President Harry S. Truman's remarks at a luncheon with members of the National Symphony Orchestra. The President spoke at 1:30 p.m. at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. His opening words referred to Gordon S. Reid, president of the Symphony Board Association and chairman of the luncheon, Laura Thompson Magnuson, president of the Women's Committee of the National Symphony Orchestra, and Bess Truman.
Piano solo "Black Hawk Waltz" performed by Harry S. Truman. Full song.
CHARLES KURALT, TRUMAN CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE, Ca. 1984. CBS Sunday Morning segment. Heywood Hale Broun interviews Daniel Pollack, pianist, and David Amram, composer. Footage of Daniel Pollack playing with the Kansas City Symphony at the Truman Centennial Celebration. Premier Performance of David Amram’s “Across the Wide Missouri” in honor of President Truman. Also footage of President Truman playing the piano, David Pollack 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
Unidentified Harry S. Truman Library employees enjoy a luau party hosted by Thomas Hart Benton in his Kansas City home. Mr. Benton's daughter, Jessie Benton, is playing a guitar with an unidentified harmonica player.
Margaret Truman, daughter of U.S. Senator Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman, warms up as she sings into an NBC microphone in preparation for the third annual Congressional Children's Broadcast. The Congressional Club sponsors the program full of talented congressional youngsters. NARA photo number 306-PS-51-4631. Photograph also found in the attic of the Truman Home.