Agriculture department officials in conference discuss reading maps in Washington DC. Sign over door reads 'AAA Director of Information'. Woman types report. Bundles of AAA checks in the treasury building. Addressograph in process addressing U.S. Government checks to recipients. Piles of U.S. government checks.
Chief Justice Harland F. Stone swears-in President Harry S Truman in Washington DC as President of the United States. James Forrestal, Edward R Stettinius and others look on. Views of the town of Lamar, Missouri where Truman was born, and of his home in Independence, Missouri. Pictures of Harry Truman in his World War I uniform and battle scenes during the first World War. Truman in front of a statue as a newly elected Senator. Harry Truman chosen as Vice President and view of him speaking with President Roosevelt. View of U.S. Capitol and Washington monument during funeral procession of Franklin D. Roosevelt, along with White House flag at half staff. President Harry Truman gives speech to Congress in the U.S. Capitol.
President Harry Truman aboard the USS Missouri, returning from the Pan American Conference in Rio. He dines with the sailors. Scenes of homecoming in Independence Missouri for President Harry Truman. View of his daughter Margaret and his wife Elizabeth (Bess) seated in their home. He shakes hands with neighbors of all races and creeds and visits his lifelong friend Ed Jacobson at his Westport Men's Clothing Store, where the two men are seen in conversation. Views of the town of Grandview and his mother's cottage there. Harry Truman kisses his elderly mother. At his office in the White House, President Truman poses with 'March of Dimes' poster boy, 3 year old Terry Tullos, and gives him a hug.
President Harry S Truman marches in a parade with members of his World War I unit, Battery D. He shakes hands with disabled veterans, on the White House lawn. Aerial and ground views of encampments of homeless war veterans. President Truman signs Veterans Low Cost Housing Bill. Narrator discusses Truman's 10 Point Plan. Scenes of lower price tags on vegetables and meats in a market. President in a meeting with Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill, head of the Civil Rights Commission, discussing Civil Rights issues. President Truman shaking hands with Mexican President Miguel Aleman Valdez at the White House.
President Harry S Truman at the White House receives gift of a sacred Torah from Israeli President Chaim Weizmann. Truman poses with Secretary of State George Marshall at the White House. President Truman signs a document dealing with the Marshall plan. Marshall Plan food aid lowered from a ship. President Truman speaking to an audience about peace and describing it as the goal of his life. View of the White House.
Narrated in German. President Harry S Truman reads Japanese surrender announcement. Woman holds a poster that reads 'Victory Japan Surrenders'. News correspondents run in White House corridors. People celebrate VJ Day or Victory over Japan Day on streets in Chicago, San Francisco, Frisco Chinatown, and in New York City Times Square. Crowd gathers near Hotel Astor. Celebration in London with the King and Queen in horse drawn carriage leaves Buckingham Palace. Opening of British Parliament, shows Lord Edward Halifax, Lord John Allsebrook Simon, U.S. Ambassador John C Winant, Admiral Harold R Stark and a representative from Saudi Arabia arrive in a car. Crowd runs towards Buckingham Palace. The Royal family waves to the crowd from Palace balcony.
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