Motion pictures

From left to right, E. J. Mannix, Nelson Eddy, Ilona Massey, Louis B. Mayer, and an unidentified man celebrating Nelson Eddy's birthday during filming of "Balalaika".

Her Royal Majesty Queen Juliana of the Netherlands meets icons of the motion picture industry on the set of the movie "Plymouth Adventure." From left to right are actors Van Johnson and Spencer Tracy, Queen Juliana, producer Dore Schary, and an unidentified man. From the Department of State Album: "Visit of the Queen of the Netherlands to the United States of America, April 2 to April 21, 1952"

Bess Truman and Harry S. Truman stand with Judge Samuel I. Rosenman outside the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. They arrived for the film premiere of the musical show "Oklahoma."

Distance-view of Harry S. Truman posing at Slover Park in Independence, Missouri, the site of the future Harry S. Truman Library. He is holding architectural drawings of the building with architect Alonzo Gentry, Mayor Robert Weatherford, and Tom Evans (obscured). Taken during filming of "Man From Independence."

Distance view of former President Harry S. Truman posing at site of future Harry S. Truman Library, with Mayor Robert Weatherford (at right). The location is Slover Park in Independence, Missouri. This was taken during the filming of the "Man From Independence." Cameramen are in the foreground.

Former President Harry S. Truman on his morning walk, photographed during filming of "Man from Independence." He is in front of his home at 219 N. Delaware in Independence, Missouri. They are filming "The Man from Independence," a fund raising film for the Harry S. Truman Library.

A crowd of unidentified people are watching the dedication ceremony of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. A bank of film and television cameras stands behind the people.

Stanton Griffis, center, with pipe, stands with unidentified Paramount Pictures executives at the train station.

Left to Right: Three unidentified men, Stanton Griffis, another unidentified man in Sweden. Mt. Griffis, an executive with Paramount Pictures, was negotiating with the Swedes to cease shipping ball bearings to Germany and ship them to the Allies instead.

Stanton Griffis, second from left, with unidentified men in Sweden. Mr. Griffis was in Sweden as a Paramount Pictures executive to aid the Allies in stopping shipments of ball bearings to Germany.