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.
United States Presidential elections of 1948. A railway station in United States. Thomas Dewey, the Republican candidate for U.S. Presidential elections arrives in a train. He meets people at the station terminal. He stands at the train door and addresses the crowd from train itself. On the train is written 'Dewey Victory Special'. A crowd gathers to hear his speech. Dewey along with his wife, Frances Hutt Dewey, waves at the crowd and moves inside the train.
United States Presidential elections of 1948. A huge crowd of supporters wait for the train 'Dewey Victory Special' at a decorated railway station. Thomas Dewey, the Republican candidate for U.S. Presidential elections and his wife, Frances Hutt Dewey, arrive in a train. He addresses the crowd from the train. Women clap while listening to his speech. He and his wife wave hands towards their supporters, as their train departs from the station.
United States Presidential elections of 1948. A huge crowd of supporters wait for the train 'Dewey Victory Special' of Thomas Dewey, the Republican candidate for U.S. Presidential elections. Supporters of Dewey outside the Sunrise Feed and Feed store in Warrensburg, Missouri, listen to Dewey as he addresses the crowd from the back of his train.
President Harry S Truman during his mid-Western visit. The 35th Infantry Division troops march on the streets in Omaha, Nebraska. Civilians stand on either sides of the road and cheer. The President's motorcade. President Truman marches with the troops during the reunion. President Truman and Mrs. Bess Truman greet soldiers at the White House. Aerial view of trailer park. President Truman seen signing a bill or documents as three officials stand behind him. During post-war housing boom, a new suburban residential neighborhood housing project in seen under construction. An apartment building also being built. Prices of eggs, meat and cheese are all shown rising at a market produce stand. The President at his desk in the Oval Office. Car drives along street with sign saying: "Veto Hartley-Taft, Slave Labor Bill" (the Taft-Harley bill on labor relations). President holding a document entitled, "Report of President's Committee on Civil Rights." Roman Catholic Bishop Francis J. Haas, a member of the the President's Committee, is seen in his office talking with another person.
UN delegates are seen gathering for a meeting of the Security Council at the temporary United Nations headquarters in Lake success, Long Island, New York. One of the first to be seated is Andrei Gromyko of the Soviet Union. Another delegate stops to converse with him. Camera pans across delegates settling into their respective places at large curved table. Their nations are identified by placards at each place. Attention is focused on French Delegate Alexandre Parodi, who has apparently just been elected President of the Council for the month of May, 1948. At TC: 00:54, He is seen standing with Secretary General Trygve Lie. And at TC:01:19 he gently uses a gavel. At TC:01:28, another delegate holds the gavel with him as they laugh. After a while, the delegates settle down and begin to conduct business.