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Reporters rush out of the Oval Office after President Harry S. Truman announces Japan's unconditional surrender to end World War II.
Reporters rush out of the Oval Office after President Harry S. Truman announces Japan's unconditional surrender to end World War II.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Harry Truman and Secretary of State George Marshall at Adm. Forrest Sherman's funeral in 1951
VS Pres. Harry Truman and US Secretary of State George Marshall at Arlington Memorial Amphitheater for the funeral of Adm. Forrest Percival Sherman; VO military band plays hymns; Truman wears his hat in some shots, Marshall holds his...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Presidential aide Donald Dawson preparing to testify before Senate Banking subcommittee in Washington, DC
VS Donald Dawson, aide to President Harry Truman, sitting at table in front of microphones waiting to testify / shot of small crowd of reporters in room seated at tables waiting / VS subcommittee members seated and waiting / shot of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Harry and Bess Truman at 1949 Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, PA
Game activity between Army Cadets and Navy Midshipmen / WS packed stands at Municipal Stadium / US Military Academy cadet shouts in excitement / VS excited cadets cheer / US Pres. Harry Truman and First Lady Bess Truman smile in the...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Harry S Truman fishes in Puget Sound
President Harry Truman in borrowed sweater, Washington State Gov. Mon Wallgren, and others pass camera / Truman descends ladder to large boat / George Drescher, Nick Bez, Harry S Truman, Mon Wallgren, Costa Lazzaretti in rowboat with...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Harry S Truman finishes speech to 73rd General Conference of the National Guard Association
President Harry S Truman leaves podium at 73d General Conference of the National Guard Association, military officers, dignitaries and flags on dais, as audience applauds, MS officers standing on dais applauding, American flag and other...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Harry S Truman arrives for address to Congress on the steel strike in the summer of 1952
High angle members of Congress and guests rise and applaud as Pres. Harry Truman enters Congress and approaches podium / High angle people in chamber sit / High angle LS president at podium / High angle cameramen at movie cameras / VS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
South Korean President Syngman Rhee meets former President Harry Truman in Independence, MO
Title "World News" superimposed over a spinning globe / President Syngman Rhee waving, title superimposed "Rhee of Korea visits Truman of Missouri" / high angle shot Rhee and wife Franziska Donner walking the sidewalk to former US...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Presidential airplane Independence on runway and President Harry S Truman deplaning in June 1953
President Truman's plane Douglas C-118 "USAF Independence" airplane on runway, Capitol in bkgd / President Harry S Truman, carrying cane and wearing hat, walks down steps of airplane / Note: exact day not known
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Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, meets with Pres. Harry Truman
Title superimposed on Pres. Harry Truman and Eric Johnston meeting in the Oval Office: "Eric Johnston named to 'point four' post" / VS two-shots Truman and Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, sit at Truman's...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Harry S. Truman awards Averell Harriman with the Four Freedoms Award
Title superimposed on W. Averell Harriman and former Pres. Harry S. Truman, "Four Freedoms Award to Gov. Harriman" / A wide view of a stage and the audience in semi-darkness / Truman stands at a podium with microphones and presents a...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Harry Truman attends his last Army-Navy college football game as US President
Superimposed title on midshipmen of the US Naval Academy marching in formation on the field, "Grid Curtain Falls - Navy Beats Army 3rd Year in Row" / VS midshipmen, cadets in formations on field / Pres. Harry Truman and daughter Margaret...
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President Harry Truman signs Bonn peace pact with West Germany
Title Card: "In Kansas City - Truman Signs Bonn Pact" / Kansas City, MO: cameraman– at left photographing President Harry S. Truman about to sign the New German Republic Treaty (Bonn Peace Contract with the West German Republic and a...
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Camera tours newly renovated White House and French Ambassador presents clock to Pres. Harry Truman
Title: "You're Invited: Let's Visit 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" superimposed over Ext of newly decorated White House / MS White House with fountains in foreground / Shot from inside as door man opens doors / Ride-in shot from outside into...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Harry Truman and James Petrillo perform duet on piano and trumpet
Title: "Duet… Truman and Petrillo" superimposed over former president Harry Truman on piano and president of American Federation of Musicians James Petrillo on trumpet / Petrillo and Truman entering hall for federation's convention / WS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Truman visits Democratic Minority at the Capital
Title card, "A man who enjoys a walk ... Remember?" superimposed on former Pres. Harry Truman standing at a bus stop; seen from the rear, the president strides on a sidewalk / Tilt up of his outfit: spectator shoes and a white suit / As...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Three former first ladies - Wilson, Roosevelt and Truman - meet to honor their former White House social secretary Edith Helm
Title: "First Meeting…Three Former First Ladies" superimposed over Eleanor Roosevelt, Edith Wilson, Bess Truman, former social secretary Edith Helm who has written book of her experiences, and Harry S Truman / Exterior Woman's National...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Former US President Harry Truman and wife Bess visit Rome
Title: "People You're Reading About" superimposed over newspaper off press / Title Card: "The Trumans In Rome" superimposed over Harry S. Truman, former U.S. President, walking with cane, sightseeing in Rome / MS Truman walking with...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Mobilization in US for Korean War; Pres. Harry Truman addresses the nation about Korea
Title "The Home Front" superimposed over shot of exterior of US Capitol in Washington, DC / US Congress in session / large crowd of people / 7/19/1950, Washington, DC: President Harry Truman standing at podium getting ready to speak /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Attorney General fires special investigator then resigns
Title card: "McGrath-Morris Year's News Sensation!" / WS corruption investigator Newbold Morris and woman surrounded by news media / CU reporters writing in notebooks / CU Morris / reporters running to phone booths / CU clock / headline...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands visits Washington, DC
Title card: "Washington Welcomes Queen Juliana" / portrait of Netherlands' Queen Juliana and husband Prince Bernhard / title card: "Queen Arrives with Husband Prince Bernhard" / KLM airplane "The Flying Dutchman" taxiing, with United...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
A look at the March 1952 presidential primaries in NH and the process of states choosing delegates for the nominating conventions
Title: "New Hampshire - And After - The Presidential Primaries" superimposed over hands dropping ballots into ballot box / Intertitle: "With an analysis of the complex process of choosing delegates for the nominating conventions." / Pan...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1951 Fourth of July celebrations in Washington DC, Philadelphia, London, Paris, and New Orleans
Title: "1776-1951 America's Message of Independence" superimposed over "Spirit of 76" painting / reenacted Spirit of 76 drummers and fife player marching in parade past reviewing stand in Philadelphia, PA / high angle parade / soldiers...
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Reporters, cameramen and audio technicians rush into the Oval Office, surrounding President Harry S. Truman before he announces victory in Japan to end World War II.
Reporters, cameramen and audio technicians rush into the Oval Office, surrounding President Harry S. Truman before he announces victory in Japan to end World War II.