Motion Picture MP72-39
First Lady – Mrs. Truman Visits Children’s Hospital
Administrative Information
Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
23 feet
Running Time
38 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
RKO-Pathe
Restrictions
Restricted
Keywords
Children
Hospitals
Poliomyelitis
Description
Warner Pathe Newsreel showing Bess Truman visiting Washington DC's Children’s Hospital for the first time since becoming First Lady in 1945. She visits children being treated for infantile paralysis (polio) and is shown the latest treatment methods. It concludes with the narrator saying that many of these children will walk again because of contributions to the March of Dimes.
People Mentioned
Date(s)
1945
Available Format(s)
Motion Picture
Online Digital Presentation
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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture