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Work and achievements of Harry S. Truman during his first Presidential term in the United States

President Harry S. Truman marches with veteran soldiers of U.S. Army Company D (129th Field Artillery) with whom he served as an officer in World War 1. Wide view of men lined up on White House lawn. Disabled veteran soldiers of World War 2 greet the President. Narrator discusses problem of lack of housing for veterans and their families after World War 2. Aerial view of trailer homes or recreational vehicle (RV) camper units lined up in open space, serving as temporary housing for veterans. Truman sitting at desk while he signs the Veterans Emergency Housing Act of 1946. Views of long lines of new homes being built, and construction workers hammering to build frames of new houses in the United States. During a time of price inflation, scene shows grocer changing price signs on eggs, meats, cheeses to show increasing prices. Truman ata work in his office reviewing paperwork at his desk. Narrator mentions Taft Hartley Labor Act that Truman vetoed. View of car on road with sign on side that reads, "Veto Hartley Taft Slave Labor Bill." President Truman reading at his desk. Close up view of cover page of report entitled "To Secure These Rights. The Report of The President's Committee on Civil Rights. View of Episcopal church Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill seated at a desk. Bishop Sherrill is talking to another man. Narrator states that Truman acted on a civil rights program recommended by Bishop Sherrill, head of the Civil Rights Commission. Car pulling up to portico of White House and view of President Truman shaking hands with visiting President of Mexico, Miguel Alemán. President Truman being presented a sacred Torah by Israeli President Weizmann. Discusses foreign policy matters with Secretary of State George Marshall and comes up with Truman doctrine, Marshall plan and European recovery program. View of Truman signing Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 on April 3, 1948 (of which the Marshall Plan was a part).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1948
Duration: 3 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058341
American Army Quartermaster vans in United States

American Army stakes and platform van rolls on a road in United States. Soldiers enter one of the vans with a shoe repair unit. A shoe repaired. Men hand over their clothes to a man operating a washing machine van. Soldiers take showers in a truck parked in a wooded area. (World War II period).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058467
Officials speak at the signing of an Anglo-American film agreement in United States.

Officials from United States and Britain gather to sign an Anglo-American film agreement in United States. Agreement will facilitate marketing of American films in Britain and vice versa. British Under Secretary of Board of Trade Ruppert Somervell welcomes the agreement and hopes that it will work to the mutual satisfaction of the two countries. Eris Arnall of the Independent Producers hopes that the two countries will derive mutual benefits from the agreement. Eric Johnson of Motion Picture Association speaks that this agreement will help to work towards the goal of world without fear.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1950, December 7
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058711
A demonstration about creating a gap in a 45 degree sloping wall with the help of bar charges in the United States.

A demonstration shows bar charges being placed and exploded against a wall in the United States. The face of a 45 degree sloping wall. Bar charges are placed on the wall by soldiers. The soldiers place the bar charges on the face of the wall to demolish it. An explosion occurs and billows of smoke rise. The explosion results in an 18 feet wide gap. A United States Army tank passes through the gap. (World War II period).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058852
U.S. Coast Guards with trained dogs and horses on a beach in the United States as they run on the beach.

United States Coast Guards with trained dogs in the United States. A dog stands on a barrel. Sailors with the dogs. Coast guards with the dogs. Coast Guards ride horses. They walk and run with the trained dogs.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1943, July 26
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059039
The United States Navy test fires its rockets at various land, sea and air targets.

United States Navy rockets being test fired in the United States. A boat underway at sea. A rocket launcher at land releases the rockets and explosions occur at sea. The rockets being test fired. A navy airplane fitted with a rocket rack and men load rockets into the rack. The aircraft in flight and rockets being dropped. The rockets hit the ground and billows of smoke rise up. (World War II period).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059153
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