President Harry S. Truman appears in an open-top limousine during a motorcade in Taunton, Massachusetts. Riding with him in the car are Massachusetts Governor Paul Dever, and Congressman John F. Kennedy. Truman was in Massachusetts to campaign for Adlai Stevenson for president.
News program that shows how the Soviet Union uses radio propaganda. In this episode, former President Harry S. Truman defends the use of atomic bombs to end World War II.
Former president Harry S. Truman's remarks on receiving honorary degree from the University of Louisville, Kentucky. Recording starts with a brass group playing "Pomp and Circumstance." An unidentified person gives an invocation. A representative of the board of trustees of the University of Louisville authorizes the honorary degree to be conferred. Another unidentified person confers the Doctor of Laws honorary degree upon former president Truman, giving a long list of achievements. Mr. Truman's remarks start around 8:00.