1948TRUMAN
1948 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN TALKS ABOUT HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
TRUMAN'S RE-ELECTION NOMINATION. HUGE CROWD, WAVING HATS. GOING TO VOTE. CARGO UNLOADED FROM SHIP. EXT CONVENTION HALL. JULY, 1948. PHILADELPHIA. HOT, PEOPLE FAN THEMSELVES. NIGHTTIME EXT ON TRAIN. DEWEY & TAFT CAMPAIGNING. JOHN L. LEWIS. POLITICAL CARTOONS. GOV. LANEY OF ARKANSAS. PALESTINE. BLACKS PICKET AGAINST JIM CROW LAWS. CIVIL RIGHTS. STROM THURMOND MAKES SPEECH. SOUTH AGAINST TRUMAN. SHRINKING. TRUMAN'S ON GRAPH. WHITE HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. BALCONY BEING BUILT. RENOVATIONS. IKE. FDR, JR. MAKES SPEECH PRO-IKE. TRUMAN WALKS ON SIDEWALK. ON TRAIN. CU TRAIN. WHEEL AT PODIUM MAKING SPEECH AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. ON BACK OF TRAIN MAKES SPEECH, FUNNY. AIR SHOW. AT AIR FIELD IN IDAHO. POV ON TRAIN PAST CROWDS. CROWD AT STADIUM IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA IN GRADUATE ROBE, MAKES SPEECH ABOUT THE "DO-NOTHING" CONGRESS CAPITOL DOME. WAVES IN MOTORCADE. BACK IN WASHINGTON, DC. JEREMIAH MAHONEY. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. DEWEY ACCEPTS NOMINATION. PICKING FRUIT WITH FAMILY POLITICAL PARADE. DONKEY WITH EYES THAT LIGHT UP. PARTY ATMOSPHERE. SENATOR BARKLEY. PLACARDS. REPORTERS. BANKS OF LENSES. ALABAMA GOV. MAKES SPEECH AT DINNER. DEWEY CAMPAIGNING. LOTS OF CAMPAIGN SPEECHES. TRUMAN IN SUNGLASSES. EARL WARREN. WAVE HATS. DEWEY WRITES ON TRAIN. SHAKING HANDS. WAVE HATS. TRUMAN'S HOME. HUGE ELECTION LINES. TRUMAN AND WIFE.DEWEY IN VOTING BOOTH. TRUMAN VOTES. BALLOT BOX. MAN SAYS DEWEY WILL BE THE PRESIDENT. RADIO MEN. PEOPLE LISTEN TO RADIO. LIGHTED SIGN. BLACK VOTERS. ADDING MACHINES. FIREWORKS. TRUMAN WITH NEWSPAPER. DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT CONGRATULATES TRUMAN. TRUMAN GREETED WARMLY IN WASHINGTON, DC. TRUMAN BALCONY.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN TALKS ABOUT HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
TRUMAN'S RE-ELECTION NOMINATION. HUGE CROWD, WAVING HATS. GOING TO VOTE. CARGO UNLOADED FROM SHIP. EXT CONVENTION HALL. JULY, 1948. PHILADELPHIA. HOT, PEOPLE FAN THEMSELVES. NIGHTTIME EXT ON TRAIN. DEWEY & TAFT CAMPAIGNING. JOHN L. LEWIS. POLITICAL CARTOONS. GOV. LANEY OF ARKANSAS. PALESTINE. BLACKS PICKET AGAINST JIM CROW LAWS. CIVIL RIGHTS. STROM THURMOND MAKES SPEECH. SOUTH AGAINST TRUMAN. SHRINKING. TRUMAN'S ON GRAPH. WHITE HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. BALCONY BEING BUILT. RENOVATIONS. IKE. FDR, JR. MAKES SPEECH PRO-IKE. TRUMAN WALKS ON SIDEWALK. ON TRAIN. CU TRAIN. WHEEL AT PODIUM MAKING SPEECH AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. ON BACK OF TRAIN MAKES SPEECH, FUNNY. AIR SHOW. AT AIR FIELD IN IDAHO. POV ON TRAIN PAST CROWDS. CROWD AT STADIUM IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA IN GRADUATE ROBE, MAKES SPEECH ABOUT THE "DO-NOTHING" CONGRESS CAPITOL DOME. WAVES IN MOTORCADE. BACK IN WASHINGTON, DC. JEREMIAH MAHONEY. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. DEWEY ACCEPTS NOMINATION. PICKING FRUIT WITH FAMILY POLITICAL PARADE. DONKEY WITH EYES THAT LIGHT UP. PARTY ATMOSPHERE. SENATOR BARKLEY. PLACARDS. REPORTERS. BANKS OF LENSES. ALABAMA GOV. MAKES SPEECH AT DINNER. DEWEY CAMPAIGNING. LOTS OF CAMPAIGN SPEECHES. TRUMAN IN SUNGLASSES. EARL WARREN. WAVE HATS. DEWEY WRITES ON TRAIN. SHAKING HANDS. WAVE HATS. TRUMAN'S HOME. HUGE ELECTION LINES. TRUMAN AND WIFE.DEWEY IN VOTING BOOTH. TRUMAN VOTES. BALLOT BOX. MAN SAYS DEWEY WILL BE THE PRESIDENT. RADIO MEN. PEOPLE LISTEN TO RADIO. LIGHTED SIGN. BLACK VOTERS. ADDING MACHINES. FIREWORKS. TRUMAN WITH NEWSPAPER. DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT CONGRATULATES TRUMAN. TRUMAN GREETED WARMLY IN WASHINGTON, DC. TRUMAN BALCONY.
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FILM LEADER COUNTDOWN
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AERIAL SHOT OF HUGE OUTDOOR CROWDS
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MEN AND WOMEN WEARING HATS WALKING TO VOTING PLACE, AMERICAN FLAG WITH 48 STARS
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CROWDS CHEERING WAVING HATS
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AFRICAN AMERICAN PROTESTERS POST WWII, DIED AT ANZIO, CIVIL RIGHTS, WALKING CARRYING POSTERS "OUR BROTHERS DIED AT ANZIO BUT THEY CAN'T SLEEP FOR OLD JIM CROW", "WE WILL NOT REGISTER AUG 15"
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| 01:00:11 13.87 |
CROWDS LISTENING, WAVING
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| 01:00:15 17.78 |
CUTE LITTLE GIRL IN THE CROWD STANDING ON MAN'S SHOULDERS
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EXT OF 1948 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AT PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION HALL, JULY 14, 1948
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PEOPLE ENTERING DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION HALL POV INSIDE DOORWAY
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| 01:00:27 29.87 |
CU OF MEN AND WOMEN ENTERING CONVENTION HALL
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INT OF CONVENTION HALL, BUNTING IN BACKGROUND, MEN'S FACES IN FOREGROUND
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| 01:00:31 33.87 |
BLACK MAN IN TIE FANNING HIMSELF, HOT WEATHER, JAM PACKED, WHITE MAN WIPING SWEAT OFF HIS HEAD
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| 01:00:37 39.87 |
INT OF PACKED HALL, HUGE CROWD, PEOPLE WAVING AND HOLDING POLITICAL SIGNS, "WE'RE WILD ABOUT HARRY"
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| 01:00:44 46.87 |
NIGHT EXT VIEW OF CONVENTION HALL, NEON SIGN, CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON BUILDING
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| 01:00:51 53.87 |
PENCIL DRAWING OF TRUMAN SITTING AT TABLE UNDER LIGHT WAITING
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| 01:01:00 62.87 |
ATOMIC BOMBING OF JAPAN, FALLOUT
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| 01:01:02 64.87 |
NY TIMES HEADLINE-BERLIN LAND BLOCKADE LIFTED
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| 01:01:05 67.87 |
CARGO BEING UNLOADED FROM SHIP
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| 01:01:07 69.87 |
CASES OF U.S. FURNISHED PROVISIONS, MARSHALL PLAN
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| 01:01:08 70.87 |
MS OF HARRY S. TRUMAN, DOFFING PLINTH HELMET ON BALCONY
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| 01:01:16 78.87 |
BLANK SCREEN
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| 01:01:21 83.87 |
THE PRESIDENTIAL SEAL WITH OVERLAY - "DECISION - THE CONFLICTS OF HARRY S. TRUMAN"
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| 01:01:32 94.87 |
CROWDS IN OVERCOATS, WAITING
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| 01:01:34 96.87 |
PROFILE OF TRUMAN AT MICROPHONE
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| 01:01:36 98.58 |
QUOTE BY HARRY TRUMAN WRITTEN OVER PRESIDENTIAL SEAL WITHIN A CIRCLE OF STARS "I WANT THE PEOPLE TO KNOW ME AS I AM AND THE PRESIDENCY AS I HAVE KNOWN IT".
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| 01:01:48 110.05 |
OPENING SLATE "GIVE 'EM HELL HARRY!"
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| 01:01:52 114.64 |
TRUMAN WITH DIGNITARIES ON TRAIN SHAKING HANDS.
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| 01:01:55 117.95 |
TRUMAN AT CONVENTION, CROWDS CHEERING
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| 01:01:57 119.34 |
MS CROWDS WAVING AND APPLAUDING.
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| 01:02:02 124.43 |
PRESS RELEASE. TRUMAN LEADS TAFT IN PRESIDENTIAL TRIAL HEAT, SUNDAY, JAN. 4, OR MONDAY, JAN. 5, 1948. GALLUP POLL.
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| 01:02:04 126.61 |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINE, TRUMAN LEADS TAFT IN PRESIDENTIAL TRIAL HEAT.
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| 01:02:05 127.1 |
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, THOMAS DEWEY, SHAKING HANDS AT TRAIN CAR AT TRAIN STOP - POLITICKING.
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| 01:02:10 132.57 |
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, ROBERT TAFT STEPPING OFF BUS.
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| 01:02:11 133.91 |
TILT DOWN, JOSEPH STALIN AT A TABLE REVIEWING PAPERWORK WITH UNKNOWN DIGNITARY.
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| 01:02:14 136.93 |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINE: TRUMAN SEEKS PAY RAISES AND PRICE CUTS.
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| 01:02:17 139.73 |
JOHN L. LEWIS, LABOR LEADER (PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED MINE WORKERS), SITS AMONG PHOTOGRAPHERS
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| 01:02:21 143.75 |
GRAPHICS WITH WATERCOLOR CARTOONS, PORTRAITS OF TRUMAN BEING ABANDONED BY SUPPORTERS, WINDMILL WITH "TAFT-HARTLEY ACT"
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| 01:02:42 164.35 |
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR LANEY OF ARKANSAS SMILING. LANEY AT PODIUM SPEAKING INTO MICS. NARRATOR STATES HE SAID, "WE DON'T WANT TO RUN A RAISE WITH A DEAD MISSOURI MULE".
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| 01:02:51 173.28 |
TRUMAN WALKS TO DESK AND SITS DOWN SHELVES OF BOOKS IN BKGD., LIBRARY.
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| 01:02:57 179.03 |
TRUMAN SITTING AT DESK, HANDS FOLDED IN FRONT OF HIM, AND SPEAKING TO CAMERA, WEARING THICK GLASSES.
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| 01:03:06 188.87 |
TRUMAN AT DESK CONTINUES SPEECH, TALKING ABOUT OF COUPLE OF UNPOPULAR DECISIONS THAT HAD TO BE MADE, THEY WERE PALESTINE AND CIVIL RIGHTS, BOTH COSTING HIM VOTES.
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| 01:03:22 204.2 |
AFRICAN AMERICANS PEACEFULLY PROTESTING, CARRYING SIGNS, DEMONSTRATING AGAINST JIM CROW, SEGREGATION, REPRESENTING EARLY CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE.
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| 01:03:27 209.72 |
TRUMAN CONTINUING HIS TALK FROM HIS OFFICE.
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| 01:03:35 217.93 |
GOV. J. STROM THURMOND, DEM., SOUTH CAROLINA, SEATED AND READING FROM A PREPARED STATEMENT, CALLS TRUMAN AND HIS FOLLOWERS SEDIMENT DEPOSITS, NOT THE CRYSTAL CLEAR WATERS OF AMERICANISM.
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| 01:03:53 235.9 |
GOVERNOR THURMOND AT PODIUM SPEAKING TO LARGE CROWD.
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| 01:03:59 241.11 |
TRUMAM CONTINUES FROM DESK AND REPEATS QUOTES FROM TIME MAGAZINE THAT HE IS AWKWARD, UNINSPIRED AND ABOVE ALL MEDIOCRE.
HE QUOTES FROM GALLUP POLE. |
| 01:04:19 261.1 |
GRAPHIC BAR CHART USING TRUMAN AS A BAR, AND DEPICTING DECLINING APPROVAL RATES BY THE MONTH.
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| 01:04:30 272.92 |
TRUMAN CONTINUES, "TO TELL YOU THE HONES TRUTH, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT POLLSTERS..."
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| 01:04:36 278.23 |
CONSTRUCTION, BALCONY BEING BUILT ON WHITE HOUSE, LARGE CRANE IS SEEN IN FOREGROUND SCAFFOLDING AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON THE JOB.
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| 01:04:44 286.18 |
TRUMAN CONTINUES, "...THIS TIME I WAS REMINDED THAT I WAS ONLY A TEMPORARY TENANT IN THE WHITE HOUSE"...
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| 01:04:55 297.58 |
POLITICAL CARTOONS OF TRUMAN BUILDING A PLATFORM WITH HAMMER IN HAND, ON BALCONY.
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| 01:04:59 301.1 |
TRUMAN CONTINUES WITH ANECDOTE ABOUT MILLARD FILLMORE'S WIFE PUTTING A BATHTUB IN THE WHITE HOUSE, MANY MORE BATHTUBS IN WHITE HOUSE. GOOD STORY
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| 01:05:33 335.58 |
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER IN LIVING ROOM SETTING WITH PRESS AND MIC, MAKING RADION SPEECH(?), WAITING.
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| 01:05:43 345.05 |
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, JR. MAKING SPEECH FROM OFFICE, TALKING INTO CAMERA ANNOUNCING HIS SUPPORT FOR EISENHOWER.
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| 01:06:01 363.79 |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, "ANTI-TRUMAN DEMS LAUNCH EISENHOWER", AND "DEM 'BOSSES' MAY ASK TRUMAN TO YIELD TO IKE".
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| 01:06:10 372.74 |
TRUMAN TALKS TO THE CAMERA ABOUT HIS IDEA TO GO TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND TELL THEM THE FACTS
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| 01:06:33 395.31 |
CAMERA FOLLOWING TRUMAN WALKING ON SIDEWALK (SHOT FROM BEHIND).
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| 01:06:36 398.36 |
HAND TIGHTENING NUT WITH WRENCH
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| 01:06:37 399.62 |
CU OF TRAIN WHEELS.
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| 01:06:39 401.59 |
CAMERA ZOOMS OUT FROM CABOOSE OF TRAIN WITH PRESIDENTIAL SEAL.
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| 01:06:41 403.39 |
TRUMAN LOOKS OUT TRAIN WINDOW WAVING TO SPECTATORS STANDING ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
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| 01:06:42 404.96 |
RURAL LANDSCAPE SEEN FROM MOVING TRAIN
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| 01:06:45 407.4 |
TRUMAN STANDING BEHIND PODIUM WITH PRESIDENTIAL SEAL AND MICS
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| 01:07:02 424.68 |
TRUMAN GIVING SPEECH, AS USUAL, UNINSPIRED, BORING AND AWKWARD.
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| 01:07:09 431.52 |
ANOTHER TRUMAN SPEECH, THIS TIME MORE INSPIRED, SMILING, CONFIDENT, JOKING AROUND, HIS OWN WORDS. AUDIENCE LAUGHTER IS HEARD
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| 01:07:51 473.86 |
CROWDS WAVING AND CHEERING.
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| 01:07:53 475.84 |
TRUMAN SPEAKING FROM BACK OF TRAIN.
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| 01:08:08 490.53 |
TILT DOWN AUDIENCE SHOT - THEY'RE WAVING AND CHEERING
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| 01:08:12 494.6 |
PHOTO STILLS OF TRUMAN AT PODIUM, ON LARGE STAGE IN OMAHA WITH HUGE 48 STAR FLAG HANGING, AUDITORIUM WITH 8,000 EMPTY SEATS
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| 01:08:21 503.28 |
FOOTAGE OF BARNSTORMERS PERFORMING STUNTS AT AIRPORT DEDICATION WITH CROWDS OF PEOPLE ON THE FIELD. TRUMAN IS SEEN IN THE AUDIENCE.
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| 01:08:32 514.78 |
TRUMAN AT HIS DESK SPEAKING AT CAMERA, TELLS STORY ABOUT "STUPID" MISTAKES HE MADE AT AIRPORT DEDICATION IN CARY, IDAHO.
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| 01:09:05 547.47 |
POV MOVING TRAIN PULLING INTO STATION, HUGE CROWD A PLATFORMS
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| 01:09:08 550.34 |
TRUMAN SPEAKING OUTDOORS UNDER LARGE 'PRESIDENT TRUMAN' BANNER.
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| 01:09:10 552.29 |
TRUMAN AT DESK TELLS STORY ABOUT HIS SAYING THAT, "...STALIN WAS A PRETTY GOOD FELLOW...I NEVER HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH HIM." NEWSPAPERS HAD A FIELD DAY WITH THIS STATEMENT AND HE HAD TO "TAKE IT BACK".
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| 01:09:23 565.91 |
OUTDOOR GRADUATION AT BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, TRUMAN IN CAP AND GOWN SPEAKS, NARRATOR TALKS ABOUT HIS POPULAR INFORMALITY. HUGE CROWD AT STADIUM.
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| 01:09:34 576.93 |
TRUMAN AT DESK TELLS STORY ABOUT MAN IN CROWD AT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, WHO YELLED "GIVE'M HELL HARRY".
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| 01:09:54 596.97 |
TRUMAN AT PODIUM DRAPED IN AMERICAN FLAGS IN OUTDOOR STADIUM - HE TOLD THE TRUTH ON THE 80TH REPUBLICAN CONGRESS AND CALLED THEM THE "DO NOTHING CONGRESS". GETS SOME LAUGHS FROM THE CROWD.
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| 01:10:36 638.1 |
LS OF CONGRESS FROM ABOVE.
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| 01:10:39 641.43 |
U.S. CAPITAL BUILDING
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| 01:10:41 643.19 |
TRUMAN'S MOTORCADE IN WASHINGTON, WAVING FROM OPEN CAR, MOTORCYCLE POLICE RIDE IN FORMATION
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| 01:10:49 651.08 |
MS OF TRUMAN SPEAKING OUTSIDE, SECRET SERVICE IN SUNGLASSES LOOKING AROUND (AND LOOKING OBVIOUS), TALKS ABOUT CRUSADE
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| 01:11:15 677.28 |
DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADER, JEREMIAH T. MAHONEY, SEATED AT OFFICE DESK READS WRITTEN STATEMENT ABOUT TRUMAN NOT BEING ELECTED.
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| 01:11:28 689.98 |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINE-"DEMS TALK OF DROPPING TRUMAN", "REPORT MOVE BY PARTY BOSSES TO DITCH TRUMAN"
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| 01:11:34 696.64 |
FOOTAGE FROM THE JUNE 1948 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA, MASSIVE CROWD OF PEOPLE, THOMAS E. DEWEY ACCEPTS NOMINATION
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| 01:11:50 712.18 |
DEWEY WALKING ON HIS PROPERTY IN THE COUNTRY, FEEDING THE CHICKENS, HELPING HIS FAMILY PICKING APPLES FROM THE TREES.
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| 01:12:00 722.8 |
DEWEY WALKING DOWN THE STEPS OF HIS GRAND HOME WITH WIFE AND TWO SONS.
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| 01:12:04 726.65 |
DEWEY ON PODIUM AT CONVENTION CENTER SHAKING HANDS AND WAVING TO THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
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| 01:12:12 734.75 |
GIANT MECHANICAL DONKEY HEAD MOUNTED ON EXT OF BUILDING BALCONY ROOF, POLITICAL PARADE PICTURES FOR THE 1948 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA, BANNERS, NEWSPAPER BOYS, PATRIOTIC BUNTING ON BUILDINGS, DONKEY'S EYE GLOWS
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| 01:12:41 763.44 |
HANDS HOLDING HANDMADE DRAWING OF DONKEY READS, "IMSO WILD ABOUT "HARRY"
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| 01:12:44 766.56 |
INT FOOTAGE OF 1948 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION FROM ABOVE., PEOPLE FANNING THEMSELVES, MAN DRESSED AS AMERICAN INDIAN - RACIST, MEN BRING IN REAL DONKEY.
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| 01:12:50 771.98 |
MAN AT PODIUM OPENS THE "30TH NATIONAL CONVENTION" WITH A GAVEL.
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| 01:12:58 779.99 |
VARIOUS SHOTS OF CROWDS AT CONVENTION, PROPLR HOLDING SIGNS, STATE SIGNS, HIGH ENERGY.
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| 01:13:05 787.8 |
SENATOR BARKLEY GIVING KEYNOTE SPEECH.
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| 01:13:10 792.97 |
VARIOUS SHOTS OF CROWDS OF DELEGATES, STRAW HATS, FANNING THEMSELVES, BROOKLYN SIGN, TV CAMERAS, NEWS JOURNALIST AT WORK WEARING VISOR, EISENHOWER POSTER, WORKMAN TAKING DOWN EISENHOWER'S SIGN, MAN HOLDS HANDMADE SIGN-"WE ARE MILD ABOUT HARRY"
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| 01:14:01 843.43 |
"BIG" JIM FOLSOM, GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA, SURROUNDED BY POSED WOMEN OFFERS HIMSELF AS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, WINKS TO CAMERA. UGH!
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| 01:14:41 883.31 |
CONFEDERATE FLAG WAVED AT CONVENTION, CLIPS OF THE SOUTHERN DELEGATE'S NOISY WALK-OUT OF THE CONVENTION, CHAIRMAN YELLS AT CROWD AND BANGS GAVEL, BOOED BY CROWD. NARRATOR STATES, "FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS THE NOMINATION WAS NOT MADE UNANIMOUSLY".
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| 01:15:10 912.87 |
TRUMAN AT DESK DESCRIBES HIS WAIT DOWNSTAIRS FOR THE NOMINATION.
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| 01:15:24 926.76 |
TRUMAN WALKING TO PODIUM AT CONVENTION HALL'S CENTER, WEARING WHITE SUIT, SHAKES HANDS, ACCEPTS NOMINATION, CROWD CHEERS, GIVES SPEECH ABOUT FAILURES BY CONGRESS
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| 01:16:18 980.03 |
SENATOR ROBERT TAFT, REP., OHIO READS STATEMENT ABOUT THE SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS AS A POLITICAL MOVE BY TRUMAN.
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| 01:16:35 997.45 |
WS LARGE ESTATE AND FOOTAGE OF DEWEY (IN ALBANY?) SITTING IN WICKER LAWN CHAIRS WITH OTHER STATESMEN.
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| 01:16:49 1011.14 |
TRUMAN AT DESK TALKS ABOUT HIS COMPETITION.
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| 01:16:59 1021.08 |
STROM THURMOND FROM SOUTH CAROLINA GIVING LOUD AND ANGRY SPEECH ABOUT DEFEATING ANYONE (HARRY S. TRUMAN)WHO ATTEMPTS TO STAB THE SOUTH IN THE BACK
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| 01:17:05 1027.69 |
TRUMAN AT DESK TALKING ABOUT HENRY WALLACE FROM NEW YORK WHO WAS RUNNING AGAINST HIM
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| 01:17:13 1035.63 |
HENRY WALLACE OF NEW YORK (PROGRESSIVE PARTY) GIVES SPEECH ABOUT VOTING FOR A NEW PARTY
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| 01:17:26 1048.31 |
VARIOUS NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND HEADLINES ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN, "DEWEY FOUND LEADING IN 30 STATES", "TRUMAN A 'DEAD BIRD' SAYS DIXIE DEMOCRAT".
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| 01:17:30 1052.49 |
CLIPS OF TRUMAN'S CAMPAIGN STOPS, UNION SONG PLAYS, HUGE CROWDS.
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| 01:17:37 1059.6 |
HUGE BANNER "THE CITY OF DETROIT WELCOMES THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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| 01:17:40 1062.33 |
PAN OVER HUGE CROWD, A DIXIELAND STYLE SONG IS HEARD.
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| 01:17:59 1081.88 |
TRUMAN OUTDOORS AT PODIUM MAKING SPEECH ABOUT THE 80TH REPUBLICAN CONGRESS AND THE TAFT HARTLEY LAW WHICH HE VETOED BUT WHICH WAS PASSED OVER HIS VETO.
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| 01:18:18 1100.69 |
DEWEY VICTORY SPECIAL - A ROUND SHAPED SIGN, DEWEY MAKES TRAIN STOPPS AMD CAMPAIGNS.
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| 01:18:26 1108.01 |
STROM THURMOND AND TRUMAN SHAKING HANDS.
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| 01:18:29 1111.85 |
HENRY WALLACE OUTDOORS SPEAKING INTO MIC (RUNNING ON THE PROGRESSIVE TICKET)
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| 01:18:32 1114.35 |
TRUMAM SPEAKS AT HIS DESK INTO CAMERA ABOUT DEMOCRATS BEIMG SPLIT AND CAMPAIGN FUMDS BEING SLIM. HE STATES, "DEMOCRATS THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE HOPELESSLY SPLIT AND THAT'S THE REASON THEY THOUGHT I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN."
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| 01:18:38 1120.33 |
DEWEY AND WARREN SEATED NEXT TO EACH OTHER, SMILING. AT RALLY WITH THEIR HUGE POSTERS HANGING AND WELCOME BANNER.
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| 01:18:42 1124.67 |
TRUMAN AT HIS DESK CONTINUES TALKING - ABOUT HIS DWINDLING CAMPAIGN FUND, "...IT WAS LIKE MOTHER HUBBARD'S CUPBOARD"...
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| 01:19:03 1145.78 |
BERNARD BARUCH WALKING IN PARK WITH ANOTHER UNKNOWN GENTLEMAN, SITTING ON BENCH ACROSS FROM WHITE HOUSE.
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| 01:19:10 1152.89 |
TRUMAN CONTINUES TALKING ABOUT BERNARD BARUCH
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| 01:19:22 1164.76 |
PROFILE OF ELEANOR ROOSEVELT.
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| 01:19:25 1167.76 |
DEWEY SPEAKS TO LARGE DINNER FUNCTION, FUNDRAISING. TILT DOWN ON FUNCTION, LONG BANQUET TABLES, PEOPLE STANDING APPLAUDING.
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| 01:19:31 1173.87 |
DEWEY SPEECH SOUND BITE - SPEAKING INTO WNAC MIC.
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| 01:19:42 1184.72 |
DEWEY AND WIFE WALK THROUGH CHEERING CROWD
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| 01:19:58 1200.8 |
TRUMAN SPEAKS AT OUTSIDE PODIUM WITH FLAG IN FRONT OF A HUGE CHART, SOUND CLIP OF SPEECH.
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| 01:20:00 1202.87 |
TRUMAN SPEECH CLIP
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| 01:20:09 1211.6 |
DEWEY SPEECH CLIP
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| 01:20:21 1223.56 |
MS OF TRUMAN SPEECH CLIP, MICS, 48 STAR FLAG.
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| 01:20:39 1241.67 |
TRUMAN AT PODIUM, LOTS OF MICS, HUGE CHART BEHIND HIM, 48 STAR FLAG BLOWING IN THE WIND.
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| 01:20:51 1253.29 |
GOV. EARL WARREN, REPUBLICAN V.P. CANDIDATE SPEECH CLIP ABOUT DEWEY WITH CLIPS OF DEWEY WAVING.
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| 01:21:04 1266.59 |
REAR VIEW OF TRUMAN GIVING SPEECH TO HUGE CROWD IN THE CITY
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| 01:21:08 1270.36 |
TILT DOWN ON HUGE CROWD, FOLKS, INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN, CLAPPING.
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| 01:21:10 1272.55 |
HEADLINES, TRUMAN POPULARITY AMONG VOTERS DECLINES SHARPLY (PUBLIC OPINION NEWS SERVICE); DEWEY AHEAD IN EASTERN STATES (GALLUP POLL)
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| 01:21:16 1278.75 |
ANOTHER REAR VIEW OF TRUMAN GIVING SPEECH OUTDOORS TO LARGE CROWD.
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| 01:21:21 1283.02 |
HEADLINES, "SURVEYS PUT DEWEY AHEAD WITH THREE WEEKS TO GO"
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| 01:21:23 1285.83 |
ANIMATED GRAPHIC POLL
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| 01:21:30 1292.43 |
CLIPS OF TRUMAN SPEAKING TO CROWDS, NARRATOR STATES NEWSPAPERS NEVER NOTICED THE HUGE AFFECTIONATE CROWDS.
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| 01:21:36 1298.79 |
HEADLINES, "...DEWEY'S LEAD UP...", MAP OF VOTERS (EARLY RED AND BLUE STATES).
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| 01:21:41 1303.47 |
TRUMAN SPEAKING AND GESTURING
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| 01:21:46 1308.93 |
DEWEY SPEAKING FROM BACK OF TRAIN CAR, DEWEY WORKING ON TRAIN, SPEAKING TO CROWDS
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| 01:21:58 1320.87 |
TRUMAN IN OPEN CARS CAMPAIGNING, NARRATOR SAYS UP TO 16 SPEECHES A DAY. SHAKING HANDS WITH PEOPLE - CAMPAIGNING.
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| 01:22:19 1341.85 |
VIEW OF CROWDS FROM MOVING TRAINS.
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| 01:22:24 1346.56 |
WS TRUMAN'S HOME
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| 01:22:28 1350.38 |
TRUMAN GETTING OUT OF PARKED CAR, WOMAN IN FUR COAT (COULD BE HIS WIFE).
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| 01:22:33 1355.52 |
LINES TO VOTE IN 1948 IN THE CITY. NOV 2ND OVERLAY LINES
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| 01:22:35 1357.22 |
RECTANGULAR SIGN "NO LOITERING OR ELECTIONEERING BETWEEN THIS POINT - AND THE POLE -
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| 01:22:36 1358.17 |
DEWEY AND HIS WIFE ARRIVING TO VOTE, HE CLOSES VOTERS BOOTH CURTAIN
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| 01:22:42 1364.37 |
TRUMAN ARRIVING TO VOTE, TRUMAN IN VOTING BOOTH AND CASTING HIS BALLOT.
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| 01:22:52 1374.14 |
LINE OF PEOPLE FOR VOTING. PEOPLE CASTING VOTES, CLOSING VOTING BOOTH CURTAIN, CASTING BALLOTS, BALLOT BOXES...
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| 01:23:00 1382.89 |
HEADLINES READ: "DEWEY MANAGER SEES SWEEP", MAN ANNOUNCES DEWEY WILL TAKE NEW YORK AND WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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| 01:23:11 1393.64 |
CROWDS CHEERING!
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| 01:23:13 1395.5 |
ELECTRONIC SIGN "HEAVY VOTING REPORTED", NEWSPAPERS COMING OFF THE PRINTING PRESS, MAN REACHES FOR NEWSPAPER, RADIO BROADCASTERS, PEOPLE LISTENING TO THE RADIO, THE MEDIA 1948
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| 01:23:34 1416.77 |
RURAL PEOPLE VOTING. BIG SIGN ON GLASS STORE FRONT WINDOW "VOTE HERE"
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| 01:23:43 1425.28 |
HEADLINE "DEWEY GAINS IN LATE COUNT"
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| 01:23:44 1426.3 |
PEOPLE CASTING VOTES, BALLOT BOXES, BLACK VOTERS, HUGE BOARD WITH STATE RESULTS, WOMEN ADDING VOTES, ADDING MACHINES, ELECTION TECHNOLOGY C. 1948, TRUMAN NARRATES
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| 01:23:54 1436.89 |
FIREWORKS, TRUMAN WON!
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| 01:24:01 1443.49 |
TRUMAN AT DESK HOLDS UP NEWSPAPER, CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, WITH DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN HEADLINE, TRUMAN SMILES
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| 01:24:18 1460.62 |
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT CONGRATULATES TRUMAN VERY COMPLIMENTARY, CLIPS OF TRUMAN WAVING AND SMILING IN OPEN CAR, WELCOME HOME MR. PRESIDENT BANNER OVER ROAD IN D.C., CROWDS CHEER, WAVING, SECRET SERVICE RUN ALONGSIDE CAR, PHOTOGRAPHERS
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| 01:24:49 1491.62 |
WHITE HOUSE BALCONY
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| 01:25:07 1509.13 |
PRESIDENTIAL SEAL
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| 01:25:09 1511.11 |
CREDITS IN CIRCLE OF STARS FROM PRESIDENTIAL SEAL.
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| 01:26:06 1568.5 |
END REEL.
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