| Selected Original - ATTEMPT ON THE PRESIDENT'S LIFE. Material relating to newsreel story "Attempt on the President's life" - 50/89. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 26207 | |
| Clip Number: | 26207-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 50/89 B | |
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| Location: | Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Dedications CRIME: Assassinations LOCATIONS/CARIBBEAN: Puerto Rico LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS: Misc PERSONALITIES: Truman, Harry RIOTS: Political | |
| Description: | MISSING AS OF 1/15/04 See also catalog # 26216 Selected Originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out takes, rushes) for story "Attempt on the President's life" Similar to newsreel story. (First part of item identical to newsreel story). More shots of workers cleaning pavement. Shots of Mrs. Callazo (wife of the gunmen) with her daughters in back of police car. She hides her face from the cameras. Shots of battered door and walls. Shots of Lady Dill and crowd awaiting the arrival of President Truman. Shots of President Truman making speech (natural sound - poor quality). Shots of the statue of Sir John Dill. Various shots of crowds and dead bodies on the streets of Puerto Rico. More footage at Blair House and Arlington. Numerous shots dead men in street (Puerto Rico). M/S of man lying wounded. Cataloguer's note: Part sound only. | |
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