Compiled by Pauline Testerman with the Assistance of Anita M. Smith, April 2018.
10TH ANNUAL GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARD DINNER 10th Annual Good Neighbor Award Dinner for Barry Goldwater, May 7, 1982. From Henry Talge. VHS videotape.
Guide to Videotapes Collection in the Harry S. Truman Library
Search Results: 687
Videotapes Collection
BESS TRUMAN FUNERAL KCMG-TV, October 21, 1982. Bess Truman funeral footage. 3/4-inch videotape.
Total length: Empty
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: Empty
REMEMBERING HARRY S. TRUMAN KTWU, Channel 11, Topeka KS., December 28, 1982. Truman is remembered in this 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 minutes 3 seconds
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
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
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 minutes 3 seconds
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 hours
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
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
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
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 minutes 20 seconds
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 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
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
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
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
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 minutes 50 seconds
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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