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Presidents Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower both presided over the early years of the Cold War. This selection of their speeches included Mr. Truman’s 1949 inaugural address, and Ike’s 195…

Intended for foreign audiences, this U.S. Information Service film gives a brief biography of President Truman and documents his 1948 campaign victory over Republican Thomas Dewey.

Noting the anniversary of the start of the Korean War on June 25, 1950 with President Harry Truman’s address to the nation and Joseph Lewis Grappoa’s interview on fighting in the war.

Oral histories with President Harry Truman, President Richard Nixon and President Jimmy Carter. They talked about party politics, the Middle East, and the relationship between the White Hous…

Newsreel highlights of President Harry Truman’s inaugural ceremony on January 20, 1949 . The Universal Newsreel features highlights of President Truman’s only inauguration ceremony. He becam…

At the 1948 Democratic National Convention, President Harry Truman delivered his speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination.

This U.S. Navy World War II combat bulletin begins with the successful test of an atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert and ends with the Japanese surrender ceremony on September 2, 1945. The…

This biographical film on the life of President Harry Truman was made during his first term and includes a visit to his hometown in Missouri, scenes in Washington, D.C., New York City, and S…

This U.S. Office of War Information newsreel reports on a May Day parade in Moscow, the capture of several top Nazi leaders, the liberation and destruction of the Bergen-Belsen concentration…

Presidents Harry Truman, Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter, on the two-party system, the Middlle East, and the relationship between the White House and Congress.

President Lyndon Johnson talked with staff and advisors about the Democratic National Convention, the upcoming election, Medicare and other legislation and civil unrest. Note: Some language…

President Lyndon Johnson talked with advisors and members of Congress about legislation including the Civil Rights and transportation bills, Federal budget spending and cuts and Federal empl…

Archival footage courtesy of ABC of President Johnson’s 1965 Medicare signing ceremony.

Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman is a series of 26 half hour films about Harry S. Truman’s presidency. Each episode of this series features President Truman looking back on his lif…

Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman is a series of 26 half hour films about Harry S. Truman’s presidency. Each episode of this series features President Truman looking back on his lif…

A 1945 “United News” newsreel from the U.S. Office of War Information titled Japan Surrenders shows an overview of Japan at war in the Pacific since 1931 through the celebration of Japan’s s…

Newsreel footage was shown of President Lyndon Baines Johnson signing a Medicare bill into law on July 30, 1965. That legislation was part of President Johnson’s “Great Society” initiative. …

Former President Harry Truman talked about his relationship with the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in a series of outtakes from his television documentary series “Decision: The Conflicts of …

Excerpts were shown from remarks by President Truman announcing the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. President Truman was on board the USS Augusta in the mid-Atlantic on Augu…

A historical clip of when President Truman addressed the nation on why the U.S. must intervene in the Korean War.