Preparations for the arrival of U.S. President Harry S. Truman in Kansas City, Missouri. Allied flags on poles. A military band seated in chairs. A man at a rostrum as he works on a microphone. A WAC (Women's Army Corps) band at the ceremony. (World War II period).
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.
President Harry S. Truman's homecoming to Independence, Missouri. He is being honored by the city in the auditorium of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (1001 W Walnut St, Independence, MO 64050, United States). President Truman addresses the gathering during this first trip back to his home area since becoming President. The President exits after speech. U.S. flags on the building. The President gets into his car. Photographers rush to take pictures. Views of the exterior of the Westport Men's Wear clothing store in Kansas City, owned by President Truman's lifelong friend, Edward "Eddie" Jacobson. Secret Service mill about the entrance while the President is inside. A sign above the store sign reads 'Arrow shirts." The President and his party exit the store and reenter his parked convertible.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman speaks at the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Kansas City School of Law at the University of Kansas City (5000 Holmes St, Kansas City, MO 64110, United States), during his first homecoming to Kansas City since becoming President. President Truman behind a rostrum with a sign on it that reads 'University of Kansas City'. The President seated in a chair at the ceremony before speaking. Men and women among the audience. The President at the rostrum addressing the audience.
A motor boat race in the United States. A race of small, one-person, fast motor boats gets underway. A commentator at microphone. A motor boat driver in water after his boat upturns in the water. The driver emerges from the water.
Liberated victims of a Penig Concentration Camp in Germany during World War II. German uniformed medics carry women victims and place them on stretchers. Women lying on litters smile. Stretchers carried inside a hospital. Red Cross ambulances drive down a road. Ambulances pull up at the hospital. Litters unloaded from the ambulance. German medics lead wounded on foot inside the hospital. German nurses at the hospital. The wounded lying in beds. U.S. Army medics examine victims. A medic wraps a bandage around a woman's leg. A medic cleans a wound on a victim's back.
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