Harry S. Truman Taking the Oath of Office
Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office at the White House after the death of President Roosevelt. From left to right: Philip B. Fleming, Public Works Administrator; John B.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Vice President-elect Harry S. Truman, and Vice President Henry Wallace seated in the back of a car among a crowd of people greeting them at Union Station in Washington, DC.
Excellent newsreel footage concerning President Truman and the 1948 presidential campaign, election, and inauguration day in 1949.