U.S. President Harry S. Truman in Washington DC, United States. President Truman seated at a desk as he talks to officials standing around him. The officials talk and laugh.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman in Washington DC, United States. Dignitaries seated around a dinner table chat while eating. Men and women around tables as they eat. President Harry S. Truman at a table. A woman smiles. Guests stand and clap.
Funeral procession of Franklin D. Roosevelt passes on streets of Washington DC. Horse drawn carriage with casket followed by honor guard and procession of cars. Troops drive various military vehicles. Funeral procession on Pennsylvania Avenue. Military units march. Crowd lined up on sidewalks. People's faces with sad looks. Various military units march. Airplanes overhead. (World War II period)
American flag at half mast. Under a portrait of former President Woodrow Wilson in the Cabinet Room at the White House, Bess Truman looks on as Harry S Truman takes the oath of office administered by Chief Justice Harlan F Stone.
(Audio only). Radio broadcast from Washington DC during World War II. Musical prelude before reporting of news. This is followed by reporting by correspondent Morgan Beatty on the death of President Franklin D Roosevelt and national events following it. Vice President Truman retains Roosevelt's Cabinet before taking oath of President's office. He indicates that news of the President's death was released immediately from Warm Springs. Cabinet meeting in White House. The White House Press Secretary Stephan Early makes an official announcement of President Roosevelt's death in Warm Springs, Georgia. Reports from White House radio room. Correspondent Ralph Howard Peterson summarizes events immediately before and after the death of the President. In Luxembourg: Correspondent Lowell Thomas reports President Roosevelt's death and on the war in Europe.
(Audio only). Radio broadcast from Washington DC during World War II. Correspondent Morgan Bailey reports on death of President Franklin D Roosevelt. Vice President Truman retains Roosevelt's Cabinet before taking oath of President's office. Cabinet meeting in White House. The White House Press Secretary Stephan Early makes an official announcement of President Roosevelt's death in Warm Springs, Georgia. Reports from White House radio room. Correspondent Ralph Howard Peterson summarizes events immediately before and after death of President. Luxembourg: Correspondent Lowell Thomas reports President Roosevelt's death and war in Europe.