. Ike Skelton, Mo. U S Congressman, Dist. 4; Karen Rose Messerli, Mayor, Lee’s Summit, Mo.; Rick
Cole, Team Sports; Shawn O’Byrne, Interim Director Union Station; Rick Hemmingsen, Pres., Independence
Chamber of Commerce; Steve Berkheiser, Exec. Director, Liberty Memorial; Judy O’Neill, Education Outreach
Coordinator, Truman Presidential Library; Anthony Brown, Kansas State Representative Dist. 38.
VHS Tape
Length: 38 min.
VT2005-5
COMCAST NEWSMAKERS #15
1/11/2005
Time Warner Cable Production
Mike Shanin, reporter, interviews the following people, at the Truman Presidential Library, in the oval office
replica. Dennis Wilson, Ks. State Rep. Dist. 37; Steve Baker, President & CEO of NAIA; Dan Holt, Director of
The Eisenhower Library & Museum; Dan Holt, Director of The Eisenhower Library & Museum; Mike Kiegerl,
Ks. State Rep. Dist. 43; Arlen Siegfreid, Ks. State Rep. Dist. 19; Katheryn Shields, Jackson County Executive;
Bishop Robert Finn, Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese; Karin Brownlee, Ks. State Senator Dist. 23; Delbert Scott,
Mo. State Rep. Dist. 28; Crosby Kemper III, Vice-chairman Truman Library Institute.
VHS Tape
Length: 53 min.
VT2005-7
KCTV-TV 5 BROADCAST
11/27/2004
Media Library Inc.
News broadcast about Truman tapes that were originally aired in 1964.
VHS tape.
Length: 1 min. 30 sec.
VT2005-8
“GIVE’EM HELL HARRY”
Circa 1975
Worldwide Production
Live stage performance staring James Whitmore as President Harry S. Truman. This video version was sold in
the Truman Library gift shop in the past.
2 VHS tapes.
Length: 1 hr. 45 min.
VT2005-9
TRUMAN LIBRARY RENOVATION – U.S. SENATOR KIT BOND
8/26/1999
Media Pulse Inc.
WDAF-TV Fox 4 news clip of Missouri Senator Kit Bond presenting Federal Funds of $8,000,000 for
upcoming renovation.
VHS tape
Length: 57 sec.
VT2005-10
MISSOURI SENATOR KIT BOND – FEDERAL FUNDS PRESENTATION
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8/26/1999
Truman Library Production
Truman Library Director Larry Hackman introduces Missouri U.S. Senator Kit Bond, who presents the Truman
Library a check for $8,000,000. of federal funds . Mr. Hackman reviews the major changes to be made during
the planned renovation. The presentation is made in the Independence Room of the Truman Library.
VHS tape
Length: 24 min.
VT2005-11
COMCAST NEWSMAKERS #19
5/6/2005
Time Warner Cable Production
Mike Shanin, reporter, interviews the following people at the Truman Presidential Library, in the oval office
replica. Mike Kiegerl, Kansas State Representative, 43rd District; Sandy Praeger, Kansas State Insurance
Commissioner; Sam Graves, U. S. Representative, Missouri, 6th District; Kenny Hulshof, U. S. Representative,
Missouri, 9th District; Captain Monty Wandling and Mike Eichholz, Salvation Army, Johnson County, Kansas;
Emanuel Cleaver, U. S. Representative, Missouri, 5th District; Scott Schwab, Kansas State Representative, 49th
District; Joe Aull, Missouri State Representative, District 26; Michael Devine, Director, Harry S Truman
Presidential Library.
VHS Tape
Length: 40.5 min.
VT2005-14
“20th CENTURY PRESIDENTS: HARRY S. TRUMAN”
The Entertainment Group, Producer, Linda Lewis; Director, Christopher Lewis (son of actress Loretta Young);
appearance by Walter Hare, student researcher at the Truman Presidential Library. Biography of Harry S
Truman, primarily of his presidential years, 1945-1953. Features film footage, still photos, and exhibits from the
Truman Presidential Library. VHS Tape
Length: 20 min.
VT2005-15
Truman Library Interviews by staff member Edeen Martin, 11/8/97 Tape #1
Bob Lockwood – Secret Service Agent. Truman Protective Div., 1967-68 and 1973-82. Describes daily life of
retired President Truman. Was with Mrs. Truman 9 years. Accompanied her to Washington for visits with
Margaret’s family. 5 min.
Robert Butler – Kansas City Star Editor. Describes encounter with Mr. Truman when he was sent to Research
Hospital to obtain a story about Mr. Truman’s confinement there. 4 min.
Betty Wills Gordon – attended Bryant Elementary School with Margaret Truman until Margaret moved to
Washington with Senator Truman. Mrs. Gordon’s father owned the service station at Maple and Union where
Mr. Truman had cars serviced.
Walt Bodine – K. C. radio/TV personality. Recounts his stories over many years of covering the Truman’s both
during their time in Washington and after retirement and return.
VHS
Length: 13 min.
VT2005-16
Truman Library Interviews by staff member Edeen Martin, 11/8/97 Tape 2
Sue Gentry – Independence resident with the Independence Examiner 1929-1973. City Editor during the 10
years Mr. Truman was in Washington. Met Mrs. Truman when Mr. Truman was County Judge. Was invited to
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the White House by Mrs. Truman. She relates many personal stories of her connection with the Truman’s and
also explains Mr. Truman’s involvement with the Memorial Building in Independence. 23.5 min.
Robert Siegman – Editorial writer for Kansas City Star. Related a brief story concerning the Truman’s at the
airport. 3.5 min.
VHS
Length: 27 min.
VT2005-19
Gerald Riley – “Give ‘em Hell Harry.” Harry S. Truman Impersonator. Excerpts from his performance. VHS.
Length: 3 minutes
VT2005-20
Dedication of the Harry S. Truman State Department Building in Washington, D.C.
Sept 21 & 22, 2000.
Producer: Robyn Monblatt. Speakers at dinner preceding dedication: Madeline Albright, Secretary of State,
and Michael Bechloss, Presidential Historian. Speakers at dedication ceremonies: John Ross Truman, for the
Truman Family; Ike Skelton, Missouri Congressman; Madeline Albright, Secretary of State; William J.
Clinton, President. VHS.
Length: 35 minutes, 19 seconds.
VT2005-21
Dedication of the Harry S. Truman State Department Building in Washington, D.C.
Sept 22, 2000.
Produced by Office of Broadcast Services. Speakers: James Earl Jones, Actor; George Elsey, former President
of the American Red Cross; John Ross Truman, representing the Truman Family; Ike Skelton, Missouri
Congressman; Madeline Albright, Secretary of State, and President William Clinton.
VHS.
Length: 48 minutes
VT2005-22
Arthur Gilbert Lecture Series. Speaker Elie Wiesel. Sept 24, 2000 at the Hotel Muehlebach in Kansas City,
MO. Sponsored jointly by the Harry S. Truman Library, Harry S. Truman Library Institute, and the Jewish
Federation of Kansas City. Subject: Jewish History in the
20th century. Introduction by Larry Hackman.
VHS
Length: 1 hour, 12 minutes
VT2006-3
Harry S. Truman Appreciation Society Meeting, 8/4/01. Videotaped by Chris Crawford. Ike Skelton Speech
and Pearl Harbor Experiences.
VHS tape.
Length: 1 hour
VT2006-4
White House Decision Center exhibit at the Harry S Truman Library.
KCTV Channel 5: 5 p.m. News 5/4/01
VHS
Length: 3 minutes
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VT2006-5
KMBC 10:00 p.m. News 6/25/00
Truman Library – Korean War – 50th anniversary.
Clip on KMBC news about the Harry S. Truman Library exhibit on the 50th anniversary of the Korean War.
VHS
Length: 3 minutes, 2 Seconds
VT2006-6
The White House Decision Center at the Harry S Truman Library, curriculum for Grades 8 – 12, preparing
students for participation in the program.
12/5/02
VHS
Length: 7 minutes 20 seconds
VT2006-7
KCTV – Channel 5 news coverage 2/26/01 – 3/1/01
Interview with Clay Bauske, curator of Harry S Truman Library, concerning Mt. Vernon in Miniature and
Portraits of the Presidents exhibits.
VHS
Length: 20 minutes 54 seconds
VT2006-8
“To the Best of My Ability – The Story of Harry S Truman”
KCPT and the National Park Service, 1996. Video based on the fourth grade social studies curriculum.
VHS.
Length: 23 minutes
VT2006-9
“The Story of Independence, Missouri – Where Presidents Walk”
Commissioned by the Independence Examiner newspaper for its Centennial in 1998. This deals mostly with
historic events in Independence covered by the Examiner.
VHS
Length: 28 minutes
The following is a series of 9 video tapes (3/4”) of a 7-hour seminar held at Princeton University on June 22 &
23, 1982. The panel discussions cover primarily the year 1949 and a portion of 1950. During this time the
Truman administration was determining whether or not to go forward with the development of the hydrogen
bomb. The Russians tested their atomic bomb in 1949. McGeorge Bundy is the host and narrator for the
discussions. There were a total of 7 men involved in the panel discussions during the two day period. These
videotapes were received from Mr. Arthur Singer of the Alfred Sloan Foundation, in 1984.
VT2006-10
Participants are: Professor Cyril Smith (General Advisory Committee during WWII and organized the
procurement of the metallic parts for the hydrogen bomb); Professor Stad Ulham (in Los Alamos in 1943 -1949,
a thermonuclear physicist); Dr. John Manley (neuron physics professor from Columbia University, in Los
Alamos, General Advisory Committee); Dr. Henry Smyth, Princeton (on Manhattan District from 1941
forward, nuclear physicist, Atomic Energy Commission 1949). Discussion of the early work of Edward Teller
and Enrico Fermi and their various participations in the development of the atomic bomb.
Length: 30 minutes
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VT2006-11
Professor Stad Uhlam; Bill Golden (Atomic Energy Program, summer of 1941 while serving in the Navy, 1946
began working with Lewis Strauss); Dr. John Manley; Professor Henry Smyth; Gen. Ken Nichols (West Point
graduate in Engineering on Manhattan District, left Pentagon in 1947, worked with United Nations as an
advisor, April 1948 became Chief of Armed Forces Special Weapons Project). Discussion of the ways in which
important departments within the U. S. government reacted to the Soviet test of their atomic bomb in August &
September 1949.
Length: 1 hour
VT2006-12
Prof. Stad Uhlam, Bill Golden, Dr. John Manley, Prof. Henry Smyth, General Ken Nichols. Introducing
Gordon Armin, State Department with Secretary of State Henry Stimson, went to United Nations to try to gain
control of nuclear weapons. Served there 2 years and then went back to Washington as Special Assistant for
Atomic Energy to Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett and then Secretary of State Dean Acheson. This tape is a
discussion of the events of 1949.
Length: 30 minutes
VT2006-13
Professor Cyril Smith, Professor Henry Smyth and Dr. John Manley. Discussion of the General Advisory
Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission after the Russian test and other events of 1949-1950.
Length: 30 min
VT2006-14
Dr. John Manley, Dr. Henry Smyth, Bill Golden, Professor Cyril Smith. First portion of tape discusses the
reports from the Atomic Energy Commission and the GAC in 1949 pertaining to the military worth of a super
bomb. Second portion of tape discusses the appointment by President Truman of Dean Acheson, Louis
Johnson, David Lilienthal to study these reports. Second discussion included Dr. Manley, Professor Smyth, Bill
Golden, Gen Nichols, and Gordon Armin.
Length: 1 hour
VT2006-15
Tape begins in the middle of General Nichols speaking. Same people as in tape VT2006-14, and is probably a
continuation of that discussion with some sort of interruption. Discussion of whether or not to continue on with
the development of the hydrogen bomb and at what speed. Events of late 1949 thru early 1950.
Length: 1 hour
VT2006-16
Professor Smyth, Professor Smith, Stad Uhlum, Bill Golden, General Nichols, Gordon Armin, Dr. Manley.
Discussion of the actual beginning of the development and production of the hydrogen bomb.
Length: 1 hour
VT2006-17
Professor Smyth, Professor Smith, Stad Uhlam, Bill Golden, General Nichols, Gordon Armin, Dr. Manley.
Discussion of negotiations with the Russians on a nuclear weapons treaty.
Length: 1 hour
VT2006-18
Final discussions of the events of 1949-1950 and the windup of the seminar. All panelists are present:
Professor Smyth, Professor Smith, Stad Uhlam, Bill Golden, General Nichols, Gordon Armin, Dr. Manley.
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Length: 30 minutes
VT2006-19
“THROUGH MY SIGHTS”
Glen Kappleman. Photos taken during World War II with a camera hidden in Mr. Kappleman’s gunner’s
equipment. Mr. Kappleman spoke at a Patriots of War Program at the Harry S. Truman Library on February
23, 2002.
VHS Tape
Length: 56 minutes
VT2006-22
Margaret Truman at the Truman Presidential Library upon the presentation of the portrait of Harry S Truman by
artist Frank Szasz. 5/7/73 We received this from Doug Thurman at the National Archives in May, 2002; it was
found there during the renovation. Silent, poor quality copy
¾-inch videotape
Length: 5 minutes
VT2006-23
Volume 18, Universal Newsreel
President Franklin Roosevelt at the planning meeting for the San Francisco Conference for the United Nations -
5 minutes
Big Four Conference preliminary to the San Francisco Conference of United Nations - 3 minutes
San Francisco Conference Opening. 46 nations, 300 delegates. Excerpts of President Truman’s opening
remarks - 5 minutes
President Truman arriving for the end of the San Francisco Conference. Good film clips of President Truman in
parade through San Francisco, signing of the United Nations Charter by various nations and President Truman’s
remarks closing the conference. Return to the Summer White House in Independence.
This was received from Doug Thurman at the National Archives in May, 2002; it was found there during the
renovation. minutes This footage is in the public domain. Video not good in spots and volume varies.
¾-inch videotape.
Length: 10 minutes.
VT2006-24
1/16/1962
Presentation by Metropolitan Broadcasting Company to President Truman at the Truman Presidential Library of
a 16mm film of highlights of his administration. This was received from Doug Thurman at the National
Archives in May, 2002; it was found there during the renovation.
¾-inch videotape
Length: 15 minutes
VT2006-25
Biography of John L. Lewis, last part. Narration by Mike Wallace of the “Biography” television series.
Describes the organization of the Miners Union under the National Recovery Act and the history of the AFL
union in the 1930’s. It covers the establishment of the CIO, including the strikes against General Motors and
Republic Steel. Lewis was succeeded at the CIO in 1940 by Phillip Murray, but continued to lead the Miners
Union. End of film wavy. This was received from Doug Thurman at the National Archives in May, 2002. It
was found at NARA during the renovation.
¾-inch videotape
Length: 21 minutes
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VT2006-26
THE EAGLE AND THE BEAR
Documentary about Washington, D.C. 1947 Congressional hearings investigating infiltration and influence of
Communists in America. Various news film clips including Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech at Westminster
College, Fulton, Missouri; Truman’s Congressional address proposing the Marshall Plan, and the Congressional
hearing with FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover. The formation of the House Committee on UnAmerican
Activities. Later interviews with President Nixon, Lauren Bacall and the discussion of the Chambers/Hess
hearings; the 1949 rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy to prominence. In June 1953 the Deportation Act was
passed and the Rosenberg’s were executed as spies. In 1954 Joseph McCarthy was denounced by the Senate
because of the David Shine scandal. This was received from Doug Thurman at the National Archives in May,
2002. It was found at NARA during the renovation.
¾-inch videotape
Length: 30 minutes. Capital Cities – ABC News
VT2006-27
OUR WORLD – A Period of Adjustment – Fall, 1947
Various film clips of events. Begins with program in progress – James Fagan, rocket engineer, German
scientists, and rockets at White Sands Proving Grounds. 1952 first rocket launch. A Pennsylvania prefab
housing development co-op, land owned communally, houses owned individually. Benjamin Spock,
pediatrician and author. Interview with book’s artist Dorothea Fox. Postwar fashions, price controls, meat
shortage, labor strikes. Film of Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, and Joseph McCarthy in first bids for
Congress. This was received from Doug Thurman at the National Archives in May, 2002. It was found at
NARA during the renovation.
¾-inch videotape
Length: 45 minutes 1987 ABC News
VT2006-28
OUR WORLD – A Crowded Room – Fall of 1949
Various news film clips of 1949. William Levitt develops Levittown, NY, a mass produced housing
development; our military flying missions over Pacific gathering information on Russian nuclear testing; TV
sets, the TV commercial, and live TV performances. Interview with Charlton Heston; the riot at Peekskill, NY
at Paul Robeson’s concert; fall of China to the Communists. This was received from Doug Thurman at the
National Archives in May, 2002. It was found during the renovation work at NARA.
¾” videotape
Length: 45 minutes 1987 ABC News
VT2006-29
OUR WORLD – Fear & Frustration – Winter of 1952
News film of war in Korea. Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected President in November, and goes to Korea in
December. His son, Major John Eisenhower, is currently serving there. Congressional hearings on
Communism; reaction to Communism on the local level; Congressional investigation of American employees
at the United Nations; the McCarren-Walter Act on denaturalization passed December 24, 1952. Various
entertainers of 1952 are interviewed (including singer Tony Bennett). This was received from Doug Thurman in
May, 2002; it was found during renovation work at the National Archives.
¾-inch videotape
Length: 45 minutes 1987 ABC News
VT2006-31
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200 Universal News – Volume 36 – Reel 105
YESTERDAY’S BIG STORY
Election of 1948. Clips from both political conventions, campaigns, election night, and Presidential Electors
Dinner with H. V. Kaltenborn impersonation, January 19, 1949. This footage is in the public domain. This was
received from Doug Thurman at the National Archives in May, 2002. It was found during renovation work.
¾-inch videotape
Length: 3 minutes
VT2006-32 See also VT90-13.
BILL MOYER’S JOURNAL WITH CLARK CLIFFORD
Interview with Clark Clifford, former Secretary of State, March 3, 1981 PART 1 Subject: President and
Power. Clark Clifford was brought to Washington by President Harry S Truman in 1945. Discussion of Mr.
Clifford’s roles in various administrations from Truman through Carter – both cabinet positions and advisory
capacities. This was received from Doug Thurman at the National Archives in May, 2002; it was found during
renovation work. Has network video problems.
¾-inch videotape
60 minutes
VT2006-33
BILL MOYER’S JOURNAL WITH CLARK CLIFFORD
Interview with Clark Clifford, former Secretary of State, March 6, 1981 PART 2 Continuation of previous
discussion. Discusses the administration of President Harry S. Truman extensively and his role in that
administration. Also discusses other administrations and his role in them. Approximately half-way through the
video the visual portion is lost, but the audio is retained. This was received from Doug Thurman at the National
Archives in May, 2002. It was found during renovation work.
¾-inch videotape
60 minutes
VT2006-34
WITHIN THESE WALLS: A VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Ca. 1994
A production of QED Communications, produced for the White House Historical Association. Educational-type
video about the history of the White House (case includes viewer’s guide). The video begins with First Lady
Hillary Clinton welcoming viewers and showing the Truman Balcony. The video includes footage and photos
of the renovation of the White House, possibly from our AV collection. It concludes with comments by
President Bill Clinton.
VHS videotape.
33 minutes
VT2006-35
INTERVIEW WITH CLARK CLIFFORD
5/3/84 Independence Network News. Unedited and reporter unnamed. First 8 minutes good. after 8 minutes
video poor quality, some audio still understandable. Mr. Clifford recounts his memories of President Truman.
¾” videotape.
VT2006-36
PANORAMA WITH MAURY POVICH – A TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN
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5/7/84.
Interviews with Robert H. Ferrell, author and Professor of History, University of Indiana; Bryson Rash,
Coordinator of Truman Centennial Committee; George Elsey, Assistant to President Truman; and General
Donald Dawson, Assistant to President Truman. Discussions of President Truman’s life and presidency. Some
film footage of the presidency.
¾” videotape
30 minutes in length.
VT2006-37
CHARLES KURALT, TRUMAN CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE
Ca. 1984
Haywood Hale Bruin interviews Daniel Pollock, pianist, and David Amrund, composer. Footage of Daniel
Pollock playing with the Kansas City Symphony at the Truman Centennial Celebration. Premier Performance
of David Amrund’s “Across the Wide Missouri” in honor of President Truman. Also footage of President
Truman playing the piano, David Pollock performing at a joint session of Congress, Jack Benny playing
“Happy Birthday” for President Truman, and an interview with Margaret Truman Daniel.
¾-inch videotape
12 minutes
VT2006-38
NBC NEWS – 5/23/84 Harry S. Truman
#1 – 4:04 minutes #2 – 2:00 minutes
Introduction by Tom Brokaw, interview by John Hart. Film recap of President Truman’s life and presidency.
Interviews with friends, neighbors and Clark Clifford.
¾-inch videotape
VT2006-39
LAWMAKERS – PBS
5/31/84
Film footage of President Truman with comments by Senator Claude Pepper and David McCullough regarding
the Truman Centennial Celebration.
¾-inch videotape
3 minutes
VT2006-40
NIGHT WATCH – Interview of Bryson Rash by Charlie Rose. CBS News – 5/8/84 Description of President
Truman’s press conferences.
¾-inch videotape
5 minutes
VT2006-41
TRUMAN NOMINATION ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, July 15, 1948
CSPAN – BB – 13259
Speech only – no preliminary introductions. Audio has slight buzz, video light.
¾-inch videotape.
23:58 minutes
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Series of four ¾” videotapes produced by the John F. Kennedy Library of a conference held there on 4/12/84:
THE TRUMAN PRESIDENCY
VT2006-42 – Tape 1
Introduces the Truman Centennial Conference. Video quality poor. John Stewart, Director of Education at the
Kennedy Library opening comments. Sheldon Stern with the Kennedy Library introduces an 8 minute segment
of President Truman’s acceptance speech at the 1948 Democratic Convention (quality very poor, audio not
understandable). Comments by Kennedy Library Director Dan Finn. Keynote Speaker is Clark Clifford, Special
Counsel to President Truman. Discusses forming a new Cabinet and White House staff, Potsdam Conference,
beginning of the Cold War, Truman Doctrine, NATO, Marshall Plan, Point Four Program and Berlin Airlift.
Questions to Mr. Clifford not audible, but responses are. This is followed by the assembling of a panel for
discussion. Audio spotty. Dr. Ben Zobrist (Truman Library Director) introduces each panel member. Clayton
Frichie, assistant to General George C. Marshall and then assistant to President Truman. He discusses the first
day of the Truman Presidency and other matters. Tape ends during his speaking.
Length: 76 minutes
VT2006-43
Tape 2 of the series opens with Mr. Fritchie continuing to speak. Audio spotty, video dim. Ken Hechler,
Special Assistant to President Truman 1947-1952. Discusses his experiences with President Truman. Elmer
Staats, Director of the Budget 1950-1953. Discusses President Truman’s interest in the budget and improving
government. Audio is improved, video remains dim. David Stowe, discusses President Truman’s participation
in John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign. Roger Tubby, Press Secretary to President Truman. Discusses his
experiences with President Truman and the firing of General Douglas MacArthur. Tape ends with this speaker’s
presentation.
Length: 76 minutes
VT2006-44
Tape 3 of the series opens with panel answering questions pertaining to their presentations. Panel present: Ken
Hechler, Elmer Staats, David Stowe, Roger Tubby, and Dr. Ben Zobrist. This segment 19:26 minutes. Second
portion of tape introduces a new panel whose topic is “The Evaluation of the Truman Presidency.” Moderator
is C. Petillo. Cynthia Harrison speaks on Women’s Issues; David McCullough speaks on the history of the man
– Harry S. Truman; H. Stikoff discusses the civil rights actions taken during the presidency from a revisionist
viewpoint. The tape ends during Mr. Stikoff’s closing remarks.
Length: 56 minutes
VT2006-45
The 4th and last tape opens with journalist R. Strout discussing the role of the media during the Truman years,
and particularly the whistle stop campaign. Questions are then taken by the panel: C. Harrison, David
McCullough, H. Stikoff, and R. Strout. The tape ends with 1981 Truman Scholar recipient Sarah George
commenting about the Truman Scholars Program and the application process.
Length: 63 minutes
VT2006-46
4/19/84
Clark Clifford addresses the Women’s National Democratic Club upon the commemoration of the 100th
birthday of President Harry S. Truman. A moderator introduces the head table. Pamela Harriman introduces
Clark Clifford. Mr. Clifford’s topic is the 1948 Presidential Campaign
VHS Tape
Approx. 45 minutes
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VT2006-47
REMEMBERING HARRY TRUMAN: A CENTENNIAL RETROSPECTIVE
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government 4/24/84
Opens with a 23 minute film biography of President Truman. Panel composed of the following: Richard
Neustadt, Harvard Professor, served as aide to several Presidents, including President Truman, discusses his
experiences with the President. David McCullough, author, describes Missouri, Independence, President
Truman’s background and upbringing, his personality and attributes. Frank Pace, Director of Bureau of the
Budget and Secretary of the Army under President Truman. Discussion of his leadership and the loyalty and
respect of his staff. Clark Clifford, joined President Truman’s staff in 1946 and later became Special Counsel to
the President. Discussion of the establishment of the State of Israel.
VHS Tape
Length approx. 1 hour
VT2006-48
CLARK CLIFFORD speaker at the afternoon session of the Truman Centennial Commemoration; John F.
Kennedy School of Government; Harvard University. 4/24/84
Opening remarks by Dean Graham Allison. Mr. Clifford discusses various staff members in the Truman
administration. He also recalls the assembling of President Truman’s cabinet and staff. Questions follow.
VHS Tape
Length: 1hr 22 min
VT2006-50
ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE
C-Span interview with Senator John Kerry at the Truman Presidential Library and Museum, 6/3/2004.
Interviewer Susan Swain. Approx 40 minutes. Second Portion is the speech by former President Ronald
Reagan at the Republican National Convention in Houston 8/17/15.
DVD
Total length – 1 hour 15 minutes
VT2006-51
THE LAW OF WAR
July 12, 2005
C-Span coverage of a conference at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, MO co-sponsored by the Truman
Presidential Library and Museum. Moderated by Fred K. Green, former counsel to General Colin Powell
during the first Gulf War. Expert panelists on the issues of law and waging war are: Jonathan Bush,
William Eckhardt, and Harry Reicher.
DVD
Length: 2 hours
VT2006-53
40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID LEGISLATION
July 28, 2005
Opens with six minute film of explanation and history of the signing of the legislation at the Truman
Presidential Library. Film features footage of the Library, President Truman, President Lyndon Johnson, Vice
President Hubert Humphrey. This film is repeated in the ceremony shown in Washington, D. C. Included is
footage of President George W. Bush signing the Medicare Prescription legislation. The entire 40th anniversary
commemoration in Washington, D. C. follows.
VHS Tape
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Length: 54:19 minutes
VT2006-54
NHK Japan Broadcasting Association.
8/15/2005
Postwar 60 Years Special – WHAT THE WORLD WAS AIMING FOR. Japanese language documentary.
Examines Japan from 1936 through the Postwar period. Documentary used materials from the Truman
Presidential Library. Film footage of Allied leaders, the White House, Oval Office, Cabinet meetings and
various American leaders; the Kremlin and various Soviet World War II leaders. Film footage of the invasion
of China and Indonesia, the dropping of the atom bombs, various Allied conferences, the surrender of Germany
and President Truman announcing the surrender of Japan.
VHS Tape
Length 2 hours, 50 minutes
VT2006-55
TRUMAN MEDAL FOR ECONOMIC POLICY
Oct. 25, 2005.
Harry S. Truman Library Institute award to Alan Greenspan, Mr. Greenspan is the first recipient of this award.
His acceptance speech is presented in its entirety. This award has been established to provide a forum to
recognize exceptional economic policy contributions.
DVD
33 minutes
VT2006-56
Interview with Dr. Mike Devine of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library concerning the activities
surrounding the 121st birthday of President Truman, May 7 & 8, 2005. Filmed at the Presidential Library.
KCTV 5 news spot.
DVD .mp3 format.
3:17 minutes
VT2006-57
Repeat of the interview in VT2006-55, followed by audio of 2 separate segments of speeches by President
Truman used for the “This I Believe” series. Each segment 3:35 minutes. Narrator unknown. 1954 Essays.
DVD .mp3/.wav
VT 2006-61
Segment depicting influence of the Spencer Tracy/Frank Capra movie, “State of the Union” on President Harry
S. Truman’s 1948 campaign and President Ronald Reagan’s 1980 campaign. Comments by Kenneth Hechler
and Ronald Reagan, Jr. VHS tape.
Length 5 minutes.
VT2006-64
PATRIOTS OF WAR SERIES
June 7, 2003
“Jedburgh Radio Operations” William Thompson speaks at the Truman Presidential Library and Museum
recalling his World War II experiences.
VHS Tape
45 minutes
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VT2006-65
PATRIOTS OF WAR SERIES
August 16, 2003
“Family, Faith and Freedom” Roger H. C. Donlon speaking at the Truman Presidential Library and Museum
remembering his World War II experiences.
VHS Tape
45 minutes
VT2006-66
COMCAST NEWSMAKERS #34
August 7, 2006
Mike Shanin interviews the following people in the Oval Office replica at the Truman Presidential Library and
Museum. Cathy Jolly – Missouri State Representative; Ray Salva – Missouri State Representative; Claire
McCaskill – Missouri State Auditor; Stephanie Sharp – Kansas State Representative; Crosby Kemper III –
Discusses opening of the Churchill Exhibit at the Library; Janet Smith – Blue Springs Well Link Dental
Program; Deborah Craig – Youth Net of Kansas City; Ron Freeman – Executive Director of the Kansas
Republican Party; Claire McCaskill – Missouri State Auditor; Jean Zeldin – Executive Director Midwest Center
of Holocaust Education; Ryan Silvey – Missouri State Representative; Jerry Nolte – Missouri State
Representative.
DVD
12 segments each 4:30 min in length
VT2006-67
9/7/06
Set of 4 DVDs filmed at the September 7, 2006 book signing by George M. Elsey of his book “An Unplanned
Life,” held at the Truman Presidential Library and Museum. Mike Mahoney of Channel 9, KMBC interviewing
Ken Hechler, George Elsey, and Milton Kayle concerning events and decisions of the Truman administration
and comparing them with decisions made in Washington under the current administration. Approx. 25 minutes.
Susan Medler of the Institute staff interviewing Ken Hechler and Milton Kayle concerning their impressions of
the Truman Presidential Library and Museum, followed by film of the exterior of the Library buildings and the
photo of President Truman taking the oath of office upon the death of President Roosevelt. Approx. 20 minutes.
Kevin Quinn of the University of Missouri Press introduces George M. Elsey. Mr. Elsey’s address at the
Truman Library and Museum. Approx. 25 minutes. Mr. Elsey answering questions from the audience at the
end of his address. Produced by KMBC and the Harry S. Truman Library Institute.
VT2007-01
COMCAST NEWSMAKERS #36
Ca. October, 2006
Mike Shanin interviews the following people in the Oval Office replica at the Truman Presidential Library and
Museum. Frank Byrne, Executive Director, Kansas City Symphony Orchestra; Ed Hearn, Royals Alumni,
author and speaker; Kevin Yoder, Kansas State Representative; Kenneth Hechler, Aide during Truman
Administration and author; Don D. Reimal, Mayor, Independence, Missouri; Lori Baerg, Thank You Walt
Disney Organization; Paul Morrison, Johnson County Prosecuting Attorney; Rob Olson, Kansas State
Representative; George Elsey, served in Roosevelt and Truman Administrations; Mary Pilcher Cook, Kansas
State Representative; Eric Langhorst, history teacher, Liberty, Missouri School District and award winner.
DVD
11 segments each 4:30 minutes in length.
VT2007-02
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Senator John Kerry speaking at the Truman Presidential Library and Museum on June 2, 2004. The subject of
his speech was “The U. S. Military and Combating Terrorism.”
DVD by C-SPAN
38:30 minutes
VT2007-03
Forum held at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri on July 27, 2006. The subject of the discussion,
“President Truman and Civil Rights.” Participating were: Kenneth Hechler, Special Assistant to President
Harry S. Truman; Juanita Moore, Civil Rights Museum; Gerald Early, Professor at Washington University; R.
Crosby Kemper, Chief Executive, Kansas City Public Library; and Carol Anderson, Professor University of
Missouri, Columbia. Forum commemorates the 58th anniversary of the desegregation of the Armed Forces.
DVD by C-SPAN
2 hours
VT2007-04
Caroline Kennedy book signing at the Truman Presidential Library and Museum, November 18, 2006.
DVD (Mpeg 4)
10 min.
VT2007-11
DVD of address by Madeleine K. Albright at the Truman Presidential Library and Institute on May 10, 2007,
edited version.
Length: approx. 1 hour
VT2007-12
DVD of address by Doris Kearns Goodwin at the Truman Library Institute meeting of April 12, 2007. The title
of the address was, “Wild About Harry 2007.”
Length: approx. 1 hour
VT2007-13
Interactive DVD entitled “The Changing Presidency”. This DVD is used as a teaching tool and also may
appear in exhibits.
VT2007-14
DVD by Monadnock Media, Disc 1, Harry S. Truman Museum, October 19, 2001. Composed of film clips
shown in the Museum and in exhibits. The following subjects are shown: Firebombing; Iwo Jima; Propaganda;
Manhattan Project; Greece and Italy; France and Great Britain; Germany; Russia and Eastern Europe.
Length: Eight segments at 4.30 minutes each.
VT2007-15
DVD by Monadnock Media, Disc 2, Harry S. Truman Museum, October 19, 2001. Composed of film clips
shown in the Museum and in exhibits. The following subjects are shown: Postwar Challenges; The Boom
Begins; Victory; Korean War; America in 1952; Leaving Office; Living Legacy; Cold War in Asia.
Length: Eight segments at 4.30 minutes each.
VT2007-16
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan giving his farewell address at the Truman Presidential Library
and Museum on December 11, 2006. He is introduced by Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. The title of the
address is “The U. S. role in Global Affairs.”
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2 dvd’s, one from C-Span, one filmed by the Library
57:44 minutes
VT2007-17
COMCAST #44
June 11, 2007
Mike Shanin interviews the following people in the Oval Office Replica of the Truman Presidential Museum
and Library. Bob Rohlf, President and Executive Producer of Starlight Theater; Lance Kinzer, Kansas State
Representative; Joe Posnanski, Sportswriter and Columnist for the Kansas City Star; Sam Devinki, United
States Holocaust Commission; Mike Devine, Director of the Truman Presidential Library and Museum;
Michael Copeland, Mayor of Olathe, Kansas; Morgan Conley, Development Coordinator, TLC for Children and
Families; Jan Marcoson, Kansas City City Councilmember; Robert Zornes, Executive Director, Mothers’
Refuge; Lynn Jenkins, CPA, Kansas State Treasurer
DVD
10 segments of 4:30 minutes each
VT2007-18
Former President Bill Clinton delivering the keynote address at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Truman
Presidential Library and Museum. The speech was delivered at the Community of Christ Auditorium in
Independence, Missouri on July 5, 2007 at 3:30 p.m. Also speaking were: U. S. Representative Emmanuel
Cleaver, Clifton Truman Daniel and U. S Representative Ike Skelton who introduced Mr. Clinton.
Tape 1 of 2 and Tape 2 of 2 BetacamSP Sony BVW-70 Length: 2 hours
Isolated Camera on Former President Clinton and Podium Speakers
VT2007-19
Former President Bill Clinton delivering the keynote address at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Truman
Presidential Library and Museum. The speech was delivered at the Community of Christ Auditorium in
Independence, Missouri on July 5, 2007 at 3:30 p.m. Also speaking were: U. S. Representative Emmanuel
Cleaver, Clifton Truman Daniel and U. S. Representative Ike Skelton who introduced Mr. Clinton.
Tape 1 of 2 and Tape 2 of 2 BetaCamSP Sony PVW-2800 Length: 2 hours
4 copies of VCR Fuji SVHS
Switched Multiple Camera Shoot
1 dvd
VT2007-20
REMEMBERING HARRY S. TRUMAN (WETA)
5/18/84
Narrated by Roger Wilson. This is a biography of President Truman’s life composed of film clips from the
Truman Library archives and interviews with: Georgia Neese Clark Gray, Andy Gray, Dr. Wallace Graham,
Milton Morris, Monte M. Poen and Dr. Robert Kirkendall. Credit is given to Dr. Ben Zobrist and Pauline
Testerman for their aid in preparing this film. Produced by Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas.
¾ Tape UCA60 Video cassette color plus
30 minutes
VT2007-21
WHITE HOUSE TOUR – CSPAN2
7/8/98
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A tour of the White House with questions from callers. In the first 10 minutes, Susan Swain and Dr. William
Seale interview Margaret Truman Daniel by phone concerning the reconstruction of the White House during her
father’s administration. The reconstruction of the House and the addition of the balcony on the south portico
began in the fall of 1949 and was completed in the spring of 1952. This interview is followed by a tour of the
White House conducted by curator Betty Monkman, followed by President Bill Clinton explaining the Oval
Office.
VHS tape
Time: 1:07:20
VT2007-22
GENERAL RAYMOND G. DAVIS CENTER DEDICATION AT QUANTICO, VA
September 9, 2005. General Raymond Gilbert Davis, United States Marine Corps was a highly decorated
veteran of World War II, Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam War. He also served as Assistant Commandant of
the Marine Corps. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Harry S. Truman on
November 20, 1952. This DVD is a biography of his military life including extensive interviews with General
Davis.
DVD
Approx. 1 hour in length
VT2007-23
WORLD WAR II + 60 1945-2005
10/05/05
This DVD is composed of 4 segments as follows: Iwo Jima, V-E Day, Hiroshima, V-J Day narrated by Brian
Williams, NBC News. President Truman is featured in each segment and material from the Truman Library is
used throughout.
DVD
4 segments – approx 5 min. each in length.
VT2007-24
BIRTH OF THE JAPANESE CONSTITUTION
April 29, 2007
This DVD is produced by Japanese Public Television and is a documentary on the Japanese Constitution.
Material was obtained from the Truman Library and Audio-Visual Archivist Pauline Testerman is shown with
cassette tapes from the Dale Helleger papers.
DVD
Japanese language Producer: Midori Yanagihara
NHK Television
Length: approx. 1 hour
VT2007-25
HODO STATION 12/10/04 PEARL HARBOR
A documentary produced by Japanese Public Television – Keiko Hauamara – TV-ASAKI. This documentary
used research material from the Harry S. Truman Library.
VHS Tape
Length: approx. 1 hour Japanese Language
VT2007-26
Clifton Truman Daniel’s interview with Margaret Truman Daniel in May 2007 on the occasion of the 50th
anniversary of the Harry S. Truman Library. Mrs. Daniel answers questions from her son pertaining to the
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establishment of the Library and her recollection of the groundbreaking and her father’s active participation in
its construction.
DVD – 2 copies; 2 digital video cassettes
7 minutes
VT2007-27
September 11, 2004
A Japanese documentary pertaining to the August 16, 1945 request from Premier Stalin to President Truman
that the Russians be permitted to occupy the northern half of Mikado Island, Japan. This film features material
from the Truman Library and also scenes from the Library, it’s exhibits, and research room. Randy Sowell is
shown explaining the document and other materials to the Japanese researchers. There is an opening scene
dedicating a memorial dated August 19, 1945. There is also a map shown indicating the Russian occupation of
the Eastern European countries. Japanese language production.
VHS
Length: approx. 1 hour
VT2007-29
June 17, 2006
GALA EVENT AT THE UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY
60TH Anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations. and honoring President Harry S. Truman’s
commitment to world peace. Hosted by the Committee for World Peace. Clifford R. Roth introduces the main
speaker, Dr. Michael Devine, Director of the Harry S. Truman Library.
DVD
15 minutes 28 seconds.
VT-2007-30
“Mission Accomplished” monologue as Harry S. Truman given by Floyd T. Bode to a travel club in Iowa. Mr.
Bode relates his experiences worldwide of being a Harry Truman look-alike. He then presents a monologue
composed of excerpts from President Truman’s memoirs and speeches. Mr. Bode was invited to visit the
Truman Library in 1977 by Dr. Ben Zobrist. He recounts his visit and the people he met while touring the
Library.
VHS
45 minutes
VT-2007-31
TRUMAN LEGACY SYMPOSIUM – “TRUMAN’S CIVIL RIGHTS
LEGACY” Florida Keys Community College May 14 & 15, 2004
This is a series of five discs covering the two day symposium. Viewing difficulties with all discs.
DISC 1 – Opening of the symposium with introductions and comments by Professor Robert Watson. Ed Swift
of Historic Tours of America introduced various government officials. Also attending were Ken Hechler,
Clifton Truman Daniel, Scott Roley from the Truman Library and Bob Wolz. 25 minutes
DISC 2 – Dr. Robert Watson comments and introductions. Clifton Truman Daniel comments. 20 minutes.
Gov. Michael Dukakis closing remarks not viewable.
DISC 3 – Speaker Congresswoman Carrie Meek. 15 minutes. Speech not complete. Congressman John
Lewis’s speech not viewable.
DISC 4 – Consists of three panel discussions. Panelists are: Dr. John Davis, Howard University; Dr. Ray
Geselbracht, Truman Presidential Library; Dr. Tom Lansford, University of Southern Mississippi; Dr.
Raymond Frey, Centenary College. Viewing difficulties.
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DISC 5 – Roundtable discussion with Ken Hechler, Rex Scouten, Prof. Robert Ferrell, and Scott Roley from the
Truman Presidential Library. 15 minutes – ends in mid-discussion. 5 DVDs (Mini-dv of disc 5; found in
Research Room).
VT2007-32
TRUMAN LEGACY SYMPOSIUM – “QUEST FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST”. Florida Keys
Community College May 13 & 14, 2005
Consists of three discs covering the activities of the two day symposium.
DISC 1 – Opening reception with attending dignitaries identified. Comments by Dr. Robert Watson, Florida
Atlantic University. Ed Swift, Historic Tours of America comments. Presentation by Neil Johnson,
impersonator of President Truman from the Truman Presidential Library. Disc ends in mid-speech by Professor
Alan Berger. 25 minutes
DISC 2 – First section: Panel discussion with panelists Dr. Robert Watson, Dr. Tom Lansford, Rabbi Bruce
Warshal, and Dr. Ahrar Ahmad. Remarks by Clifton Truman Daniel. Second section: - keynote speaker
William Brown. Third section – Roundtable discussion with Ken Hechler, Dr. Michael Benson, Dr Asher
Naim.
DISC 3 – Panel discussion with above noted panelists. Also contains keynote address by Congresswoman Pat
Schroeder. 3 DVDs
VT 2007-33
HARRY S. TRUMAN SYMPOSIUM – TRUMAN AND AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS – Key West,
Florida – May 19 & 20, 2006
Composed of the following 3 discs:
DISC 1 – Opening remarks by Ed Swift, Historic Tours of America; Tina Osceola, Executive Director of
Cypress Seminole Reservation; Billy Cypress representing Miccosukee Tribe. 45 minutes.
DISC 2 – Michael Devine, Director of the Truman Presidential Library and Museum remarks and introduction
of: Clifton Truman Daniel, Ken Hechler, and Brian Hosmer. Address by Frederick Hoxie, Author and
Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago. 1 hour 10 minutes.
DISC 3 – Panel composed of: David Wilkins, University of Minnesota; Helen Tanner, Newberry Library; John
Echohawk, Native American Rights Fund; Harry Kersey, Florida Atlantic University; and Jessica Cattelino,
University of Chicago.
1 hour 15 minutes. 3 DVD
VT2007-34
VIETNAM AND THE PRESIDENCY – A conference sponsored by all the Presidential Libraries and the
National Archives on March 10 & 11, 2006 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.
Composed of 7 discs as follows:
DISC 1 – Opening Conference Welcome; How We Got In: The United States, Asia and Vietnam. George
Herring, Robert Schulzinger, Marilyn Young, Allen Weinstein and Deborah Leff.
DISC 2 – Vietnam and Presidential Tapes. David Kaiser, Timothy Naftali, Jeffrey Kimball, Sharon Fawcett.
DISC 3 – Keynote Speaker – David Halberstam
DISC 4 – Second Day Welcome by Caroline Kennedy. Video Presentation by former President Jimmy Carter
and Brian Williams. Inside the White House – Part 1; Alexander Haig, Henry Kissinger, Theodore Sorensen,
Jack Valenti, Brian Williams.
DISC 5 – Inside the White House – Part 2; Alexander Haig, Henry Kissinger, Theodore Sorensen, Jack Valenti,
Brian Williams.
DISC 6 – The Media and the Role of Public Opinion - Stephen Bell, Frances Fitzgerald, Dan Rather, Brian
Williams.
DISC 7 – Lesson Learned – Wesley Clark, Chuck Hagel, Bob Herbert, Pete Peterson, Brian Williams
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7 DVDs
VT2007-35
PEACE IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND REPUBLIC OF KOREA-UNITED STATES ALLIANCE.
International Forum in Commemoration of 50th Year of Republic of Korea-United States Alliance. Grand
Ballroom, Plaza Hotel, Seoul Korea – March 21, 2003. Participating: The Institute 21 for Peach Studies; Harry
S. Truman Presidential Library Institute, USA; Asian Affairs Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA.
Length: approx. 1 hour
Korean language - VHS
VT2007-37
BERGA – SOLDIERS OF ANOTHER WAR. American GIs trapped in the tragedy of the Holocaust – an
untold story. Film by Charles Guggenheim – PBS home video. American soldiers captured in the Battle of the
Bulge who were sent to a concentration camp at Buchenwald.
Black and White – DVD
90 minutes
VT2007-41
INTERVIEW WITH ALGER HISS – 1981 – KCOS TV, El Paso, Texas
Interview by Dr. Kenton Clymer. Interview is discussion of Mr. Hiss’ trials and and conviction of spying for
the Russian government. Mr. Hiss was accused by Whitaker Chambers during hearing of the House Un-
American Activities Committee. Mr. Hiss’ served 44 months in federal prison after his conviction. He was
currently, at the time of the interview, seeking vindication using material secured under the Freedom of
Information Act.
VHS – Black and White
30 minutes
VT2007-42
BIOGRAPHY OF DAVID BEN-GURION – 1963 - narrated by Mike Wallace. Covers the years 1886 through
1957. Ben-Gurion was born in Poland in 1886 and named David Gruen. He was given the honorary name of
Ben-Gurion because of his work with the Zionist Movement. During WWI, Ben-Gurion was exiled to New
York because of his Zionist activities, and married while there. This video consists of original film footage of
Ben-Gurion during his years in Palestine and then as the first Prime Minister of the State of Israel. There is
brief footage of a meeting with President Truman. The biography ends in 1957 when Ben-Gurion retired from
public life. Produced by CBS.
¾ inch tape – black and white
30 minutes.
VT2007-43
PAUL POWELL – HARRY TRUMAN – PHOTOS 1964-1970. Still photos of Paul Powell (1902-1970) with
President Truman shown while various dignitaries speak, as the casket of Mr. Powell was placed in the Illinois
State Capitol Building on October 13, 1960. Paul Powell served as Illinois Secretary of State and was active in
Democratic politics throughout his career.
DVD
20 minutes
VT2008-1
COMCAST #50
ca. January 2008
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Mike Shanin interviewing Dr. Michael Devine, Director of the Truman Presidential Museum and Library
concerning the exhibits being shown at the Library during 2008.
DVD
1 segment 4:30 minutes
VT2008-2
HARRY S. TRUMAN PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD CEREMONY.
May 5, 2006.
Presentation of award to Missouri United States Representative Ike Skelton by the City of Independence,
Missouri. Produced by City of Independence.
DVD
27:24 minutes
VT2008-3
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY
AND MUSEUM.
September 28, 2007
Featuring excerpts from speeches by: Helen Thomas; Clifton Truman Daniel; United States Representative Ike
Skelton; Former President Bill Clinton; and David McCullough.
DVD
Approx. 10 minutes
VT2008-4
THE MAN, THE MISSION, THE MUSEUM – Promotion
October 12, 2007
Comments by: Former President Bill Clinton, David McCullough, Clifton Truman Daniel, and footage of the
interior of the Truman Presidential Museum and Library during various activities.
DVD
7 minutes
VT2008-5
WAR STORIES WITH OLIVER NORTH – Biography of Harry Truman
November 17, 2007 Fox News Channel
Featuring still pictures and film footage of the life of Harry Truman with special emphasis on his Senate, Vice
Presidential and Presidential years. Comments by: Clifton Truman Daniel; George Elsey; Ken Hechler; Milton
Kayle; Alonzo Hamby, Ohio State Professor; Ron Stewart, Mayor of Independence, Missouri and Dr Michael
Devine of the Truman Presidential Library and Museum.
DVD
approx. 45 minutes.
VT2008-6
MARGARET TRUMAN DANIEL – NBC NIGHTLY NEWS
January 29, 2008 5:30 p.m. Obituary by Brian Williams
DVD
approx. 2 minutes
VT2008-7
A short documentary film in honor of the Marine One Squadron’s 60th anniversary (HMX-1). This DVD
contains several versions of the documentary. POST + BEAM Produced by Aero Films, Santa Monica, CA.
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DVD
approximately 30 min.
VT2008-9
Disc composed of three separate segments; furnished by the National Archives 11/0/07 NARA #080053
(purchased by Tom Heurtz of the White House Decision Center at the Harry S. Truman Library).
Silent color film of the Trinity Test at Almagordo, New Mexico, June 1945. Includes actual denotation of the
atomic bomb from two locations. Approximately 12 minutes.
President Harry S. Truman making the announcement of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on
August 6, 1945. Black and white film – approximately 6 minutes.
“Two Down and One to Go.” Promo of General George C. Marshall speaking after VE Day about the defeat of
two Axis powers and the concentration of power to defeat Japan. Excellent battle footage. Produced by the
Office of War Information, War Department. All black and white. Approximately 8 minutes.
DVD
Total Time 26 minutes
VT2008-10
Copy of a VHS tape loaned to the Truman Presidential Library by Leslie Hagansen. CBS Broadcast of “Four
Days in November” November 22, 1988, about the funeral of President Kennedy. Includes footage of President
Harry S. Truman talking to reporters outside the White House about the assassination of President John F.
Kennedy.
VHS Tape
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes
VT2008-11
Margaret Truman Daniel Memorial Service at the Harry S. Truman Library, February 23, 2008. Raw footage –
Not for public use. (For edited version, see VT2008-14).
Digital Video Cassette --- DVM60
VT2008-13
CONNIE SCHULTZ - “AND HIS LOVELY WIFE”
February 13, 2008
Connie Schultz, a biweekly columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer/Creators Syndicate and wife of Ohio’s
junior senator, Sherrod Brown, spoke at an event honoring the 123rd birthday of First Lady Bess Truman. Ms.
Schultz won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2005. Raw footage.
Digital Videocassette
1 hour 4 minutes
VT2008-14
MARGARET TRUMAN DANIEL MEMORIAL
February 23, 2008
Memorial held at the Harry S. Truman Library. Invocation and benediction by Rev. Samuel Mason, Pastor of
Trinity Episcopal Church in Independence, Missouri. Scripture reading by grandson Wesley Daniel. Speakers:
U. S. Congressmen Emmanuel Cleaver and Ike Skelton; a message from Madeline Albright; sons Clifton and
Thomas Daniel; and Library Director Michael J. Devine. Vocal music by the Kansas City Chorale. Violinist is
granddaughter Olivia Daniel. Photos of the internment are also shown. (For raw footage, see VT2008-11).
DVD
1 hour in length
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VT2008-16
Three episodes of television show “What’s My Line” featuring Margaret Truman as a guest panelist, filling in
for Dorothy Kilgallen. Also shown as panelists are: Steve Allen, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf.
Moderator is John Daly. The date of the first episode is March 21, 1954. The two subsequent episodes are also
from 1954. This dvd was purchased from Rick Edmonds, who recorded it from the Game Show Network.
DVD
3 episodes 30 minutes each
VT2008-17
Two episodes of television show “What’s My Line”. The first episode features Margaret Truman as the
mystery guest (she signs in as Mrs. Clifton Daniel); and the second episode features Margaret Truman as a
guest panelist. Also featured are Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Frances, Bennett Cerf with the moderator John
Daley. Dates of the episodes are ca. 1956. The DVD was purchased from Rick Edmonds, who recorded it from
the Game Show Network.
DVD
lst episode 26:58 minutes; 2nd episode 25:05 minutes.
VT2009-1
Ca. 2009
Truman Assistant George Elsey pays tribute to Ken Hechler’s work while serving President Truman in the
White House. A summation of his work with photos of Mr. Hechler during those years also includes photos of
President Truman.
DVD
Length: 10:06 minutes
VT2009-5
April 26, 2008
Dedication of a granite Memorial Bench in Rotary Park, Marshfield, Missouri. Bench dedicated to President
Harry S. Truman (with his likeness on the back of the bench) and to World War II. John Ross Truman (grand
nephew of President Truman) was one of the speakers at the dedication.
DVD
Length 52 minutes
VT2009-6
Grandview Television. Lecture by historian Laurence Stern. President Truman’s life, presidency, decisions –
Bomb, Truman Doctrine, 1948 acceptance speech.
DVD
Length 1 hour 45 minutes
VT2009-8
MAN OF DECISION – HARRY S. TRUMAN – 33RD PRESIDENT. Two act play by written by and starring
Mims Mobley, M.D., and presented November 1, 2008 at Greenwood, South Carolina. Package contains DVD,
3 photographs of the actor and a letter from the Truman Library acknowledging the gift of the DVD. Letter and
photos are in donor file for videotapes.
DVD
1 hour 15 minutes
VT2009-9
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Berlin Airlift Program presented by the Truman Library Institute July 14, 2008. Lectures by Roger Miller, Air
Force historian, and Gail Halvorsen, the Candy Bomber of the 1948-49 Berlin Airlift. Many pictures and maps
provide the background for the lectures. A German woman who was a child during the Berlin Airlift is also a
speaker.
DVD
1 hour 20 minutes
VT2009-10
Berlin Airlift Footage (shown as part of Gail Halvorsen’s presentation on July 14, 2008 at the Truman Library).
A short documentary of the Berlin Airlift, compiled by Gail Halvorsen, the Candy Bomber of the 1948-49
Berlin Airlift. It consists of color and black and white footage of the airlift, much of it filmed by Mr.
Halvorsen, as well as maps and pictures. The film ends with a 1998 ceremony held at the Berlin airfield to
commemorate the Airlift. (Original 8mm film is in the custody of Mr. Halvorsen).
DVD (3 copies)
5:40 min in length
VT2010-1
11/12/1993, C-Span bus at the Harry S. Truman Library. George Curtis conducts the tour.
VHS
10 minutes
VT2010-2
5/10/97, C-Span tour of President Truman’s private office. Tour conducted in 1996 by Assistant Library
Director George Curtis.
VHS and DVD
24 minutes
VT2010-3
Letters to Bess Truman. Interview of Sue Gentry, Elizabeth Safly, and Pat Dorsey conducted by George Curtis
on February 11, 1998 at the Blue River Community College on the occasion of a program honoring First Lady
Bess Wallace Truman. Includes comments by Ray Geselbracht. VHS and 2 DVDs
Length: 53 minutes
VT2010-4
Comcast Newsmakers #65.
Pete Grigsby is moderator interviewing the following at the Truman Presidential Library and Museum, ca.
2009. Toby Cook, Kansas City Royals; Clay Bauske (Truman Library museum curator); Tim Flook; Tim Flook;
Jason Kander; Mike Sanders; Bill Stouffer; Brian Yates
DVD
Length: each segment 4:30 minutes
VT2010-5
George Elsey narrates a series of still photos as he pays tribute to Ken Hechler, Ca. 2008. DVD
Length: 12:35 minutes
VT2010-6
DVD of a home movie taken of the March 21, 1969 visit of President Richard Nixon with former President
Truman at the Truman Home. This was donated by David Kell who was a St. Paul School of Theology student
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at the time. He identifies 3 other St. Paul students who are shown in the DVD, Mike Swingle, Tom Ingerson,
and Jerry Daily.
DVD
3 min., 11 sec.
VT2010-7
Japanese language program concerning Japanese living in Manchuria during WWII, the invasion by the
Russians, and the notification of the fall of Japan. Discusses the Communist takeover of Manchuria. The
repatriation of the Japanese citizens from Manchuria is covered in detail. This is a NHK Japan Broadcasting
Corporation Special. There is a nice printed narrative summation of the program in the videotape donor file.
DVD
45 minutes
VT2010-8 Interview of archivist Niel Johnson with Frances Schlichenmeir, June 24, 1997. Ms. Schlichenmeir
worked as a secretary in former President Truman’s office at the Truman Library.
VHS
1 hour 45 minutes
VT2010-9
MEMORIES OF CAPTAIN HARRY, talk given by Mrs. Edwyna F. Condon to the KU Retirees Club 5/11/95.
VHS
approx. 30 min.
VT2010-10
“HARRY TRUMAN MAKES CHILI,” KSHB Channel 41, 5:00 a.m. 2/16/04. Truman Library Deputy
Director Scott Roley makes Battery D chili, and Niel Johnson portrays Harry S. Truman as guests on a local
morning news show.
VHS
approx. 15 min.
VT2010-11
Ken Hechler recounts Stephen Ambrose’s comments regarding the relationship between General Dwight D.
Eisenhower and Kay Summersby. Mr. Hechler’s audio is interspersed with some video which illustrates Mr.
Ambrose’s account.
March 1995.
VHS
approx. 30 min.
VT2010-13
2009 Harry S. Truman Public Service Award presented to former President Bill Clinton by the City of
Independence, at the Harry S. Truman Library, May 6, 2009. DVD includes President Clinton’s acceptance
speech.
DVD
Length: 1 hour, 40 min.
VT2010-14
C-Span’s coverage of the Harry S. Truman Symposium at Key West, Florida, “Harry S. Truman and Congress:
A Conflicted Legacy.” May 7 and 8, 2009.
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Dr. Mike Devine (Director of the Truman Library) introduces a panel consisting of Alonzo Hamby, Richard
Connelly, and Robert David Casey Johnson. Length: 1 hour, 32 min.
DVD
VT2010-15
History Day presentation, ”TRUMAN, AN UNLIKELY CIVIL RIGHTS CHAMPION” by student Bradley
Schlesinger of River Hills, Wisconsin. March 7, 2009. The presentation includes footage of Barack Obama.
Length: 9 min. 59 sec.
DVD
VT2010-17
TRUMAN SYMPOSIUM 2003 – TRUMAN’S LEGACY –June 14, 2003, Key West, Little White House and
Florida Keys Community College. A set of 9 DVDs as follows
George Elsey, Ken Hechler, and Milton Kayle interviewed individually by Bob Wolz, Superintendent of the
Little White House 48:30 minutes
Clifton Truman Daniel interviewed by David Cantor. 14 minutes
Wanda Slater Coury, Secretary in the Oval Office from January 1, 1951 until July 3, 1953, is interviewed by
Richard Young, graduate student. 9:30 minutes
Welcomes from Dr. Bill Seeker, President of Florida Keys Community College; Dr. Robert Watson, Chairman
of the Truman Legacy Symposium; Dr. Frank Brogan, President of Florida Atlantic College; and Clifton
Truman Daniel. Also shown is discussion by a panel consisting of Ken Hechler, Milton Kayle, Michael Devine
and George Elsey. Comments by George Elsey. 47 minutes
Continuation of DVD #4 as Ken Hechler and Milton Kayle make comments and panel discussion is lead by
Michael Devine on activities at the Little White House and major White House decisions. 58 minutes
Panel discussion on Truman Legacy by Dr. Raymond Fry, author, of New Jersey; Prof. John Davis, Howard
University; Prof. Tom Lansford, University of Southern Mississippi; Dr. Anita Bowles, West Point Military
Academy Faculty. 1 hour 3 minutes.
Continuation of panel discussion from DVD #6; key note speech by General Brent Scowcroft; closing by Dr.
Robert Watson. 55:30 minutes
Reception held during Symposium features comments by Neil Johnson. Close ups of attendees. Pickup of
panel discussion shown in DVD #4. 22:30 minutes
Scenes of exterior of Little White House and reception held there. Close ups of attendees and interview with
Neil Johnson, HST impersonator. 32minutes
VT2010-18, October 28, 1998. RICHARD NORTON SMITH, “THE 1948 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.”
Metro Productions, Kansas City, Missouri.
Betacam SP videotape (dubbing master); Length: 1 hour, 47 sec.
VT2010-19, May 13, 2004.
“WILD ABOUT HARRY.”
(Truman Library fund raising event featuring Chris Mathews and Julie and David Eisenhower).
Betacam SP videotape
Length: 52 min.
VT2010-20
November 14, 2002
Truman Library White House Decision Center, Grandview (School) Tape 3, B-roll. Apparently footage related
to the visit of the Grandview High School to the White House Decision Center. Transferred from mini-dv
11/14/02. Betacam SP videotape, Length: 60 min. There are four Betacam SP tapes related to this event.
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VT2010-21
November 14, 2002
Truman Library White House Decision Center, Grandview (School), Tape 4, B-roll. Transferred from mini-dv
11/14/02.
Betacam SP videotape
Length: 90 min.
VT2010-22
November 14, 2002
Truman Library White House Decision Center, Grandview (School), Tape 5, B-roll. Transferred from mini-dv
11/14/02.
Betacam SP videotape
Length: 60 min.
VT2010-23
November 14, 2002
Truman Library White House Decision Center, Grandview (School), Tape 6, B-roll. Transferred from mini-dv,
11/14/02.
Betacam SP videotape
Length: 90 min.
VT2010-24.
May 7, 2004. Harry S. Truman Library Opening Video, Tape 1, close-up. Betacam SP videotape.
Length: 30 min.
VT2010-25.
May 7, 2004. Harry S. Truman Library Opening Video, Tape 1, Wide Shot. Betacam SP videotape.
Length: 30 min.
VT2010-26.
May 25, 2004. Harry S. Truman Library Opening Video, Avid Roughcut. Betacam SP videotape.
Length: 1 min. 51 sec.
VT2010-27.
February 13, 2010. Bess Truman Birthday Tea Celebration, sponsored by the Daughters of the American
Revolution. Speaker is Clifton Truman Daniel, who talks about newly discovered letters from Bess to Harry
Truman. (Remarks by Clifton Truman Daniel are not complete.) Dr. Mike Devine, Library Director, and the
President of the Daughters of the American Revolution also speak at the beginning of the ceremony. DVD.
Length: approx. 1 hour.
VT2011-1
April 8, 2010
“Wild About Harry!” fund raising event sponsored by the Harry S. Truman Library Institute at the Muehlebach
Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Guest speakers were Susan Eisenhower and James Baker III, who was the
inaugural recipient of the Harry S. Truman Legacy of Leadership Award.
DVD.
Length: approx. 75 min.
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VT2011-2.
Korean War Veterans Appreciation Ceremony, featuring remarks by General David Petraeus. This event was
held at the Community of Christ Auditorium in Independence, Missouri. It was sponsored by the Harry S.
Truman Library Institute, VFW, and others.
DVD.
Length: approx. 90 min.
VT2011-3.
Korean War Conference at Harry S. Truman Library to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War,
“New Documents and New Histories: Twenty-First Century Perspectives on the Korean War.” June 16-17,
2010. Speakers and panelists include Michael Devine (Director of the Harry S. Truman Library), James Person
(Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars), Christopher Ferry and Clayton Laurie (C.I.A.), James I.
Matray, William Stueck, Kathryn Weathersby, Hakjoon Kim, Bernd Schaefer, John K. Singlaub, James
H. Willbanks, Tory R. Mullis, Conrad Crane, David Bercuson, Jiyul Kim. Original format is mini-dv. There
are 19 mini-dv’s for the 2-day Conference. They are identified left camera, right camera. They are numbered
VT2011-3-1 through 18. There are 19 duplicate dvd copies of the program, numbered separately from the mini-
dv’s as VT2011-3-1 through VT2011-3-19. They are also identified as left camera and right camera.
Approx. length: 10 hours.
VT2011-4
November 11, 2009
Veteran’s Day Salute to Captain Harry and his Doughboys of Battery D. This event was held at the Harry S.
Truman Library. Special guests include: Rep. Ike Skelton, Clifton Truman Daniel, historian Dennis Giangreco
(discussing his new book), and descendants of members of Battery D.
2 original mini-dv’s, one marked “close-up.”
Length: approx. 1 hour.
VT2011-5
October 5, 2008
“PLAYING POLITICS” a Bennett Forum on the Presidency, held at Unity Temple on the Plaza, Kansas City.
Panelists: Scott Simon, Ted Sorenson, Costas Panagoupolis, and Timothy Neftali. Topic: Media and the
Presidency.
4 original mini-dv’s.
Length: Approx. 1 hour.
VT2011-6
Dr. and Mrs. Wallace Graham 60th Anniversary Video. This video consists of still pictures of the Graham’s
with background music. It was created by their family and was probably played in the background during the
anniversary celebration. Dr. Graham was President Truman’s White House physician.
VHS
Length: approx. 30 minutes
From: Wallace Graham Papers.
VT2012-1 through 13. Thirteen 2-inch reel to reel quad videotapes of Truman Library public announcements,
March 13, 1978, prepared by James Watson at the Johnson Library (Southwest Television, Austin, Texas). They
were sent to Steve Greene at NARA for preservation copying June 23, 2011. On March 19, 2012, the Library
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received a Betacam SP videotape, a Digital Betacam Videotape, and a VHS copy of the originals. They are
under the number MP2012-1. Tapes consist of several public service announcements from 30 seconds to 10
seconds each. A narrator speaks as soft music (“Fur Elise”) plays. The narrator speaks while paintings of
Harry S. Truman by Thomas Allen are shown, followed by an exterior view of the Library. Another segment
shows a close-up of a piano, the White House Limousine, the Persian Rug, and the Philippine table, telling that
these are among exhibits one can see at the Truman Library. Another segment shows views of the oval office
replica and includes Mr. Truman’s voice describing it briefly. Another segment shows such exhibits as the
Grecian vase, the Greek helmet, and the Menorah in the Garden Room exhibit area. Clips repeat.
VT2012-14
March, 2011
TRUMAN SPEAKS ON THE CIVIL WAR
(video prepared in-house by Reiner Weber for inclusion in the Truman Library exhibit “From Steamboat to
Steam Engine: George Caleb Gingham’s Missouri, 1819-1879”). Original Screen Gems recordings and film
clips of Harry S. Truman were edited with illustrations, to reflect Mr. Truman’s views of the Civil War and the
frontier trails.
Length: 9 min.
DVD.
VT2012-15
“DAY OF INFAMY: WAR COMES TO AMERICA.” November 27, 1991. One inch master videotape of
film clips edited for the exhibit of the same name at the Harry S. Truman Library. Length: 2 hours. There is a
VHS tape of same. The master tape will be considered historic material and separated from the rest of the video
collection (the VHS tape will be with the collection).
VT2012-16
“THE FACES OF WAR: IMAGES OF WORLD WAR II.”
April 18, 1994. One inch master videotape on reel of film clips edited for the exhibit of the same name at the
Harry S. Truman Library. The master tape will be considered historic material and separated from the rest of
the video collection.
Length: 1 hour, 33 min.
VT2012-17
“World War II Tapes, Tape 1 of 5.”
November 25, 1991.
Betacam SP videotape evidently used in creating the master tape for the Truman Library exhibit “Day of
Infamy: War Comes to America.”
Length: approx. 30 min.
VT2012-18
“JUST FOR REMEMBRANCE” (U. S. Army Signal Corps); “NO ALTERNATIVE” (20th Century Fox for
WAC); and “IT’S UP TO YOU” (Dept. of Agriculture).
Ca. 1941.
World War II films used in conjunction with a World War II exhibit at the Harry S. Truman Library.
¾-inch videotape.
Length: approx.. 30 min. altogether.
VT2012-19
“MEET THE PAST” with Crosby Kemper III: Harry S. Truman.
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2009.
A television series produced by the Kansas City Public Library and KCPT-TV, Channel 19, (local PBS station),
in which Library Director Crosby Kemper III interviews a figure from the past who was prominent in Kansas
City history. This program features an interview with “Harry S. Truman” as portrayed by Ray Starzmann.
DVD.
Length: 27 min., 28 sec.
VT2012-20
“CHOSIN.”
Documentary film about the Chosin Reservoir
Campaign of the Korean War during which 15,000 soldiers and Marines battled for 78 miles and saved the lives
of 98,000 refugees, as recounted by survivors. “Chosin” was produced by a crew of Iraq War veterans
including producer/director Brian Iglesias and producer Anton Sattler. 2010 Veterans, Inc. Expeditionary
Media.
DVD.
Length: 86 min. This video
was presented at the Harry S. Truman Library in a public program.
VT2012-21
“THANK YOU, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”
From Republic of Korea. This video is a thank you (in a choice of Korean or English) from the Republic of
Korea on the 60th anniversary of the Korean War. It is presented in the form of writing a thank you letter and
features historic footage and photographs from the war. 2010.
DVD.
Length: 7 min. 8 sec.
VT2012-22
4/23/11
“Wild About Harry” a fund raiser for the Truman Library at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, featuring
speakers Phil Donahue and former Senator from Missouri Christopher “Kit” Bond.
DVD.
Length: approx. 1 hour.
VT2012-23
“Occupied Japan.” From the Papers of Ned Schnurman, Subject File, Videos. VHS. Date unknown. Length:
approx. 1 hour. Transferred to AV April, 2011. Program is a color documentary about the occupation of Japan
after World War II, with historic footage and interviews with veterans.
VT2012-24
“Japan Constitution Project: C. Kades Interview, Tape 5.”
From the Papers of Ned Schnurman, Subject Files, Videos. Date unknown. VHS. Length: approx. 1 hour.
Color footage showing a young woman interviewing an older gentleman, probably Charles L. Kades
in his garden.
VT2012-25.
“Ted Mack Amateur Hour with Frank S. Land and Harry Truman.” Ted Mack is speaking in front of a crowd
from Kansas City, speaks of the Order of DeMolay. Mack introduces Frank S. Land. Mr. Land introduces
former President Harry S. Truman to present to Ted Mack an award from the Order of DeMolay, thanking Mr.
Mack for his work with young
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people.
VHS
Length: approx. 5 minutes.
VT2012-26
“Candid Camera: The Best of the 70’s.” This includes an Episode of Candid Camera featuring Harry S.
Truman on a walk in New York City from the mid 1960’s. They plant a woman ahead of him Several times
who says “Good Morning, Mr. President.”
DVD.
Length: 150 min.
VT2012-27
“Andere Tijden/The Times That Were.” (The Elections of 1948: Truman vs. Dewey). 2004. This is a video
for NPS-Television, from Hilversum, the Netherlands. Language is in Dutch.
DVD. Length:
Approx. 1 hour.
VT2012-28
“The White House Stories,” by Symbols of Glory, New Visions Enterprises. Donated by Alex Chapkovsky,
Washington, D. C. This video about the White House includes a segment on President Truman and the
renovation, as well as footage of President Truman at President John F. Kennedy’s inauguration. Ca. 1999.
DVD.
Length: 11 min., 39 sec.
VT2012-29
“Truman Pre-Presidential,” Production 612, by Guggenheim Productions, Inc., Washington, D. C. This is the
film shown in the Francis Theater about President Truman’s pre-presidential life, before visitors enter the
museum. Narrated by David McCullough.
VHS.
Length: 16 min., 22 sec.
VT2012-30
“President Truman and Other Presidents in Kansas City” Home movie by W. H. Smith. Mr. Smith also donated
an 8mm film, MP66-24, at an earlier date. This video contains narration by Mr. Smith and additional footage.
The video contains footage from 1950, 1952, 1960, and 1961, as well as video on President Jimmy Carter.
VHS.
Length: approx. 20 min.
VT2012-31. “Ambassador’s Dialogue: A Conversation with Republic of Korea Ambassador Han Duk-soo and
U. S. Ambassador Kathleen Stephens.” Harry S. Truman Library auditorium.
November 29, 2011.
Digital HV Video (mini dv).
Length: Approximately 1 hour.
VT2012-32
“Harry V/O with Horner Music,” Harry S. Truman Library Institute. Betacam SP. Produced by VideoWorks,
Inc.
Length: 1 min., 45 sec.
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VT2012-33
“Truman Presidency: 50th Anniversary VNR”.
April 11, 1995
Missouri Division of Tourism. At 2 minutes and 40 seconds, Sue Gentry (journalist of Independence Examiner)
speaks; at 6 minutes 20 seconds, Margaret Truman Daniel speaks about the 50th anniversary.
Length: 8 minutes, 50 seconds. Betacam SP videotape (2 copies).
VT2012-34
Dr. Michael Devine interviews John Ross Truman for “Talkin’ Truman”, a presentation at the Harry S. Truman
Library, May 8, 2010. John Ross Truman is a great nephew of President Truman. He speaks of his
memories of his Uncle Harry.
Length: 50:04.
Mini dv (2 tapes), and dvd.
VT2013-1
Bess Truman Commemoration and Tea, February 13, 2013
Speaker is Mark Updegrove, Director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library. This video shows only the
presentation by Mark Updegrove.
Length: approx. 45 min. Mini-dv.
VT2013-2
“An Unrecognized Loss, Message from Hiroshima.”
Produced by NHK International, Inc. Donated by Hiroyuki Yamamoto. This video concerns the reconstruction
of the atomic bomb hypocenter in Hiroshima that existed before the destruction by the bomb. Produced by
Masaaki Tanabe.
Length: 32 min. 2 dvd’s.
VT2013-3
50th Anniversary of the U. S. Air Force. Ceremonies at the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson Air Force
Base in Ohio. September, 1997. Includes interview with retired Col. “Snuffy” Snyder, and outdoor
pageant. This was donated by Niel Johnson.
Length: 50 min.
VHS.
VT2013-4
Film footage of President Harry S. Truman’s talk in Dexter, Iowa on September 18, 1948, and commentary by
Cary J. Hahn, “The Iowa Traveler” of KGAN-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. Hahn presented the (originally
8mm) home movie which came from Herb Plambeck, who had invited President Truman to the plowing match
in Dexter and conducted an interview with him. Also included is black and white footage of former President
Truman’s speech at the dedication of the Herbert Hoover Library on August 10, 1962. Mr. Hahn also shows an
old interview he did with Herb Plambeck (who died in 2001). This videotape was prepared around 2002. The
footage of Dexter, Iowa is color and of good quality.
Length: 7 min. 49 sec.
VHS.
VT2013-5
Film footage (originally from 8mm home movie) of President Harry S. Truman’s visit to Dexter, Iowa on
September 18, 1948. This home movie is from Herb Plambeck, who invited President Truman to speak at the
plowing match in Dexter. The movie is silent. There is also black and white sound footage of former President
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Truman’s speech at the dedication of the Herbert Hoover Library in West Branch, Iowa on August 10, 1962.
The video of the home movie was donated by Cary Hahn of KGAN-TV inCedar Rapids, Iowa (see VT2013-4).
Length: 17 min., 15 sec.
VT2013-6
July 2003. Interview with Rabbi Morris B. Marjolies. DVD+R. Rabbi Marjolies was 81 when interviewed by
his daughter’s friend about his life. Rabbi Marjolies speaks about his relationship with President Truman at
about 8 minutes and 40 seconds. Donor: Malka Margolies.
Length: 1 hour, 55 min.
VT2013-7
ca. April, 2013
PRESIDENT TRUMAN VISITS ARKANSAS
Old Independence Regional Museum, Batesville, Arkansas. This dvd was created for the Old Independence
Regional Museum, illustrating President Truman’s visit to Batesville while he was on his way to dedicate the
Norfolk and Bull Shoals Dam in July, 1952. They used photographs from the Truman Library collection.
Donor: Twyla Gill Wright, Curator of Collections.
2 dvds. Length: 10 min.
VT2013-10
May 8, 2013
Good Neighbor Award Luncheon Honoring President Bill Clinton. DVD.
Length: approx. 1 hour.
VT2013-11
2002
Presidents and Their First Ladies, Dramatically Speaking: Harry and Bess Truman. Written, produced, and
performed by William and Sue Wills. (Performance by a couple portraying Bess and Harry Truman; they stand
at podiums and speak). Donated by Bob Keifer. VHS.
Length: approx. 1 hour.
VT2014-1
Feb. 19, 2007
KMBC, Channel 9 News with Larry Moore.
News segment on the Harry S. Truman Library’s President’s Day featuring cookies offered to visitors from
presidential cookie recipes. Niel Johnson can be seen as President Truman; Library volunteers Joann Wilson
and Mildred Polk are in the segment. The reporter is Donna Pittman. DVD.
Length: 2 min.
VT2014-2
March, 1971
“Mr. President,” an obituary of Harry S. Truman by Metropolitan Broadcasting Television, a division of
Metromedia (KMBC, Channel 9). Narrator is Claude Dorsey. Producer, writer, and donor is Jerry Plantz. A
script for the program is filed in the videotape folder. The video footage includes film footage of President
Harry S. Truman, audio of his voice, and post presidential television footage. People in the video include
bodyguard Mike Westwood, Hubert Humphrey, President Lyndon B. Johnson, President Richard Nixon,
Charles Murphy, First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady Pat Nixon, and Bess Truman. There is footage of a
Salvation Army presentation at the Truman home, and unique footage of 30 4-H children singing Christmas
carols in front of the Truman home, with the former President coming out the door to accept a Christmas
present from them.
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Length: 29 min.
2 ¾-inch videotapes (originals); Betacam SP; and DVD.
VT2014-3
Same as VT2014-2, except there are five extra minutes at the end that shows footage from President Harry S.
Truman’s funeral at the Harry S. Truman Library.
Length: 34 min.
¾-inch videotape (original), Betacam SP, and DVD.
VT2014-4
September, 2013
“Hello, Mister President! – A Retrospective On ROC (Taiwan)-U. S. Friendship.” A two disc set relating to a
conference in Taipei celebrating the friendship between the U. S. and Taiwan. There was an exhibit hosted by
the National Archives (to which the Harry S. Truman Library contributed pictures), plus the conference. Disc
one highlights the opening of the exhibit, hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the National Chiang Kai-
Shek Memorial Hall. The second disc highlights the conference, with speakers Hon. Chiang Shiao-yen,
Chairman of the Chinese Nationalist Party; Dr. Yu-ming Shaw, chairman of the Board of the Public Television
Service Foundation; Mrs. Mary Jean Eisenhower, Executive Director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Commission; Joseph Calvaruso, Executive Director, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation; Dr. Fredrick
Chien, former President, Control Yuan; Ambassador Stephen S. F. Chen, National Policy Advisor; and
Ambassador William Stanton, Director, Center for Asia Policy, National Tsing Hua University.
2 DVD’s.
Length: approx. 2 hours.
From: Jack J. C. Yang, Director General of The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Kansas City.
VT2014-5
ca. 2004
U. S. Strategic Nuclear Policy, an Oral History, 1942-2004. Sandia National Laboratories. Interviews with
various individuals, such as Harold Agnew; Robert McNamara; James Schlesinger; Edward Teller; and others
on the subject of nuclear policy. There are 4 discs (DVD’s).
Length: 239 minutes. Donor: Doug Lawson, Sandia National Laboratory.
VT2014-6
June 13, 2007
David McCullough’s speech at the 50th anniversary of the Harry S. Truman Library. Library Director Michael
Devine introduces him. Truman Library Institute President Donald Nelson also speaks. This event was held on
the front steps of the Library.
Length: 55 min., 26 sec.
DVD.
VT2014-7
September 7, 2012
“Echoes from the Apocolypse: Tinian 60 Years Later.” A film by Anderson Giles and Bill Francis. Produced
by The Imagination Company. Donor: John Coster Mullen.
Length: 1 hour, 30 min.
DVD.
VT2014-8
June 8, 9, 2007
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Harry S. Truman Symposium on environmental issues “From Los Alamos to the Everglades,” Key West,
Florida. Composed of the following three discs: Day 1; Day 2 Part 1; and Day 2 part 2. Attendees included Dr.
Michael Devine, Director of the Harry S. Truman Library; Christina Todd Whitman, speaker, formerly
Governor of New Jersey; Ken Hechler; Clifton Truman Daniel; Bob Wolz, Director of the Little White House
museum; Dr. Karl Brooks; James McSweeney, Regional Administrator, National Archives Southeast Region;
and Mark Harvey.
Length: approx. 4 hours. DVD’s.
VT2014-9
May 16, 17, 2008
Harry S. Truman Symposium on immigration, Key West, Florida. Composed of the following three discs:
Disc 1, Day 1; Disc 2, Day 2, Part 1; Disc 3, Day 2, Part 2. Attendees included: Dr. Michael Devine,
Director of the Harry S. Truman Library; Bob Wolz, Director of the Little White House museum; Clifton
Truman Daniel; Ken Hechler; Dr. Richard Kirkendall; Larry Murray reading remarks by Roger Daniels;
David Rymer; Marian L. Smith; and Margo Anderson.
Length: appox. 4 hours. DVD’s.
VT2014-10
May 15, 16, 2009
Harry S. Truman Symposium on Truman and Congress, Key West, Florida. Composed of the following five
discs: Disc 1, Re-Dedication and George McGovern, May 15; Disc 2, Opening and Keynote, May 15; Disc 3,
Panel #1, May 16; Disc 4, Panel #2, May 16; Disc 5, Panel #3, May 16. Attendees included: Former Senator
George McGovern; Dr. Michael Devine, Director of the Harry S. Truman Library; Bob Wolz, Director of the
Little White House museum; Clifton Truman Daniel; Ken Hechler; Professor Alonzo Hamby; Professor Susan
Hartman; and Professor Robert Watson.
Length: approx. 5 hours. DVD’s.
VT2014-11
May 18, 19, 2012
Harry S. Truman Symposium on Truman and Foreign Aid, Key West, Florida. Composed of three discs:
Disc 1, Keynote address, May 18th; Disc 2, Morning Sessions, May 19th; Disc 3, Afternoon Sessions, May
19th. Attendees include: Senator Bob Graham of Florida; Dr. Michael Devine, Director of the Harry S.
Truman Library; Bob Wolz, Director of the Little White House museum; Clifton Truman Daniel; Ken
Hechler; Congressman Russ Carnahan.
Length: approx. 4 hours. DVD’s.
VT2014-12
May 17, 18, 2013
Harry S. Truman Symposium on the National Security Establishment and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman,
Key West, Florida. Three duplicate dvd’s of the Friday Night Keynote program on May 17 at the Little White
House. Because of the cancellation of Rep. Ike Skelton as keynote speaker, there was a panel consisting of
Bob Wolz, Director of the Little White House museum; Professor Mark R. Jacobson; Professor Douglas
Stuart; and Dr. Michael Devine, Director of the Harry S. Truman Library. Other attendees included Ken
Hechler and Clifton Truman Daniel.
Length: approx. 1 hour. DVD’s.
VT2014-13
May 13, 2011
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Harry S. Truman Symposium, Key West, Florida, on Israel. Two duplicate DVD’s of the Friday keynote
speech by historian Ron Radosh. Attendees included Bob Wolz, Director of the Little White House museum;
Dr. Michael Devine, Director of the Harry S. Truman Library; Clifton Truman Daniel; and Ken Hechler.
Length: approx. 1 hour. DVD’s.
VT2014-14
2010.
“ Memories of Korea,” a film produced on behalf of the Harry S. Truman Library (for use in 2010 Truman
Symposium in Key West, but never used). Produced and written by Shelley Bookspan; edited by Julie
Corley; narrated by Robert Cashier and Chris Corley. LifeStory Productions, Inc.
Length: approx. 15 min. There are four duplicates DVD’s of this film.
VT2014-15
May 14, 15, 2004
Harry S. Truman Symposium on Civil Rights at Key West, Florida. Six mini-dv’s, original. See VT2007-31
for dvd’s. Number 1 is Dr. Robert Watson and Clifton Truman Daniel; number 2 is John Lewis; number 3 is
panel discussion; number 4 is Carrie Meek; number 5 is Dr. Davis; number 6 is Michael Dukakis.
VT2015-1
Date unknown
“Memories of Korean War.” A Korean language video with English commentary about an American veteran
of the Korean War, Thomas Nuzzo, who talks about his memories of his Korean wife and the Korean War.
He is living in New York City. The video ends with views of the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D. C.
SBS Productions.
Length: 1 hour. DVD.
VT2015-2
June 13, 2007
“My Favorite Things” by the Directors of the Presidential Libraries, a Town Hall Meeting in which they
discuss their favorite artifacts or documents from their libraries. This was a program held at the Harry S.
Truman Library. The speakers include: Sharon Fawcett, head of Presidential Libraries; Warren Finch,
Director of the George H. W. Bush Library; Tom Putnam, Director of the Kennedy Library; Jay Hakes,
Director of the Carter Library; Emily Robison, Acting Director of the Clinton Library; Dan Holt, Director of
the Eisenhower Library; Elaine Didier, Director of the Ford Library; Timothy Naftali, Director of the Nixon
Library; Duke Blackwood, Director of the Reagan Library; Michael Devine, Director of the Truman Library;
Timothy Walsh, Director of the Hoover Library; Cynthia Koch, Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt
Library; Betty Sue Flowers, Director of the Johnson Library; and Nancy K. Smith, Presidential Materials
Staff.
Length: l hour, 4 min. DVD.
VT2015-3
May 3, 1996
Public Service Award presented by the City of Independence, Missouri to Senator Bill Bradley. The event is on
the steps of the Harry S. Truman Library. Library Director Larry Hackman and Independence Mayor Ron
Stewart are featured. There was a special presentation to Professor Francis H. Heller.
Length: approx. 1 hour. VHS.
VT2015-4
September 20, 1997
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40th anniversary of the Harry S. Truman Library, with Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan introducing the new
Guggenheim film about Harry Truman that will be shown in the museum. Library Director Larry Hackman and
Institute President Sandy Boyd also speak.
Length: 48 min. VHS.
VT2015-5
July 18, 2003
C-Span Live Broadcast from the Harry S. Truman Library. Interviews with Library Director Dr. Michael
Devine, Ray Geselbracht, and Professor Richard Kirkendall.
Length: approx. 1 hour. VHS.
VT2015-6
May 1, 2004
Folk singer Dana Cooper performs his original song “Harry Truman Built a Road” in the auditorium of the
Harry S. Truman Library.
Length: 4 min. 40 sec.; VHS.
VT2015-7
October 26, 2001
Legacy of Korea Conference at the Harry S. Truman Library. Friday morning session: “Global Context of the
Korean War,” Melvyn P. Leffler (University of Virginia); “War in the American Living Room,” Thomas
Doherty (Brandeis University), Tony Williams (Southern Illinois University), and Lary May (University of
Minnesota).
Length: approx. 2 hours. VHS.
VT2015-8
October 26, 2001
Legacy of Korea Conference at the Harry S. Truman Library. Friday afternoon session: “Fuzzy Definition,
Poor Resolution: Early Television, the Korean War, and the Brainwashed American Mind,” Alan Nadel
(Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute); “Legacy of War the War,” William Stueck (University of Georgia), David
Reimers (New York University).
Length: approx. 2 hours. VHS.
VT2015-9
October 27, 2001
Legacy of Korea Conference at the Harry S. Truman Library. Saturday morning session: “Koreans and
Americans – Memories of War,” Maija Rhee Devine and James I. Matray (New Mexico State University);
“Workshop: Using Primary Sources to Study the Korean War,” Mark Adams and Tom Heuertz.
Length: approx. 2 hours. VHS
VT2015-10
August 1, 1998
General Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., pilot of the Enola Gay, the airplane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima,
speaks on the front steps of the Harry S. Truman Library and signs copies of his book at a reception.
Length: approx. 1 hour. VHS.
VT2015-11
2014
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“Harry S. Truman: The Buck Stops Here.” Niel Johnson as Harry S. Truman is interviewed by William
Rhatican. Produced at NVCC-TV Center. DVD.
Length: Approx. 1 hour.
VT2015-12
May 12, 1995
Harry S. Truman Public Service Award, former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance.
VHS.
Length: approx. 22 min.
VT2015-13
parts 1 and 2, October 21, 1996
Gunter Schmer and family visit the Truman Library and tour the museum. Filmed (evidently) by James
Theodore Eichman. Public Events Coordinator Rita Klepac appears in the Video.
2 VHS tapes, parts 1 and 2.
Length: approx. 2 hours.
VT2015-14
Ca. March, 1997
Truman Library Director Larry Hackman introduces Professor Alonzo Hamby and Ambassador George McGee
as speakers at a program and special exhibit relating to the Truman Doctrine. The exhibit may have been part of
an exhibit called “50 Years Ago in the Truman Presidency.”
VHS tape.
Length: approx. 1 hour.
VT2015-15
September 21, 1997.
KCTV Channel 5 (CBS affiliate in Kansas City) news segment from the 10:00 news about the new film by
Charles Guggenheim that will be shown at the Harry S. Truman Library. The newsman is Stan Carmack. The
kick-off public showing features comments by museum curator Clay Bauske. Library AV Technician Ed Autry
can be seen briefly in the projector room. Library volunteer Doris McCartney can be seen serving soda pop and
popcorn to visitors. The reaction to the film from various visitors are recorded.
VHS tape.
Length: approx. 3 min.
VT2015-16
Ca. August, 1994
Recognition ceremony of the Liberators of France. This veterans ceremony is hosted by Truman Library
Deputy Director Scott Roley. The guest speaker is the honorary consul of France, Dr. Octav C. Mervet (sp?).
The ceremony is to honor American veterans for liberating France during World War II.
VHS.
Length: approx. 1 hour
VT2015-17
November 6, 1998
KANSAS CITY CROSSROADS, with Bill Kalahuraka, channel 41, KSHB. He interviews Sue Gentry and
Mary Shaw Branton about the election of 1948 in Independence, Missouri.
VHS.
Length: 3 min. 40 sec.
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VT2015-18
1996.
White House in Miniature at the Truman Library. Truman Library Director Larry Hackman introduces White
House Curator Rex Scouten. Also on this video: Niel Johnson, Visitor Services Manager Jan Hoag, and
Special Events Coordinator Rita Klepac.
VHS.
Length: Approx. 1 hour.
VT2015-19
August 31, 2000.
“FOCUS GROUP” TRUMAN LIBRARY RESEARCH. VHS. Length: approx. 1 hour.
VT2015-20
October 11, 2001.
Jay Hakes, Director of the Jimmy Carter Library, speaks on the subject of energy at the Presidential Advisors
Seriesat the Truman Library.
VHS.
Length: approx. 1 hour.
VT2015-21
TRUMAN LIBRARY HIGHLIGHTS, 1996.
1996
Clips from various news stations featuring stories about the Truman Library. Events mentioned include: Bess
Truman Week; Exhibit “Our Mothers Before Us” (19th Amendment visits the Library); Truman Week (Senator
Bill Bradley receives Public Service Award); Independence Day; Exhibit I’m Just Mild About Harry (political
cartoons); Exhibit: “1945 Year of Decisions”; Exhibit “From Truman to Clinton: the Presidents on Time”;
Thomas Eagleton Leads Institute; Library Acquisitions; Truman Receives Honorary Law Degree from Missouri
Supreme Court; Whistlestop series (Ken Hechler talks about movie series); Mock Elections; Library Artifacts
(Mark Beveridge); White House in Miniature. Clay Bauske and Larry Hackman can be seen on video.
VHS.
Length: approx. 15 min.
VT2015-22
July 10, 2003
National Archives News Conference, TRUMAN LIBRARY DISCOVERY. C-Span 3. Archivist of the United
States John Carlin and Special Assistant to the Director of the Truman Library Ray Geselbracht discuss the
discovery of a 1947 diary of President Truman that was found in the book collection. VHS.
Length: 15 min.
VT2015-23
Ca. 1996
Truman Library Director Larry Hackman introduces former White House worker, butler Eugene Allen. This
program is part of the White House series, presented during the White House in Miniature exhibit. After
speaking, Mr. Allen is taking people on a tour of the Miniature White House. VHS.
Length: approx. 1 hour.
VT2015-24
Ca. 1996
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Truman Library Director Larry Hackman introduces former White House worker, Chef Henry Haller. This
program is part of the White House series, presented during the White House in Miniature exhibit. Mr. Haller is
also doing a book signing for his book about working as a chef for 22 years in the White House. VHS.
Length: approx. 1 hour.
VT2015-25
Ca. 1996
TORAH, GIFT TO TRUMAN. Unidentified rabbi lectures on the Torah, which was a gift to President Truman
from Chaim Weizmann in 1948. The rabbi is in the museum collection room, and addressing a group of
students who are in attendance. Museum staff members Mark Beveridge and Pat Dorsey are also present.
VHS. Length: 30 min.
VT2015-26
HISTORY OF THE WHITE HOUSE
August 23, 2001
Program with William Seale at the Harry S. Truman Library. The event is in the auditorium of the Truman
Library; introductory remarks by Clay Bauske, museum curator, and Jim Sanders, Superintendent of the Harry
S. Truman National Historic Site. William Seale speaks on the history of the White House relating to the
Truman administration, then takes questions. There is a new exhibit of Abbie Rowe photos relating to the
reconstruction of the White House in the Truman administration.
VHS.
Length: 1 hour.
VT2015-27
OUR MOTHERS BEFORE US
1996
Training video with Alysia Black of the NARA Center for Legislative Archives. She discusses the exhibit and
the many petitions from famous women that are in the Legislative Archives. This exhibit was at the Truman
Library.
VHS.
Length: 30 min.
VT2015-28.
Copyright 2015, Khul, Roberson, and Associates, LLC. “In the Interest of National Security.” Documentary
about agriculture that uses material from the Harry S. Truman Library, especially about the Brannan Plan.
Restrictions: THIS DVD IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC. Donor: R. James
Roberson, Producer. Anyone interested in ordering this dvd would need to contact Mr. Roberson. 1 DVD.
Length: 2 hours, 12 min.
VT2015-29.
4/17/99. Oral History interview with local historian and Independence Examiner columnist Sue Gentry by Niel
Johnson, with Liz Safly and Mary Childers participating. VHS. Restrictions: Unknown.
Length: approx1 hour
VT2015-30.
2/14/62. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s White House Tour, CBS, broadcast on all three networks. This was
used in a Truman Library museum exhibit at one time. See also MP66-19 for President Truman’s tour of the
White House. Betacam SP videotape and 2 VHS copies. Restrictions: CBS.
Length: 1 hour.
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VT2016-1.
5/7/93 to 2/95. Niel Johnson home video of several events from 1993 to 1995. Harry S. Truman Public Service
Award presented to David McCullough at the Truman Library, 5/7/93; Independence homes tour, 5/8/93;
David McCullough speaks at First Baptist Church of Independence, 5/8/93; Brunch for David McCullough at
home of Heraldine Helms (who boarded him when a researcher): Liz Safly, V. G. Johnson, Brent
Shondelmeyer, Mary Sue Luff, Sue Gentry, and others are present, 5/9/93; transfer of the Truman farm home in
Grandview, Missouri to the National Park Service, and tour of farm home with Martha Ann Swoyer as she
describes furniture, etc., 5/8/94; Event in Chicago marking 100th anniversary of the Democratic Convention
where Harry S. Truman was selected as the Vice-Presidential nominee, Niel Johnson re-enacting Truman, and
Clifton Truman Daniel are guests, 7/94; Niel and V. G. Johnson in Kirkwood, Missouri where Niel re-enacts
Truman for an event which included several people dressed in World War II clothing, 2/95. VHS videotape.
Length: approx.. 2 hours.
VT2016-2.
5/7-9/93. Niel Johnson home video of the Public Service Award presented to David McCullough at the Truman
Library, 5/7/93; the Independence Homes tour, 5/8/93; the welcome brunch for David McCullough at the home
of Heraldine Helms (who had boarded him when he was a researcher), 5/9/93. VHS videotape;
Length: approx. 2 hours.
VT2016-3.
5/8/84. Several news reports on President Harry S. Truman, whose Centennial is today. First, a short report on
the Joint Session of Congress with guest Margaret Truman, reported by Bob McBride, Channel 4. Next, NBC
Nightly News which includes a report on the wreath-laying ceremony at the Truman Library and remarks by
Ardis Haukenberry and May Wallace. This is followed by ABC World News Tonight, which featured a report
on the Joint Session of Congress and a brief segment of Margaret Truman’s speech. The McNeill-Lehrer News
Report was also included, but with nothing on Truman. This videotape includes the entire NBC and ABC news
broadcasts. 3/4-inch videotape.
Length: 1 hour.
VT2016-4.
Date unknown. “Give ‘Em Hell, Harry” (play by Sam Gallu). Performed by Adam Kee in Johnston City, IL.
VHS videotape.
Length: approx.. 2 hours.
VT2016-5.
2/10/2002. Author Steve Neal on Booknotes on C-Span2 talks about his book “Harry and Ike.” VHS
videotape.
Length: approx. 30 min.
VT2016-6.
October 13, 1970. Paul Powell’s Eulogy. This video show. The Illinois Capitol building where Illinois
Secretary of State Paul Powell’s funeral took place. The eulogies of Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie, Mayor Richard J.
Daley, and Rep. Clyde L. Choate are spoken, while photos from the career of Paul Powell are seen. Many of
the photos include Harry S. Truman, who was a political associate. See also VT2007-43, which is similar, but
20 minutes in length. VHS videotape.
Length: 8 min.
VT2016-7.
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1997. Michael Roesch, who appears to be a high school or college student, gives a biographical talk as Harry
S. Truman. This is a home movie, evidently filmed in Mr. Roesch’s house. VHS videotape.
Length: 17 min.
VT2016-8.
1/31/79. BACKSTAIRS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, part 1, hour 1, part 1, hour 2, and part 1, hour 3. The Ed
Friendly production (NBC) based on the memoirs of Lillian Rogers Parks, who was a maid through several
Presidents at the White House (including President Truman). These tapes cover the presidencies from Taft to
Wilson. Three ¾-inch videotapes. Length: 3 hours. Restrictions: Contract agreement indicates they cannot be
duplicated without permission.
VT2016-9.
1/31/79. BACKSTAIRS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, part 2, Hour 1, part 2, hour 2. The Ed Friendly production
(NBC) based on the memoirs of Lillian Rogers Parks, who was a maid through several Presidents at the White
House (including President Truman). These tapes cover the presidencies from Harding to Hoover. Two ¾-inch
videotapes. Length: 2 hours. Restrictions: Contract agreement indicates they cannot be duplicated without
permission.
VT2016-10.
1/31/79. BACKSTAIRS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, part 3, Hour 1, part 3, hour 2. The Ed Friendly production
(NBC) based on the memoirs of Lillian Rogers Parks, who was a maid through several
Presidents at the White House (including President Truman). These tapes cover the presidency of Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Two ¾ inch videotapes. Length: 2 hours. Restrictions: Contract agreement indicates they cannot
be duplicated without permission.
VT2016-11
1/31/79. BACKSTAIRS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, part 4, Hour 1, part 4, hour 2. The Ed Friendly production
(NBC) based on the memoirs of Lillian Rogers Parks, who was a maid through several Presidents at the White
House (including President Truman). These tapes cover the presidency of Harry S. Truman and Dwight D.
Eisenhower. Two ¾-inch videotapes.
Length: 2 hours. Restrictions: Contract agreement Indicates they cannot be duplicated without permission.
VT2016-12
Ca. 1998. Renovation Slide Show, Unedited.
Slide program about the Truman Library museum renovation, featuring narration that is probably by a member
of the Chermyoff and Geismar museum design firm. The video shows models of museum exhibits as well as
still photographs from the Library collection. The narration discusses the themes for the various museum
exhibit areas. VHS videotape.
Length: approx.. 1 hour.
VT2016-13
1988. KEN BURNS AMERICA: THOMAS HART BENTON.
A Florentine Films Production in association with WGBH-TV. Narrated by Jason Robards. A production
about the life and art of Thomas Hart Benton (the artist who created the mural in the Truman Library,
“Independence and The Opening of the West”). VHS videotape.
Length: approx.. 86 min.
VT2016-14
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THOMAS HART BENTON: THE SOURCES OF COUNTRY MUSIC. A video produced by John Alton
about the last mural painted by Thomas Hart Benton. Chip Taylor Communications.VHS videotape. Length:
30 min.
VT2016-15
9/9/2002. CITY CLUB OF CHICAGO PRESENTS: INSIDE CHICAGO.
Can TV Community Partners. This program first presents Gloria Steinem, who introduces journalist Steve
Neal, who speaks about his book: “Eleanor and Harry, the correspondence between Eleanor Roosevelt and
Harry S. Truman.” VHS videotape.
Length: approx.. 1 hr.
VT2016-16-1
5/15/15. Little White House, Key West. The Public Healthcare Legacy of Harry S. Truman. Truman Legacy
Symposium. Friday keynote address. Clifton Truman Daniel and Robert Wolz speak and the keynote speaker if
Dr. Robert M. Wah, President of the American Medical Association. Length: approx. 1 hour. DVD.
VT2016-16-2
5/16/15. Little White House, Key West. The Public Healthcare Legacy of Harry S. Truman. Truman Legacy
Symposium. Saturday Morning Sessions. Speakers include: Robert Wolz, Michael Devine, Steve Edwards,
Ray Geselbracht, Claudia Anderson (of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library), and Victoria Hardin. Length:
approx.. 2 hours. DVD.
VT2016-16-3
5/16/15. Little White House, Key West. The Public Healthcare Legacy of Harry S. Truman. Truman Legacy
Symposium. Saturday Afternoon Sessions. Dr. Michael Devine introduces speakers Dr. Harold Pollack and Dr.
Robert M. Wah. Length: approx. 1 hour. DVD
VT2016-17
11/11/15. The Macomb County Bar Foundation Presents An Historical Mock Trial, The United Nations vs.
Harry S. Truman (was the dropping of the Atomic Bombs over Japan justified?). The audience is the jury and
will decide. Legally Speaking, a co-production of the Macomb County Bar Foundation and Sterling Heights
Television. Donor: Steve Steinhardt. Parts 1 and 2. 2 dvd’s. Length: approx. 2 hours.
VT2017-1
2016. THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE BATTLE OF CHOSIN. A documentary produced for PBS by
Film Posse, Inc. A study of the ordeal experienced by U.N. forces in December, 1950, when they were
surrounded by Chinese Communist soldiers at the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. Narrated by Michael
Murphy. DVD. Length: approximately 120 minutes.
VT2017-2-1
4/21/17. THE TRUMAN LEGACY: LATIN AND SOUTH AMERICA. Little White House, Key West,
Florida. Truman Legacy Symposium. Friday Keynote Address by Guillermo I. Martinez, with additional
remarks by Robert Wolz and Mary Lou Pfeiffer. Length: 1 hour, 13 minutes. DVD
VT2017-2-2
4/22/17. THE TRUMAN LEGACY: LATIN AND SOUTH AMERICA. Little White House, Key West,
Florida. Truman Legacy Symposium. Saturday Session I. Principal Speaker: Dr. Raymond H. Geselbracht,
with additional remarks by Robert Wolz, Clifton Truman Daniel, Michael Devine, and Mary Lou Pfeiffer.
Length: 1 hour, 10 minutes. DVD.
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VT2017-2-3
4/22/17. THE TRUMAN LEGACY: LATIN AND SOUTH AMERICA. Little White House, Key West,
Florida. Truman Legacy Symposium. Saturday Session II. Principal Speakers: Stephen Rabe, Thomas Field,
and Bradley Coleman, with additional remarks by Clifton Truman Daniel and Robert Wolz. Length: I hour, 59
minutes. DVD.
VT2017-3
2017. MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM: EPISODE 1406. An Optomen Production for the Travel Channel,
featuring an episode on Lt. Winton Sexton and his friendship with President Truman, as documented in their
correspondence at the Truman Library, with other episodes and additional content. Length: 1 hour, 4 minutes
(Sexton episode from 37:50 to 43:50). DVD.
VT2017-4
March 2003. GEORGE F. KENNAN INTERVIEW. Alpine Video Productions. Ambassador Kennan
discusses his family background, his early life in Milwaukee, his education at Princeton, his career in the
Foreign Service, his training as a Russian expert, his involvement in the creation of the Marshall Plan, his trip to
Japan, his association with the Institute for Advanced Study, and his relations with John Foster Dulles, Dean
Acheson, and Douglas MacArthur. Also present are his wife Annelise, his son Christopher (who taped the
conversation), the sculptor Elmer Petersen, and Wm. Vocke of the Institute of World Affairs, University of
Wisconsin--Milwaukee. At the end of the interview, Kennan discusses plans to honor him with a monumental
sculpture in Milwaukee, and expresses regret at his inability to attend the Kennan Forum in Milwaukee.
Length: 45 minutes. VHS Videotape.
VT2017-5
November 17, 2004. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES CONFERENCE. C-SPAN broadcast of comments by ten
Presidential Library Directors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). The Directors discuss the
histories and programs of their institutions. Participants include Timothy Walsh (Hoover Library), Cynthia
Koch (Roosevelt Library), Michael Devine (Truman Library), Daniel Holt (Eisenhower Library), Deborah Leff
(Kennedy Library), Betty Sue Flowers (Johnson Library), Karl Weissenbach (Nixon Presidential Materials
Project), Dennis Daellenbach (Ford Library), Jay Hakes (Carter Library), and Duke Blackwood (Reagan
Library). Also included are introductory remarks by Deborah Baldwin, Dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences, UALR; Joel Anderson, Chancellor, UALR; Peggy Scranton, Political Science Professor, UALR;
Richard Claypoole, Assistant Archivist for Presidential Libraries; and Nancy Kegan Smith, Presidential
Materials Staff Director. Length: 1 hour, 14 minutes. DVD.