United News №151 (1945)

Funeral of President Roosevelt.

A special train carrying Roosevelt's body from Warm Springs to Washington.

People line the track along the entire route.

Honor guard at Union Station in Washington.

Funeral procession.

Parading troops pay their last respects to their commander-in-chief.

A huge crowd.

Crying people.

For the last farewell to the president, the coffin is placed on the same pedestal where 80 years ago stood the coffin with the body of Abraham Lincoln.

Roosevelt's funeral in Hyde Park (New York).

Ceremonial salute.

Roosevelt's grave.

Truman - the new president of the United States.

Members of his family.

Facts of his biography as a political figure.

Arrival in Washington after the elections, during which he was elected president.

Roosevelt and Truman.

Truman's arrival at the White House as president.

His speech at a joint session of Congress