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GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT3
"GREAT UPSET OF '48"- PT3 . A look at the 1948 Presidential campaign of Harry S. Truman. A preponderance of this documentary is comprised of archival B&W footage, with color contemporary interviews intermixed and duly noted as such.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT3
B&W ARCHIVAL: Series of graphics of paper headlines announcing Truman's slide in popularity and calling for a "Draft Eisenhower" move by GOP.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT3
B&W ARCHIVAL: Smiling HENRY WALLACE moving his way through press men. MS/CUs of DWIGHT EISENHOWER giving a backyard interview, looking jovial.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT3
B&W ARCHIVAL Truman campaign train rolling into station. MS of HARRY S. TRUMAN fly-fishing in press op.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT3
B&W ARCHIVAL: President Harry Truman giving an address. We are depending on each and every one of you
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT3
COLOR: Truman aide GEORGE ELSEY talking about Truman s ridged speeches & having trouble w/ reading from script.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT3
COLOR. MARGARET TRUMAN stating that when Harry Truman decided to ditch his scripts and speak off the cuff, he did much better.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT3
B&W ARCHIVAL: June 7, 1948 Harry Truman speaking from caboose of his campaign train during Whistle Stop Tour, I have been in politics a long time, and it makes no difference what they say about you, if it isn't so. If they can prove it on you, you are in a bad fix indeed. They have never been able to prove it on me. I suppose you d like to meet my family. LS people gathered around train caboose. Harry Truman introduces his wife BESS TRUMAN, Harry jokes that "This is the Boss" & daughter Margaret.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT3
B&W ARCHIVAL Harry Truman on parade through city.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT3
DO NOT USE: Still of empty seats in Omaha theater during a poorly planned Truman speech.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT3
B&W ARCHIVAL: Low angle GV looking up at stunt flyer, flying airplane upside down at air show. MCU HARRY S. TRUMAN watching the aerial stunt. Subjective POV from Truman's campaign train as it enters station in Oregon, the platform is packed with people. MS Mr. Truman speaking to crowd.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT3
DO NOT USE B&W ARCHIVAL Harry Truman in office during a 1969 interview, I made the statement that I thought Stalin was a pretty good fella that I never had any trouble with him. And if you don t think the newspapermen made a field day out of that, you re mistaken.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
B&W ARCHIVAL: MSs sweaty delegates fanning themselves at Convention. MS disappointed candidates with "DRAFT EISENHOWER" buttons. MS worker tearing down sign over potential Eisenhower Campaign Headquarters.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
COLOR: Civil Rights Activist, Joseph Rauh Jr talking about giving life to the 48' convention, civil rights platform was key.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
DO NOT USE: Still photo of HUBERT H. HUMPHREY being carried by supporters, who also hold pro-Humphrey and Pro-Civil Rights signs; stills of HHH speaking at Convention, audio of HHH calling on Democrats to reject "States Rights" in favor of a national Civil Rights bill.
Biography: Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli)
Opening montage: a large crowd gathers in the Vatican square, awaiting a public appearance of Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli). MS of giant church bells ringing, tight LS of bell towers, excellent crowd shots, MS's of nuns, men, women and children (audience participants waving, smiling and applauding); MS of a glass-paneled double door being opened onto a veranda, cut to the Pope waving to the masses, followed by reaction shots (high and low angles) of the audience.
Biography: Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli)
DO NOT USE Opening credits
Biography: Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli)
DO NOT USE Mike Wallace introduction.
Biography: Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli)
Tight LS of Pope Pius sitting on a float carried by four men inside the Sistine Chapel. His coronation. MS of him being crowned. MS of an altar boy looking up, smiling and waving during the ceremony, followed by excellent crowd shots inside the church.
Biography: Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli)
DO NOT USE Still photos of Pacelli as a young boy.
Biography: Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli)
Montage of various Roman landmarks, historical and religious. Roman ruins, coliseum, etc.
Biography: Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli)
DO NOT USE Still photos of Pacelli
Biography: Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli)
Roman Catholic procession.
Biography: Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli)
Excellent MS of an elderly Pope Leo XIII walking onscreen with fellow clergymen and sits. Excellent tight MS's of Pope Leo XIII.