It’s a centuries-old tradition with origins that are a little... feathery. Some believe it started with Lincoln – not the president, but his son.

Democratic Convention

Philadelphia - Assembling to pick a slate for the Fall elections, over 1,200 delegates engage in typical preconvention hoopla. The keynote speech by Senator Barkley sets the stage for the serious business of...

"Prehistoric" Play

At Grants Pass, Oregon, the "Cave Men" stage a strictly-for-laughs version of a prehistoric ball game in which the pigskin is a real
pig.
Trumans Home For
Christmas
Independence - the President,...

SHOWSTruman's birthplace in Lamar, Mo., still pictures of him in his WWI uniform, and WWI battle scenes. Truman campaignsreviews a military paradeposes with Pres. Roosevelt at the 1944 Demo. conventionaddresses Congressposes aboard the...

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new york: new york holds memorial service for Tru
man.
nxc 46820 "Lindsay - Truman" shows: ls city hall, crowds: cu Lindsay, sof: mcu podium, pan to crowd, "taps" sounded
, bg sof:...

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washington sen lloyd bentson on justice d
ept.
uncut: "sen lloyd bentson" shows: mcu bentson talking at press conf: saying he proposes that the attorney general should be taken out of...

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new york: Truman reac
tion
cuts "Truman reaction" shows: interview with people on th
e street:
(shot 1
2/26/72 100ft)
t
ruman, har
ry - dead
vox pops
xx / 10
0 ft / 16...

CLEAN : Home beckons for America's floating military fortress in Med

1946 Newsreel / Former President Hoover Gives World Famine Report / President Truman and Secretary of Agriculture Anderson sit with Ex-President Hoover / Hoover speaks at a press conference about his findings from his Global trip /...

Title 'Truman Wins!' superimposed over headshot smiling President Harry S. Truman / title card: 'Warner Pathe News records the most stunning political upset in U.S. history as the Democrats win the Senate, House, and White House.' / New...

Story 9, WHISTLE-STOPS - TRUMAN IN FIGHT TO AID CAMPAIGN AGAINST IKE,

200 UN 25-402, 10 Oct 1950 b/w,
sound
06:21:54: General Dwight D Eisenhower with wife Mamie and others in open-topped car on...

Harry Truman standing at podium on East Portico of US Capitol delivering inaugural address, various officials seated behind him / shot of crowd in Capitol Plaza listening to address / Truman delivering address / shot from behind Truman...