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U.S. president Truman greets heads of state, signs Marshall Plan, and speaks at 1948 Democratic campaign convention.

A car arrives at the White House in Washington DC. President Harry S. Truman greets President of Mexico, Miguel Aleman, during state visit of Mexican President to Washington DC on April 29, 1947. Next scene shows President Truman being presented a Jewish Torah by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, first President of the newly declared State of Israel. Exterior view of south side of White House. Truman with Secretary of State, George Marshall, by the fireplace inside the White House. They discuss world affairs looking at a globe. An animated map shows the increasing Soviet Communist influence in Europe. April 3, 1948, President Truman signs the European Recovery Program (ERP), better know as the Marshall Plan, as members of Congressional leadership look on. Sacks of grain being off loaded at a dock in Italy, as part of Marshall Plan aid. Scene shifts to October 6, 1948 with crowd gathered outside the Democratic Convention at Convention Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Convention delegates applaud during President Truman's address. Officials on stage. Truman talks about his sincere desire to promote peace throughout the world. Pictures of Franklin Roosevelt and Alben Barkley on stage. Exterior view of north side of the White House. Truman seated at a table.

Date: 1948
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031323
Charles Lindbergh lands an air mail plane in Columbus after the test run from Newark.

Aviator Charles Lindbergh on an inspection tour of the new coast-to-coast express from Newark to Columbus. Lindbergh in the air mail aircraft cockpit as they fly over the Allegheny Mountains. He looks out at the grey clouds as they fly into a raging snow storm. Tree covered mountains. They fly over fields. Aerial views of landmarks in city in Columbus Ohio. View of airfield in Columbus. The plane lands at Columbus, Ohio after the test run. Colonel Lindbergh and his copilot, Robert S. Leroy (Bob Leroy), exit the plane and pose for the camera.

Date: 1929
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031345
Aviator Charles Lindbergh flies from San Diego to New York.

Aviator Charles Lindbergh flies from the West Coast to New York. Lindbergh works on his plane 'Spirit of Saint Louis' in San Diego, California. Charles Lindbergh in a suit. Mid May: He reaches Curtiss Field in two hops from the West Coast. Aerial view of the Spirit of St Louis preparing to land at Curtiss Field. A large crowd gathered to greet him. Lindbergh lands and taxis in surrounded by crowd of well wishers. He looks out the cockpit window and then climbs out of the plane.

Date: 1927, May
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031350
Student pilots trained in California with a specially designed Lockheed jet aircraft.

Lockheed jet trainer aircraft tested in California. The student and instructor seated in a cockpit of the new Lockheed jet trainer. The jet taxis and takes off. The trainer and instructor seated in cockpit while formation. The jet aircraft lands at Burbank Airport. A parachute opens as the aircraft lands.

Date: 1954, February 23
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069888
Women in the U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) training during World War II

Three Uniformed women in the U.S.Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) arrive at the entrance of a Coast Guard Station, during World War 2. The station includes a light house. Next, a Coast Guardsman explains the light to them as they stand on a platform at its top. Scene shifts to about a dozen SPARS women boarding a Coast Guard training ship. Some of them ascend rope ladders in the ship's rigging. Three of them drive away in a blue Coast Guard jeep, up a dirt road to a waterfront. There, while standing in a boat (unseen but moving up and down) a Coast officer converses with one of them while referring to a chart. The next scene shows the three women on top deck of a Coast Guard Fireboat, where a Coast Guardsman demonstrates one of their firefighting water guns. The water pressure is increased, creating a powerful stream of water. Scene shifts to about 25 SPARS women assembled on a lawn in front of a frame building. A woman officer motions them into formation and reads orders. Next, from viewpoint, above, the formation of SPARS women is seen marching along with Coast Guardsmen in a parade.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069909
Men load freight car wheels aboard a U.S. Merchant Marine ship for delivering it the U.S. Army in Philippines.

A film titled 'Hannibal Victory' depicts how victory ship, SS Hannibal Victory delivered a cargo of 8 railroad locomotives, tenders, flatcars, rails etc. from San Francisco to the U.S. Army in the Philippines. A small boat at the edge of the Mississippi River. A steamboat underway in the Mississippi River. A man stands at a deck of the steamboat. A man operates a navigation wheel. Horn of the steamboat blows. The man operating the navigation wheel. The steamboat underway in the river. A railway bridge across the Mississippi River. A train passes over the bridge. The statue of famous American Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens also known as Mark Twain. Two women walk up steps. A plaque reads about Mark Twain. The statue of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. Traffic on a street. People walk on a pathway. A railroad station. Smoke comes out from locomotives. Wheels of the freight cars. Men assembling the freight car wheels. A close up of the wheel with 'Hannibal' written on it. Animated map depicts the transport of freight car wheels from Hannibal to San Francisco. The wheels are hoisted and taken aboard a U.S. Merchant Marine ship in San Francisco. A man aboard the ship operate the controls. Several views of the wheels loaded aboard the ship. Ships at a port. War supplies are taken aboard a merchant ship. Two men seated in the foreground. A ship with a U.S. flag.

Date: 1946
Duration: 4 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069914