President Harry S. Truman's Message to the Special Session of the 80th Congress. The President spoke at 12:30 p.m. from the U.S. Capitol building. His address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast. This is the second part of the speech only. For the full speech, see SR61-30.
Senator Harry S. Truman Radio Interview with Jimmy Mack on National Defense, December 14, 1939, from the U.S. Capitol. Truman had just returned on a tour of the Americas to inspect Army posts. He was asked to comment on the various aspects of the National Defense.
President Harry S. Truman's Special Message to the Congress on the Threat to the Freedom of Europe. The President spoke at 12:30 p.m. from the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC. His address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast. First half of audio missing.
President Harry S. Truman's address before a Joint Session of Congress in observance of the 50th anniversary of Cuban independence. The President spoke at 12:17 p.m. In his opening words he referred to Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Speaker of the House of Representatives; Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, President pro tempore of the Senate; Guillermo Belt, Cuban Ambassador to the United States; and Senator Edward Martin of Pennsylvania, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Arrangements. The address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast.
CBS's coverage of the Inauguration of President Harry S. Truman. Commentators include Edward R. Murrow and Charles Collingwood. Arrival of the dignitaries on the platform; music by the Marine band; opening prayer by Dr. Edward Pruden; Star-Spangled Banner by Phil Regan; Justice Stanley Reed administers the oath of office to Vice President Barkley; prayer by Rabbi Samuel Thurman; Chief Justice Fred Vinson administers the oath of office to President Harry Truman; President Truman's Inaugural Address starts around 49:30; benediction by Archbishop Patrick O'Boyle; music by the Marine band.
President Harry S. Truman's annual message to a joint session of Congress on the State of the Union. The President spoke at 12:30 p.m. The address was broadcast nationally. In three parts.
President Harry S. Truman's annual message to the Congress on the State of the Union, Capitol Building, Washington, DC. The President spoke at 1 p.m. His address was broadcast nationally. Original was recorded in three parts.
President Harry S. Truman's annual message to the Congress on the State of the Union, Washington, DC. The President spoke at 1 p.m. from the U.S. Capitol. The address was broadcast over radio and television.
President Harry S. Truman's annual message to the Congress on the State of the Union. Sound recording is in three parts. Most of the address is recorded in parts 1 and 2; part 3 only has the last sentence of Truman's address. The President spoke at 1 p.m. from the Capitol Building. His address was broadcast nationally.