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Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman in Ottawa During a Presidential Visit

Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King (left) speaks with Margaret Truman (second from left); while Governor General of Canada Harold Alexander (third from left) and Margaret Diana Alexander, Countess Alexander of Tunis (third from right), pose with President Harry S. Truman (second from right) and First Lady Bess Truman (right). The Trumans are shown here in Ottawa, Canada, attending a formal white-tie dinner in their honor. The caption of the photo album page reads "A good-will mission completed." From an album called "Visit of President Truman to Ottawa, June 10-12, 1947."

Clifton Daniel Family - Home Movie - 1962

Home movies by Clifton Daniel, showing the activities of his family, Margaret Truman Daniel, Clifton Truman Daniel, and William Wallace Daniel, as well as Margaret's father, former president Harry S. Truman. Shows scenes at the Daniel home in New York, at an unidentified beach, the Truman home in Independence, MO, Central Park in New York, and President John F. Kennedy's motorcade through New York, as seen from the Daniel apartment. The boys dress in costumes throughout the footage.

Interview with Governor William H. Hastie of the Virgin Islands by Mary Margaret McBride

NBC Radio host Mary Margaret McBride visits the Virgin Islands and gives her impressions of the territory. Her interview with Governor William H. Hastie starts on part four of this recording. A discussion of race relations in the Virgin Islands is found on part five. A discussion of President Harry S. Truman's recent visit to the Virgin Islands is found on part seven. Parts nine and ten contain mostly commercials for food products.

Commentary on the Homecoming of President Truman to Independence, Missouri from U.N. Conference

Commentary on the homecoming of President Harry S. Truman to Independence, Missouri from the U.N. Conference in San Francisco. Includes interviews with William Southern (owner of the Independence Examiner newspaper), Henry Bundschu, Mize Peters, and paper boy Johnny Southern. One of the commentators is William Hillman. President Truman does not speak. Recorded in three parts.