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President Harry S. Truman arrives at Kansas City's Fairfax Airport and proceeds to a homecoming at Truman house in Independence

Preparations for the homecoming of U.S. President Harry S. Truman to the Kansas City area for the first time since becoming President of the United States. View from Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas. Cameras mounted on car as cameramen record the arrival of President Truman. Customized U.S. Army Air Force C-54 Skymaster aircraft nicknamed "Sacred Cow" lands and taxis. (This VC-54C was built for Franklin Roosevelt, but he only flew on it for one trip before his death. The name "Sacred Cow" was a precursor to the name "Air Force One." The trip by Truman in this video clip was the first domestic airplane trip by a U.S. President in history. Prior trips by Franklin Roosevelt had all been international travel.) People gathered in a large number to welcome the President. President Truman and others in his party get off the aircraft. Arrival of President Truman at the Truman home in Independence, Missouri (his summer White House). Roger T. Sermon, Mayor of Independence greets the President's car as it arrives. Secret Service stand by near car and President while Truman greets well-wishers. Gathering in the back yard of the Truman home with members of the Independence Chamber of Commerce. From left to right: Cedric Siegfried, Al Huff, Richard Harbin, President Truman, George Hare, Dixon Kepley, Paul Snyder, Petey Childers. Photographers click pictures.

Location: Kansas City Kansas USA
Date: 1945, June 27
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022063
A businessman gives away overcoats to unemployed men in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

A gesture of charity during the Great Depression in United States. A Kansas City, Missouri, businessman gives away 500 overcoats to unemployed men. Men line up to collect coats. Men wear the overcoats given by the businessman.

Location: Kansas City Missouri USA
Date: 1933
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049747
United States aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) damaged in Operation Crossroad "Test Able," risk in daily lives and discussion of radioactivity.

'Radioactive contamination' about the hazards posed by the sinking of a United States aircraft carrier and the methods to control radioactivity. United States Navy F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft taking off from United States aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. F6F-3 Hellcat firing rockets in air. Landing signal operator LSO using flags while guiding plane for landing on USS Independence. Kamikaze attacks at Tarawa. Anti aircraft guns on carrier cut down kamikaze planes as they attack. USS Independence flying USA flag at Tokyo Bay. Scene of surrender of Japanese at Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. Aerial view of atomic bomb blast at Bikini in 1946. The wrecked carrier Independence being towed away after it was used as a target for an atomic bomb test in 1946 as part of Operation Crossroads. Men at a construction site talk about contamination caused in sea water due to sinking of Independence containing radioactive waste. They comment, "she's all full of that radioactive poison" and with respect to eating fish in water near the ship, "would you eat fish again?" Two women dressed in furs, in a car, also discuss radioactivity. One woman says, "from what I've heard it's very dangerous. " View of 1940s car backing into oncoming traffic and almost causing an accident. An aerial view of atomic explosion at Bikini. Damaged USS Independence ship after TEST ABLE. Signs on board warn of radioactivity with words, "Keep Clear, Danger! Very Radio-Active" and "Radioactivity. Do not remain more than 2 hours." Men in small boat near USS Independence examine damage to the ship. Parts of the USS Independence being tested for radioactive contamination at the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory NRDL, Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, California. The USS Independence being sunk in 1951. View of Bikini atomic bomb blast within a bay surrounded by ships. Simulation shows the effect a similar blast would have on a coastal city as a radioactive cloud covers the city. Officers holding handkerchiefs to their mouths as they enter an office building from outside. Firemen climb ladders while putting out a large fire. A house wife working in a kitchen and responding to a pot boiling over on the stove burns her hand. A man slips on a bar of soap in the shower while singing. An officer honking at an oncoming car as he is run off the road. Woman driver dressed in furs exclaims to her friend about the bad driving of men. Officer just run off the road by woman driver exclaims, "Women !" with frustration. Aerial view of test nuclear explosion at Bikini Atoll.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1951
Duration: 8 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051356
The 1928 National Convention of the Republican Party at Convention Hall in Kansas City, Missouri.

Herbert Clark Hoover at Republican convention for U.S. Presidential Elections,1928 in Kansas City, Missouri. Crowd gathered at the convention. Crowd carry posters of Hoover. Supporters of President Hoover gathered. Crowd waves the flag of United States. A lady carry poster reading New York. Democratic candidate Alfred Smith delivers a speech. Crowd applauds.

Location: Kansas City Missouri USA
Date: 1928, June
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065246
President Harry S. Truman addresses gathering in Kansas City during homecoming celebration.

President Harry S. Truman's homecoming to Independence, Missouri. He is being honored by the city in the auditorium of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (1001 W Walnut St, Independence, MO 64050, United States). President Truman addresses the gathering during this first trip back to his home area since becoming President. The President exits after speech. U.S. flags on the building. The President gets into his car. Photographers rush to take pictures. Views of the exterior of the Westport Men's Wear clothing store in Kansas City, owned by President Truman's lifelong friend, Edward "Eddie" Jacobson. Secret Service mill about the entrance while the President is inside. A sign above the store sign reads 'Arrow shirts." The President and his party exit the store and reenter his parked convertible.

Location: Kansas City Kansas USA
Date: 1945, June 27
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022064
People remove snow from roads and drives using shovels, and children play after heavy snow storms in the United States.

Activities after heavy snow storms in the United States. In Kansas City, Missouri people remove snow from the roads and drives using shovels after a 21 inch snow storm. Cars covered with snow and ice. In Chicago a man clears a path after a 6 inch snow and temperatures near zero. Cars covered with ice and snow. Children play with snow in San Francisco after the city receives an unusual snow storm.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1962, January 22
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055884
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