Guide to Videotapes Collection in the Harry S. Truman Library

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Science and Human Division, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS 3/4-inch videotape.

NOT FORGOTTEN: HARRY TRUMAN Channel 19, KCPT, August 12, 1975. One 3/4-inch videotape.

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.

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

May 8, 1991. 39th Annual Birthday Luncheon, honoring the 1991 recipient of the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award: Ewing M. Kauffman. VHS videotape.

MCCNEIL/LEHRER NEWS HOUR PBS. Jim Fisher essay on remembering Pearl Harbor (broadcast from Kansas City). ca. 12/7/91. VHS videotape.

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.

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.

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.

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. A REMEMBRANCE -- 493RD BOMB GROUP, EPISODE I" Apparently produced by Al Zimmerman in 1987. Received from Al Zimmerman, 2/.5/92. VHS videotape.

A REMEMBRANCE -- 493RD BOMB GROUP, EPISODE I Apparently produced by Al Zimmerman in 1987. Received from Al Zimmerman, 2/.5/92. VHS videotape.

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

John Masterman interviews David McCullough about McCullough's new book, Truman. 6/18/92, Channel 19, KCPT-TV. VHS videotape.

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.

THE WHITE HOUSE LECTURES: HARRY TRUMAN With David McCullough. WXXI, Rochester, NY. Producer, director, John Overlan. 3/4-inch videotape.

GEORGE MARSHALL AND THE AMERICAN CENTURY A GM Mark of Excellence Presentation. Copied from KCPT, public television, Channel 19, May 14, 1993. VHS videotape.

TRUMAN LIBRARY TV SPOTS, 1977. First Work Print. Produced by National Archives and Records Service. EMPIRE OF REASON" Program aired on public television in November 1989. Copied by AV Archivist from the Herbert Hoover Library.