U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Housing Act in Washington D.C., United States. Truman seated at a desk. Officials including members of the Housing Administration stand in the background. The president signs the American Housing Act of 1949, which expanded the federal role in mortgage insurance and creation of public housing. A close up of the members and Truman signing the act. The act and a pen on the desk. Truman seated at the deck holding a pen.
Fire at Geiselgasteig Film Studios in Munich, Germany. The studio burns due to fire. The firemen on a roof of the studio as they spray water to extinguish fire. Fire blaze rising. A puff of smoke is formed. The film studio on fire. People stand near the studio. Firemen try to control the fire. The fire increases. The firemen put water with a hose. Smoke in the sky. The smoke screen is formed in the area.
Eight months old Prince Charles poses for a portrait in England. Then Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, push a pram. Their eight month old son Prince Charles in a pram. The British Princess gives a toy to Charles. He plays with the toy. Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, picks up his son from the pram. He sits on a mat holding Charles. The Princess stands in the background. Charles playing with toys. The Princess, Phillip and their son. Princess Elizabeth and Prince Charles together. Charles plays with a string of pearls around his mother's neck.
The 1949 Hollywood Gold Cup was held at Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia, California. (The entire Hollywood Park season was moved to Santa Anita, following a devastating fire on the night of May 5, 1949 that destroyed Hollywood Park's grandstand.) The spectators seated in the stands. The horses on tracks . The owner of the horse, Solidarity. The race starts. The spectators watch the race and cheer. The horses run on the track. The spectators watch as Solidarity wins the race.
Horse Rodeo event in Calgary, Canada. The spectators seated in a stand. A cowboy on a horseback. The cowboy falls from the horseback. A man opens a gate. Another cowboy on the horseback. The cowboy falls from the horseback. The spectators in the stand watch him riding. They cheer. A cowboy on a bull. The cowboy riding the bull. He falls on the ground while riding. The cowboys one after the other come out from the gate at the arena. They ride and fall from the back of the bull.
Texas Governor Robert Allan Shivers succeeds late Beauford Halbert Jester as Governor of Texas, United States. Cars drive in front the Texas State Capitol building. A dome of the Capitol. Shivers stands at a platform. He speaks into a microphone. Other officials stand with him in the background. The people gathered in large number listen to him. Robert Shivers meet Native American Indians. The people seated around a table and eat food. Texas Governor stands holding a plate in his hands. He speaks to the women. The women seated in a chair with the Governor. Allan holds a paper in his hands. Allan seated on a chair with women. All of them hold a paper in their hands and Allan speaks to them.
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