Circus tryout or auditions for animals in Mount Vernon, Missouri, for the Seils-Sterling Circus. An elephant pushes a bus. Horses in a fenced area. Building in the background. Men on horses as they try to control them. People watch the show. Elephants and horses in a fenced area.
Aerial view of atomic bomb explosion over Nagasaki during World War 2. View of the explosion as seen from U.S. aircraft. Cloud gradually growing taller and wider with huge column of smoke rising up. Formation of mushroom cloud with heavy column of smoke.
Celebration in Greece on the anniversary of World War II. Soldiers parade. King Paul reviews the marching troops. People watch the soldiers march. Buildings in the area.
Troops of Arab and Israeli forces fight in Palestine. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Egyptian forces fight along the Negeb front. Damaged vehicle on the street. Arab soldiers fire guns from the patio of a building. Israeli soldiers in prone position fire machine guns. Arab soldiers in a jeep race through a city with a wounded soldier lying across the back. Arab prisoners of war walk on a street under guard in Beersheba.
U.S. President Harry Truman wins reelection. People lined up outside a polling place to cast their votes. Aerial view of the buildings and the area. Governor Thomas Dewey votes on November 2, 1948. President Truman votes and places his ballot in the ballots box. Truman wins and the Democratic party wins the majorities in both the House and the Senate. Other views of people voting, including hopeful politicians. A sign outside one polling place reads: 'The Library of South Salem'
President Harry Truman wins the reelection. Office of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). People working in the office. A board reads: 'Popular Vote Tabulation'. Votes being counted. Correspondents speak into microphones. Exhausted reports sleep in the office. President Harry Truman in his office. He addresses the nation. Exterior of the White House and the Capitol building. Workers put up scaffolding in front of Capitol Building and begin building the inauguration day podium area. Carpenter pounds nails with a hammer.
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