| 00:01:59 1.83 |
FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
FDR'S HOME IN WARM SPRINGS GEORGIA. MILITARY GUARD PACES BACK & FORTH. POLIO VICTIMS IN WHEELCHAIRS & HOSPITAL GURNEYS OUTSIDE HOME, WATCH HEARST RIDE AWAY WITH FDR'S BODY FOR JOURNEY TO FINAL RESTING PLACE. |
| 00:02:23 25.83 |
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S DOG FALA, WALKS ON LEASH BY
ARMY HONOR GUARD. SPECIAL TRAIN WITH FDR'S BODY LEAVES STATION FOR 24 HOUR TRIP TO WASHINGTON. INSIDE TRAIN, MEMBER OF ARMY, NAVY, MARINE AND COAST GUARD STAND AT ATTENTION OVER FLAG-DRAPED COFFIN. |
| 00:02:43 45.83 |
MONTAGE PAN OF SOLDIERS & ENDLESS CROWDS STAND
ALONGSIDE TRACKS ALONG ROUTE OF TRAIN. AS SEEN FROM TRAIN RIDING BY. TRAIN SLOWLY BACKS INTO UNION STATION AT CAPITOL. PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN, JUSTICE WALLACE AND OTHER DIGNITARIES WAIT AT STATION |
| 00:03:29 91.83 |
FLAG-DRAPED COFFIN IS PLACED ON SIX HORSE-DRAWN
CAISSON WITH SIX WHITE HORSES AND ESCORTED BY EVERY BRANCH OF NATION'S ARMED SERVICES AS IT RIDES ENROUTE FROM STATION TO WHITE HOUSE. |
| 00:03:39 101.83 |
GROUPS OF BLACK WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE AMONG
THRONG LINING ROUTE. BLACK CRYING WOMAN WAVES "GOODBYE" WITH HER HANDKERCHIEF. |
| 00:03:54 116.83 |
PLATOONS OF TROOPS OF ALL SERVICES MARCH SLOWLY
BEHIND. AERIAL VIEW OF PROCESSION. PAN OF HUGE CROWD ALONG ROUTE AS SEEN FROM PASSING FUNERAL CAR. MONTAGE WOMEN WIPE TEARS. |
| 00:04:29 151.83 |
CU MAN WIPES HIS TEARS AS CAISSON PASSES.
SERVICEMAN IN CROWD SALUTES. AERIAL VIEW OF CAISSON AND PROCESSION. POLICE MOTORCYCLE ESCORT. |
| 00:05:17 199.83 |
PROCESSION PASSES WHITE HOUSE. COFFIN IS TAKEN
INTO WHITE HOUSE BY MILITARY PALL-BEARERS, FOLLOWED BY MEMBERS OF FAMILY. FLOWER-DRAPED COFFIN RESTS IN EAST ROOM OF WHITE HOUSE. |
| 00:06:03 245.83 |
FDR'S PLUSH GARDEN IN HOME AT HYDE PARK,
NEW YORK, WHERE FDR IS BURIED. TRUMAN, FAMILY AND MILITARY LEADERS STAND AT ATTENTION AS BUGLE BLOWS 'TAPS'. BODY IS LOWERED INTO GRAVE. |
| 00:07:00 302.83 |
GENERAL MARSHALL SALUTES AS HONOR GUARD FIRES
VOLLEYS INTO THE AIR. MRS. ROOSEVELT IS GIVEN FLAG. |
| 00:07:40 342.83 |
HARRY S. TRUMAN: NEW PRESIDENT OF THE U. S.
CU TRUMAN POSES FOR CAMERA. VIEWS OF CAPITOL BUILDING. CU TRUMAN TALKING ON VINTAGE PHONE. |
| 00:08:24 386.83 |
TRUMAN SITS WITH WIFE AND DAUGHTER AT DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION WHERE HE WAS CHOSEN AS VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. TRUMAN POUNDS GAVEL AT CONVENTION SPEAKERS' DAIS. SHOTS AT DELEGATES HOLDING PLACARDS |
| 00:09:05 427.83 |
TRUMAN RIDES WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND WALLACE
IN MOTORCADE DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AFTER WINNING ELECTION IN 1944. TRUMAN CHATS WITH FDR ON LAWN PATIO |
| 00:09:36 458.83 |
CU FLAG AT HALF-STAFF FLIES ON CAPITAL DOME.
TRUMAN ARRIVES AT WHITE HOUSE IN LIMO TO BEGIN WORK. ARRIVING FOR MEETING: GENERAL MARSHALL, SECRETARY OF WAR STIMSON |
| 00:10:06 488.83 |
FLEET ADMIRAL KING ARRIVES
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| 00:10:17 499.83 |
JAMES F. BYRNE, HIGH ROOSEVELT AIDE, SECRETARY OF
STATE STETTINIUS BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY EDEN AND AMBASSADOR HALIFAX ALSO VISIT WHITE HOUSE. |
| 00:10:31 513.83 |
TRUMAN ADDRESSES JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS,
RECEIVES THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE. TRUMAN SPEAKS. |
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Year: 1945
Color: Black & White
Genre: WORLD WAR II
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