President and Macarthur Meet
Series
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: President and Macarthur. DESCRIPTION: The tiny Wake Island, far out in the Pacific and miles from anywhere, was the place where President Truman met General MacArthur - for the first time. SHOTLIST: KS. Aerial of Wake Inland. Ditto (two shots). Douglas DC6 plane lands, taxies. Truman alights, greeted by MacArthur, hand shakes. SCU of both. GV shack on island where conference was held. MS of same. Group of Truman, MacArthur, General Bradley, Harrison & Jessup. Truman decorates MacArthur, MS & SCU. Plane taxies & takes off (the President). SCU MacArthur & Bradley. Aboard "Missouri" battleship, MS of deck. Various shots of Missouri, and below decks the guns shells being transported to guns & loaded. Various shots of the guns firing. LS shells landing on coast. Enemy fire dropping into sea. Cut-in Truman standing on gangway waving. Name of the plane "The Independence".
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Military
- Locations
- Wake Island
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 54429
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 122
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'President and Macarthur Meet', British Movietone News Issue No. 1116, 23 Oct 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16729 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)