People in the News - Plus Home Movie
Begins as black and white Warner-Pathe Newsreel with sound; then spliced in with silent color home movie at 0:48. The newsreel portion is copyrighted material; the home movie portion is in the public domain.
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003
Bob Hope presents a Red Cross pin to President Truman
President Harry S. Truman (left) receives Red Cross pin from entertainer Bob Hope (right) to "kick off" 1948 American Red Cross campaign, with ex-ambassador to Japan Joseph C. Grew (center) looking on.
President Truman getting a Red Cross pin from Bob Hope
From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Joseph C. Grew, and Bob Hope pin a Red Cross on President Truman for the 1948 fundraising campaign.
Bob Hope with Former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman
Entertainer Bob Hope (second from left) visits with Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (second from right) and former President Harry S. Truman (right) at the Truman home. Also present is Joyce C. Hall (left).
Bob Hope with Former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman
Entertainer Bob Hope (left) visits with Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (center) and former President Harry S. Truman (right) at the Truman home.
Live Performance by the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS)
Performers on stage for an Armed Forces Radio Service Command Performance of "Dick Tracy in B-Flat" from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Standing in the front row, from left to right: actor Frank Morgan; actress and singer Judy Garland; singer Patty Andrews; actress, singer, and comedian Cass Daley; singer and actress Dinah Shore; actor and comedian Bob Hope; actor and comedian Jerry Colonna; actor and comedian Jimmy Durante; and actor and singer Frank Sinatra. All others are unidentified.