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Researchers test household equipment like washing machines, electrical ovens and home freezers.

Research work by the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics Service (United States Department of Agriculture). Chief of the Bureau Dr. Hazel K Stiebeling talks about domestic science research in the field of household equipment. A researcher put clothes into a washing machine. Another woman takes notes. Fabric sample are uniformly soiled, cut and sown onto muslin. The researcher records temperature while putting the clothes in. A woman checks the amount of dirt removed by measuring the reflected light before and after the laundry. Cooking: A woman researcher develops a standardized cake recipe to test baking performance of an electric oven. She lays the batter in pans into the oven. Judges measure the upper and lower limits of browning compared to a reference cake. Engineering test of home freezers in a laboratory. The researchers load freezer with filled cartons. Some have thermocouples inserted. A researcher checks meters and time clocks for current, energy consumption and freezer motor measurements. Researchers compare the amount of two fuels used to cook a farm family meal. (Some scenes with camera closeups have the look of 1940s and 1950s era "housewife" or homemaker scenes)

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031185
Space requirement tests and approval of housing plans as a part of the housing research.

Research work by the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics Service (United States Department of Agriculture). Chief of the Bureau Dr. Hazel K Stiebeling talks about housing research. Domestic science tests on space requirements for kitchen work in the experimental housing laboratory. A researcher checks for the amount of space required to do an efficient job of home canning. An architect completes the perspective drawing for a farm house. The Regional Committee selects a group of plans. Architects and draftsmen prepare the working drawings. Architects and housing specialists check the drawings for functionality.

Date: 1948
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031186
Home Economics and Family Economics functions, research, surveys, and publications; views of late 1940s homemakers

Research work by the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics Service (United States Department of Agriculture). Chief of the Bureau Dr. Hazel K Stiebeling talks about family economics research. Family Economics staff at work in downtown Washington. A staff member reads letters inquiring about money management techniques from families in the U.S. A staff member shows a homemaker mother how to use a food plan. They work out a weekly market list. A teacher gives a lesson in meal planning and food buying to high school seniors. Policy makers use family economic material on milk consumption during a meeting. A representative of the Bureau on a food survey. She talks to a woman at her doorstep, surveys the food in a kitchen. Information on food composition is recorded and evaluated on a sheet. A family eats a meal planned by the family economists. Dr. Hazel K Stiebeling displays various domestic arts and sciences publication for homemaker, housewife, and teachers that include food and housing research results. Other educational material includes information for the press, radio scripts, charts, film slides, motion pictures, and television programs.

Date: 1948
Duration: 4 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031187
Harry S Truman as an officer in the U.S. Army and his birthplace of Lamar in the United States.

President Harry S Truman takes the oath before various U.S. officials in the United States. Sign reads 'Birthplace of President Truman - Lamar.' Buildings and people on the street. Women seated in a garden. Officer Truman stands with other officers of the U.S. Army during World War I. Soldiers in a battlefield in France. Black smoke arises due to the artillery fire and explosions. A trench, soldiers march with the U.S. flag. Truman holds two Madonna statues presented to him during a ceremony in the U.S. An Army officer meets Truman and other officials. Army trucks and artillery during the parade.

Date: 1948, October 18
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031318
Harry S Truman becomes the Vice President and then takes over as President of the United States.

Harry S Truman and other officials work on some documents. Truman's Vice Presidential campaign. People hold boards reading 'Truman for Vice President' during Democratic National Convention of 1944. Vice President Truman with President Franklin D Roosevelt. View of the exterior of the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. Soldiers and horses with Roosevelt's casket during funeral of Franklin D. Roosevelt. A crowd at the Washington Monument. The United States flag at half staff on the White House. Truman addresses the Congress. He talks about cooperation and duty. Nazi German Axis soldiers surrender during World War II in Europe. A large crowd at Broadway celebrates VE Day in New York City. The first atomic bomb mushroom cloud billows into the sky over New Mexico during the Trinity atomic bomb test. Signing of Japanese surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri at the end of World War 2. Japanese official Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs documents, then General Douglas MacArthur signs documents, and presents a pen to General Wainwright standing behind him. An American official takes a seat and goes through some documents. An officer reads documents at a table as soldiers stand by and watch.

Date: 1948, October 18
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031319
Harry S Truman elected as the 33rd President of the United States.

A building on a street. Officers and officials seated inside. Harry S Truman signs a document after being elected as the 33rd President of the United States. A large crowd inside an auditorium. Truman addresses the crowd and talks about the future of United States. Dignitaries from various countries seated during the event.

Date: 1948, October 18
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031320