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American Presidents - 33rd-37th Presidents
The Presidency of the United States is the most powerful position in the nation, and is often referred to as the “leader of the free world”. Their power is only equaled by the massive responsibility they hold. They are not always...
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English Essentials - Flying Through Film – Cinematography in the Truman Show (Stage 6, Years/Grades 11-12)
In this second lesson, we’ll explore the art of cinematography. Get ready to fly through our analysis of Peter Weir’s use of cinematographic techniques in The Truman Show. We’ll look at the ways Weir uses cameras to tell this...
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Dwight Eisenhower: I Like Ike (1953 – 1961)
Dwight Eisenhower was the first military hero to become president since Ulysses Grant nearly a century earlier. But the post WWII era was much different from the post Civil War era. The military-industrial complex was taking shape, and...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Harry S. Truman is sworn in as president of US, Albert Einstein, Julius Robert Oppenheimer, atomic experiment
Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the last month of his life, Harry S. Truman is sworn in as president of US, Albert Einstein, Julius Robert Oppenheimer, atomic experiment, no sound
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Harry S. Truman addressing the camera, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, kamikaze pilots, Emperor Hiroito
Harry S. Truman addressing the camera about the atomic bomb, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, casualties, kamikaze pilots in action and briefing, Emperor Hiroito leaves palace on horseback, no sound
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Inauguration of Harry Truman
Chief Justice FREDERICK VINSON administering Oath of Office to US President HARRY S TRUMAN during Inauguration ceremony at East Portico, US Capitol Building / President Truman kisses Bible, then shakes hands with Chief Justice Vinson and...
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Potsdam Conference
Winston Churchill (back to camera) shakes hands with Joseph Stalin / Churchill, Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov, Anthony Eden, President Harry Truman, Clement Attlee, Andrei Vyshinsky, Admiral William Leahy and others shaking hands and...
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Truman addresses Europe's food crisis
President Truman, UNRRA Chief Fiorello LaGuardia, and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson confer on Europe's food crisis / Truman asks Americans to 'eat less' and 'save bread' to help fight starvation abroad / sacks of UNRRA food...
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Hiroshima bomb explosion, Harry S. Truman addressing camera, 1945
Hiroshima bomb explosion, Truman addressing camera about the justification for using the atomic bomb against Japan, 1945, no sound
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Dinner honors House Speaker, Sam Rayburn
Testimonial dinner for House Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas is attended by many party notables, including Ex-President Truman, Adlai Stevenson, Governor W. Averell Harriman of NY, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman, Mrs Woodrow Wilson (Edith...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US President Harry Truman gives speech at the United Nations in NY City on the UN's 5th Anniversary
Title: 'Free World Hails UN 5th Year' superimposed over UN flag waving on flagpole / title card: 'Through the United Nations, which has overcome the challenge of Korea, the world has its only chance to overcome the challenge of The Bomb'...
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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...
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President Harry S. Truman addressing camera and talking with Henry Stimson (?), secretary of war
President Harry S. Truman addressing camera and talking with Henry Stimson (?), secretary of war, no sound
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President Harry S. Truman and Gen. Mark Clark in Oval Office during World War II
Photographers shoot photos of President Harry S. Truman and Gen. Mark Clark during Clark's visit to the Oval Office / MS Truman wears light colored suit, bow tie; he smiles / MS Clark / Note: film has nitrate deterioration
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President Harry S. Truman motorcade passes crowds on 1945 Navy Day in NYC
MS President Harry S. Truman limo drives up street past waving crowd with motorcade behind limo and motorcycle policeman with sidecar / from behind group of motorcycle police drive past crowd and police ensuring crowd stays behind line /...
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President Harry S. Truman reviews US fleet on 1945 Navy Day in NYC
MCU Margaret Truman in fur coat crosses gangway to USS Renshaw followed by several other young women in fur coats then former first lady Edith Wilson and naval officer / MCU First Lady Bess Truman walks across gangway followed by naval...
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President Harry S. Truman speaks from USS Roosevelt and rides through NYC on 1945 Navy Day
VS President Harry S. Truman's motorcade as it goes through NYC and across bridges then comes to a stop / MS crowd and a few police next to Hotel Governor Clinton on 7th Avenue / VS Truman at microphone on deck of the USS Missouri,...
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President Harry S Truman's motorcade in 1945 Navy Day parade and arrival at NY City Hall
VS motorcade with President Harry S. Truman standing in limo surrounded by walking secret service men as it moves past huge crowds on sidewalks, bits of paper flying everywhere / from behind mounted police and drum corps and tuba go past...
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President Harry S. Truman at NYC City Hall for Navy Day festivities in 1945
MS presidential limo with driver sits outside City Hall, Navy band plays on steps, color guard on sidewalk, sailors stand on sidewalk at attention, dignitaries at top of steps salute flag / Tilt down: street route crowded with throngs of...
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Harry S Truman dedicates former President's Room at Union Station as new USO lounge
Title card superimposed on party scene: 'Truman opens 'royal lounge' to VIP's (GI's)' / exterior of Union Station and Columbus Fountain / Truman greeted at car / he gives parcels to Sergeant Irving B. Wait and WAVE Seaman Shirley Burns...
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Senators denounce Truman's dismissal of MacArthur
Two Senators angrily denouncing Truman's dismissal of MacArthur, followed by shots of people on the street offering their opinions. Senators denounce Truman's dismissal of MacArthur on April 09, 1951 (Footage by Getty Images)
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Dace Epermanis, the 150,000th Displaced Person, is welcomed by President Harry S Truman in the Oval Office
Title superimposed over Dace Epermanis (12-year-old girl who is the 150,000 displaced person to arrive in the US) '150,000th D.P. is Welcomed by Truman' / Dace walks up, shakes Pres. Harry Truman's hand in the oval office and curtsies,...
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US bombardment in Japan, devastation in Tokyo, civilians run for shelter, Harry S. Truman addressing camera
US bombardment in Japan, devastation in Tokyo, civilians run for shelter, Harry S. Truman addressing camera
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WASHINGTON DC c.1951 : Reporters obtain a list of American servicemen detained in Korea during wartime as President Truman warns of their validity
WASHINGTON DC CIRCA 1951 : Reporters obtain a list of American servicemen detained in Korea during wartime as President Truman warns of their validity.