Signing of the Medicare Bill by U.S. President Lyndon Johnson at the Harry S Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. Harry S Truman Library at Independence building in Missouri. A large crowd outside the building. U.S. President Lyndon Johnson arrives at the building with his wife Lady Bird Johnson and Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Lady Bird Johnson waves to the crowd. Several other officials accompany them. Men take pictures with cameras as the officials ascend the steps of the building. Inside the building in a hall President Lyndon Johnson shakes hands with former U.S. President Harry S Truman. Several officials stand. President Johnson speaks to President Truman as the Vice President Hubert Humphrey looks on. President Johnson and President Truman take their seats. President Lyndon Johnson signs the Medicare Bill as the Vice President looks on. The Government officials stand on the side and talk. Lady Bird Johnson, President Truman's wife Bess Truman and Vice President Hubert Humphrey stand behind President Johnson and President Truman.
Preparations for the homecoming of U.S. President Harry S. Truman to the Kansas City area for the first time since becoming President of the United States. View from Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas. Cameras mounted on car as cameramen record the arrival of President Truman. Customized U.S. Army Air Force C-54 Skymaster aircraft nicknamed "Sacred Cow" lands and taxis. (This VC-54C was built for Franklin Roosevelt, but he only flew on it for one trip before his death. The name "Sacred Cow" was a precursor to the name "Air Force One." The trip by Truman in this video clip was the first domestic airplane trip by a U.S. President in history. Prior trips by Franklin Roosevelt had all been international travel.) People gathered in a large number to welcome the President. President Truman and others in his party get off the aircraft. Arrival of President Truman at the Truman home in Independence, Missouri (his summer White House). Roger T. Sermon, Mayor of Independence greets the President's car as it arrives. Secret Service stand by near car and President while Truman greets well-wishers. Gathering in the back yard of the Truman home with members of the Independence Chamber of Commerce. From left to right: Cedric Siegfried, Al Huff, Richard Harbin, President Truman, George Hare, Dixon Kepley, Paul Snyder, Petey Childers. Photographers click pictures.
Panoramic views of the Oregon Trail which was one of the main overland migration routes on the North American continent, leading from locations on the Missouri River to the Oregon Territory from 1841 to 1869. The Great Plains or so called a the time "Great American Desert" with high plains. Elk at a river bank. Bison or buffalo herd feeding and fighting on the plains. View of a covered wagon of the period seen on the plains. Wagon wheel ruts in limestone rock on ground showing old path the wagons followed. Independence Rock on the Oregon Trail, with carved names of pioneers who carved their names on its surface between 1841 and 1869. View of Sweetwater River. The Missouri River leading to the Oregon territory. An abandoned old wagon wheel on the plains.
Dedication ceremony of the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. Former President of United States Harry S. Truman at the dedication ceremony of the library. Dignitaries including Chief Justice Earl Warren, Herbert Hoover, Mrs. Bess Truman, and Eleanor Roosevelt at the ceremony. Ten thousand people gather for the Masonic rites of dedication. Republican Senate leader William Fife Knowland receives a deed on behalf of the government. Interiors of the library that houses 3 ½ million documents of Truman's seven-year term. At the Truman Museum pictures of Truman with former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Another picture of Truman after winning the presidential election of 1944.
United States President Johnson makes an informal visit to the home of former President Harry Truman in Independence, Missouri. The two men converse with each other. Harry Truman and his wife stand at door and waive to the crowd.
Senator Harry S Truman, his wife, Bess Wallace and daughter, Mary Margaret walk in the garden at their home in Independence, Missouri in the United States. The family talks and looks at flowers in the garden.
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