Motion Picture MP2025-1
Administrative Information
Home movie that shows, among other things, former president Harry S. Truman and former first lady Bess Truman attending a baseball game.
SD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are available for $20, and HD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are $50. Copies of motion pictures not already digitized will incur additional costs.
SD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are available for $20, and HD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are $50. Copies of motion pictures not already digitized will incur additional costs.
This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.
To request a copy of this item, please contact truman.reference@nara.gov
Please note that this video belongs to a different video collection than the items available to be borrowed by teachers, from our Education Department.
Shot List
Footage starts with an on-field ceremony near home plate. Then player number 30 comes up to bat and hits a home run and runs around the bases. Number seven catches a ball at first base for an out. Bess Truman and Harry Truman are seen in the stands watching the game. The camera pans around the outfield wall from left field to center. Number 33 swings and misses at the plate. The crowd is seen entering the field after the game, and Mr. Truman is standing and smiling and doffing his hat at someone in the stands.
Based on contextual evidence, it appears as though this is a Kansas City Athletics game played at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City, MO, sometime between 1955 and 1957. The players shown in the footage are probably Gus Zernial (number 30, who hit a home run) and Vic Power (number 7, playing first base).