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Harry Truman takes the office of President of the United States.

The major political events in North America. The inauguration of Harry Truman as President of the U.S. People gather in a large number to watch the new President. Scenes from the inauguration dinner, as President Truman makes fun of and mocks the radio commentator H.V. Kaltenborn who forecast that Dewey would defeat Truman. In humor, President Truman imitates Mr. Kaltenborn and the gathered crowd laughs and claps. View of Canada's Louis Saint Laurent as he succeeds MacKenzie King as Prime Minister in Canada. Buildings in the area. People gather in a hall and applaud.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1949, December 26
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051640
Destruction occurs from various natural and man made disasters in year 1949.

People suffer due to various disasters in the year 1949. Destruction in Ecuador due to the 1949 Ambato earthquake. A house falling apart during an earthquake. Rubble of houses, buildings, and churches in the Tungurahua Province. People clear the rubble and take out the dead bodies. Damage caused to livestock due to blizzard in the western plains of the United States. Dead cattle lie in the snow. A calf staggers in heavy snow. Airplanes drop fodder down to cattle for food. People gather at airplane crash site for Eastern Airlines flight 537 on November 1, 1949, after the passenger airplane, bound for a landing at Washington National Airport, had a mid-air collision with a military Lockheed P-38, and crashed beside the west bank of the Potomac River. Crash site of the Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-4 (N88727) at Alexandria, Virginia. People moving dead bodies of passengers on stretchers. The steamer SS Noronic destroyed due to fire in Toronto harbor. View of the wrecked, smoking passenger ship. Dead bodies of the passengers being moved. People cry and mourn.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1949, December 26
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051642
High profile celebrity weddings in 1949 including that of Prince Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth.

High profile celebrity weddings in 1949. People gather to witness the wedding of Prince Aly Khan with Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth on May 27, 1949. Prince Ali Salman Aga Khan is the Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly. Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan marries in Château de l'Horizon (55 Av. Edith Joseph, 06220 Vallauris, France), near Cannes, France. United States Vice President Alben W. Barkley marries Jane Rucker Hadley at St. John's Methodist Church in St. Louis, Missouri on November 18, 1949. Wedding cake at the wedding of Vice President Barkley. The newlywed couple is shown smiling.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1949, December 26
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051643
People gather for the celebration of VJ day in Honolulu marking the end of World War II.

Celebration of 'Victory over Japan' (VJ) day in Honolulu. Crowd of service men and civilians gathered for the celebration. Navy band marches down a street. Formation of sailors march during the parade. United Nations flag fly from a building. United States flag fly from top of flag staff. Vehicles move on the street. Service men on vehicles as they pass on the street.

Location: Honolulu Hawaii USA
Date: 1945, August 15
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051645
Crowd of service men and civilians gather to celebrate the VJ day in Honolulu to mark the end of World War 2

Celebration of 'Victory over Japan' (VJ) day in Honolulu. Crowd of service men and civilians gathered for the celebration. People stand on the railings of buildings. Crowd of service men stand outside large building. Traffic on the street. Vehicles loaded onto with service men. People celebrate on a street.

Location: Honolulu Hawaii USA
Date: 1945, August 15
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051646
Service men march and vehicles pass on the streets during the celebration of VJ day to mark the end of World War 2

Celebration of 'Victory over Japan' (VJ) day in Honolulu, Hawaii. Crowd of service men and civilians gathered for the celebration. Service men march down the street. Girls watch the celebrations form the roof top. Vehicles pass on the street. People on the roof tops as they throw torn paper and confetti into the streets below.

Location: Honolulu Hawaii USA
Date: 1945, August 15
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051647
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