Video: 'Truman takes over 1945' (Apr. 16, 1945, at 0:10)

(Monday, April 16, 1945, 1:00 p.m. EWT; during World War II) — U.S. President Harry S. Truman pledged himself today before a joint session of Congress to carry out the war and peace policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died of a stroke four days ago (click here to watch a clip of Apr. 16, 1945, from “American Experience: Truman” at 1:33:52).

Video: 'First Speech to Congress (April 16, 1945)'

Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 24-The Bomb(February–September 1945)' (Apr. 16, 1945, at 15:56)