FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT [ETC.]

National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39058, LI 208-UN-151 - FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, President Roosevelt's body is placed on a special train at Warm Springs, Georgia. The train is met in Washington, D.C., by Vice Pres. Truman and Henry Wallace. The body is carried by caisson to the White House and reposes there in state. Funeral ceremonies are held at Hyde Park, New York. Part 2, Harry S. Truman attends the 1944 Democratic convention with his daughter, and, as President, receives Lord Halifax, Anthony Eden, Sec. of State Stettinius, Gen. Marshall, Adm. King, Sec. of War Stimson, and James Byrnes at the White House. Also shows Eleanor Roosevelt.