Military vehicles on street in Washington D.C
Military vehicles on street in Washington, flag at half-staff on government building in the background.
Military vehicles on street in Washington, flag at half-staff on government building in the background.
The American flag shown flying at half-staff on top of the White House.
President Harry S. Truman takes the oath of office after President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in the Cabinet Room, Executive Offices, at the White House. Left to right: Francis Biddle, Attorney General; Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury (behind Biddle); Edward Stettinius, Secretary of State; Harry S. Truman; Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman; Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior; Margaret Truman; Harlan Stone, Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court; Sam Rayburn, Speaker, House of Representatives.