HARRY S. TRUMAN: THE YEARS IN INDEPENDENCE (A PRESENTATION OF WDAF-TV)

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Event Date(s): 01/01/1969 | Event Location(s): Independence, Missouri | Description: FLAG SEEN AT HALF-MAST OUTSIDE THE TRUMAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY. PROGRAM TITLE SHOWN. RESERVED PARKING SPACE SEEN. HARRY TRUMAN JOKES DURING SPEECH. STILLS TRACE TRUMAN'S BACKGROUND AND RISE IN POLITICS. STILLS OF SEN. TRUMAN ON THE STEPS OF THE CAPITOL AND HOLDING OUT NEWSPAPER WITH"DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" HEADLINE. FILM SHOWS CITIZEN TRUMAN ARRIVING BACK HOME IN INDEPENDENCE IN JAN. 1953. MAIL SEEN PILED ON DESK. TRUMAN TAKES A MORNING WALK. TRUMAN AND MEN POSE DURING GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE TRUMAN LIBRARY. THE FORMER PRESIDENT MEETS WITH ARTIST THOMAS HART BENTON. TRUMAN SITS WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOHN F KENNEDY IN 1960 AND TELLS REPORTERS HE HAS LITTLE USE FOR POLLS. TRUMAN CONVERSES WITH LYNDON JOHNSON. TRUMAN GIVES ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT F. KENNEDY A PERSONAL TOUR OF THE LIBRARY. LADY BIRD AND LINDA BIRD ARRIVE FOR A VISIT. TRUMAN AT MICROPHONE ASSERTS GENERAL MACARTHUR WAS FIRED FOR INSUBORDINATION. TRUMAN IS PRESENTED A NEW CAR AND A FIRE HAT. HE JOKES WITH JACK BENNY. TRUMAN RECEIVES A CONGRATULATORY PHONE CALL FROM PRES. KENNEDY ON HIS 79TH BIRTHDAY. TRUMAN GETS INTO CAR& DRIVES OFF. TRUMAN GIVES HIS DEFINITION OF A POLITICIAN. IN 1964 HE SAYS HE'LL SEND AN OPERATIVE TO THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION BECAUSE HE'S BUSY WORKING ON A BOOK ON AMERICAN HISTORY. THE JOHNSONS ARRIVE AT HOSPITAL TO VISIT TRUMAN; FLAG SEEN AT HALF-MAST FOR HERBERT HOOVER. EDDIE FISHER AND OTHER CELEBRITIES GATHER OUTSIDE TO SING"GET WELL, HARRY." TRUMAN RECEIVES THE JOHNSONS OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY FOR SIGNING OF MEDICARE BILL. TRUMAN AT PODIUM SAYS HE'S GLAD TO HAVE LIVED THIS LONG; HE INTROS PRESIDENT JOHNSON. LBJ TELLS THOSE ASSEMBLED THE PEOPLE OF THE U.S. LOVED HARRY TRUMAN NOT BECAUSE HE GAVE THEM HELL, BUT BECAUSE HE GAVE THEM HOPE. FRIENDS OF TRUMAN COMMENT. FORMER U.S. SENATOR HARRY DARBY RECALLS TRUMAN AS A VERY PERSONABLE MAN. RADIO& TV EXEC TOM L. EVANS SAYS TRUMAN WAS THE SAME PERSON ALL THROUGH LIFE AND WAS AN HONEST AND SINCERE MAN. SUE GENTRY OF THE INDEPENDENCE EXAMINER SAYS SHE'S GRATEFUL THAT TRUMAN NEVER LET HER DOWN FOR A STORY. ROY A. ROBERTS OF THE KANSAS CITY STAR CLAIMS TRUMAN WASN'T A GREAT NATIONAL LEADER BUT HE MADE GREAT DECISIONS. TRUMAN AT PODIUM JESTS THAT HE WANTS TO LIVE FOR SOME TIME YET. FLAG SEEN AT HALF-MAST. PROGRAM IS A PRESENTATION OF (NBC AFFILIATE) WDAF-TV IN KANSAS CITY, MO. AND WAS PRODUCED BY TAFT BROADCASTING COMPANY. AVAILABLE ON KINESCOPE IN KINE BOX 90