Street scenes of two small towns in America in the 1940's, Lamar Missouri and Independence Missouri. Scenes of small town stores, people downtown, automobiles, church, public school building, birthplace home and neighborhood of Harry Truman. Skyline and street scenes of Kansas City Missouri, railroad workers, business people fashions from the 1940's era.
Images of Harry, Bess, and daughter Margaret Truman having lunch on backyard lawn. Images of Harry Truman, sister Mary, and mother Martha Truman. Images of Harry Truman's brother John Vivian Truman and his son doing farm work.
Black & white silent clips of Franklin Roosevelt oath of office in 1945 and Harry Truman oath of office a few short months later.
Images of Harry Truman arriving by plane in San Francisco, California and attending the United Nations Conference On International Organization. Shows the United Nations Conference or founding of the U. N. in 1945. Skyline New York City, Sheep Meadow of Central Park more than a million people gathered to hear President Truman on Navy Day in 1945.
Images of President Truman boarding the USS Missouri in New York City harbor. Shows large plaque on the USS Missouri where Japan signed the surrender documents bringing WWII to a close. Street scenes of Washington DC, newspaper stand, newspaper headlines of the Times Herald, the Treasury Building, Capitol Building, and White House in the 1940's.
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