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Women campaign for Thomas Dewey, the Republican candidate during the United States Presidential elections of 1948.

United States Presidential elections of 1948. Women and girls feed a donkey, there parodying the democratic party, and they place a poster on it. The poster on donkey reads 'Our next President-Thomas Dewey'. A crowd of women stands near the donkey, at the railway station terminal in Junction City, Kansas. A train arrives and emerges Thomas Dewey, the Republican candidate for U.S. Presidential elections. Women pose the donkey in front of him. He addresses the crowd. Guards control the crowd. Men show placards to Dewey as he finishes his speech and move inside.

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036369
People gather at the 1948 Democratic Convention to choose the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.

The 1948 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Views of car and bus traffic on Broad Street in Philadelphia, with City Hall in the background. A sign hung over the street reads " Welcome, Democratic National Convention." A giant braying donkey head that can move is mounted above an entrance, welcoming Democratic Party delegates. A woman with a sign on her back that reads 'Ike' in support of U.S. Army General Dwight David Eisenhower. Posters and banners in support of General Eisenhower. Next scene shows delegates removing signs for Eisenhower and a group in support of Justice William Douglas holds up their signs. James Roosevelt (son of Franklin D. Roosevelt) gets off a train with his wife and smiles. A group of Douglas supporters walk behind him on the train platform. A large poster shows William Douglas and a a sign in a window reads 'Official headquarters'. Candidate Claude Pepper is seen talking with supporters. Women march with posters of Democratic presidential candidate Harry S. Truman. A man seated in a car. Statesmen including candidate Alben Barkley seen in discussion.

Date: 1948, July 12
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066661
U.S. president Truman greets heads of state, signs Marshall Plan, and speaks at 1948 Democratic campaign convention.

A car arrives at the White House in Washington DC. President Harry S. Truman greets President of Mexico, Miguel Aleman, during state visit of Mexican President to Washington DC on April 29, 1947. Next scene shows President Truman being presented a Jewish Torah by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, first President of the newly declared State of Israel. Exterior view of south side of White House. Truman with Secretary of State, George Marshall, by the fireplace inside the White House. They discuss world affairs looking at a globe. An animated map shows the increasing Soviet Communist influence in Europe. April 3, 1948, President Truman signs the European Recovery Program (ERP), better know as the Marshall Plan, as members of Congressional leadership look on. Sacks of grain being off loaded at a dock in Italy, as part of Marshall Plan aid. Scene shifts to October 6, 1948 with crowd gathered outside the Democratic Convention at Convention Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Convention delegates applaud during President Truman's address. Officials on stage. Truman talks about his sincere desire to promote peace throughout the world. Pictures of Franklin Roosevelt and Alben Barkley on stage. Exterior view of north side of the White House. Truman seated at a table.

Date: 1948
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031323
Golf players hit balls on a golf course and Eugene Claude Harmon wins the 1948 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia.

Eugene Claude Harmon wins the 1948 Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club (2604 Washington Rd, Augusta, GA 30904, United States) in Augusta, Georgia. Golf players hit balls on the golf course. The golf players include Eugene Claude Harmon, Lloyd Mangrum, Emmett Cary Middlecoff, and Bobby Locke. Spectators watch the tournament. Claude Harmon wins the Masters Tournament. He receives a trophy. Cary Middlecoff places second.

Date: 1948, April 12
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071773
Retrospective on the late baseball legend Babe Ruth, after his passing in 1948

Newsreel clip looking back at the life of baseball's greatest player, Babe Ruth, after his death from cancer on August 16, 1948. Ruth speaks to the camera. Outside view of Yankee Stadium (1 E 161 St, Bronx, NY 10451, United States) in New York. Young boys watch in the stands. Ruth swats a home run. Spectators stand and cheer as Ruth runs around the bases. Ruth wipes his face with a towel. Ruth surrounded by two police officers and large group of children, eating hot dogs and ice cones. Ruth gives a baseball bat to a young boy. An older Ruth climbs out of a 1940s-style car, walks into a doctor's office. A group of kids wait for him outside on the steps. The scene shifts to Ruth's late-in-life visit to Yankee Stadium. Ruth puts on his old #3 Yankee uniform, emerges from the tunnel to a huge ovation from fans. He tips his cap, stands on field as Yankees pay tribute.

Date: 1948, August 16
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068879
Aerial views of Greenbrier Resort buildings, golf and tennis facilitiesin 1948, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Aerial views from aircraft flying over The Greenbrier Resort buildings, golf course, and tennis courts in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, in the United States. People seen below playing golf and tennis. (This footage was shot during reopening festivities for the resort in 1948, after it had been closed and used as a government medical facility in World War 2.)

Date: 1948, April
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037949