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.
Harry S. Truman discusses the cabinet meeting following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Sound only.
Eric Sevareid interviews Dean Acheson, who talks about current and past issues. Subjects include the Marshall Mission to China; arms negotiations with the Soviet Union; Acheson's advice to Lyndon Johnson on the Vietnam War; the reasons for Truman's support for Israel; Acheson's relations with Truman; Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, and Kennedy; Dean Rusk, Joseph McCarthy, Alger Hiss; and Acheson's rating of recent world figures.
Newsreel coverage of President Truman at the Navy Day celebration in New York City, including excerpts of his speech. This film also includes excerpts of President Truman's speech before Congress on universal military training.
Attendees of the second Quebec Conference of World War II (codenamed "OCTAGON") pose for an outdoor photograph. Seated from left to right: General George C. Marshall, Admiral William D. Leahy, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, General Sir Alan Brooke, Sir John Dill. L to R standing: two unidentified men, Admiral Ernest King, Sir Charles Portal, General Henry Arnold, and Admiral Andrew Cunningham. The Chateau Frontenac is visible in the distance. The conference was held 12-16 September 1944.