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| Harding Home and Museum in Marion, Ohio |
A high definition video on the life of United States President Warren G. Harding now begins the tour of the Harding Home and Museum in Marion, Ohio.
The Blu-ray video, entitled “Warren G. Harding: America’s 29th President,” was recently completed by the Tarulli HD Media Group and unveiled at the museum over the Memorial Day weekend. Harding Home site manager Sherry Hall said it is being used to introduce visitors to the President and First Lady Florence Harding prior to the tour of their home.
“I can see already that the video is going to be a very important tool for our visitors as they ‘meet’ President Harding” said Hall. “I was excited to see our visitors' reactions, and they haven't disappointed. In fact, a woman from Minnesota told me the video really helped her to put Warren Harding in context with what was going on in the world at that time.”
The fifteen minute video, produced in collaboration with Badertscher Communications of Marion, follows Warren Harding’s life story: from his birth in nearby Blooming Grove, Ohio to his journey from the Ohio Statehouse to the White House. The HD video features historic photographs and actual newsreel film from the Ohio Historical Society that document Harding’s front porch campaign in the summer of 1920, his accomplishments as President, his untimely death in office and his funeral in Marion in 1923. Viewers see newsreel footage of the Hollywood stars that came to Marion to campaign for Harding and hear an audio recording of the President’s voice.
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| Harding delivering a campaign speech from the front porch of his home |
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| Screen capture from the video showing President Harding and First Lady Florence Harding |
Hall, the scriptwriter for the project, said the HD video is a big step toward her goal to share the truth of Warren Harding’s life. “So much of the Harding story has been skewed through the decades, that the truth has been lost,” she said. “We are in the business of presenting a fuller picture of Harding than most people have and answering questions with the most accurate information we have at hand. This video gives people correct information.”
Hall said she also plans to use the video in her presentations outside of the museum. It will be featured at the Warren G. Harding Symposium July 22-23 at the Marion campus of The Ohio State University.
Video editor Joel B. Day praised Hall’s scriptwriting and thanked the Ohio Historical Society for its cooperation in the project. “We could not have achieved the full emotional impact of Sherry’s script without the historic photographs and newsreel film" he said. "Plus we used the actual “Warren Harding March” campaign song and other period music in the sound track. The result is viewers experience the excitement and tragedy in Harding’s life.”
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Watch the video from our You Tube channel.
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