https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/a518ac07-53af-4dfe-b388-f611837d8484 Dating from some time in the mid-to-late 1940s, this home movie shows scenes of Lima, Ohio and the Soap Box Derby races. The guest of honor this particular year was President Harry S. Truman (or possibly, Vice President Truman), who appears in his famous hat at the 45 second mark. You will also see him in other places in the film, greeting the winners of the race. He also is seen at the 5:50 mark aboard a train, probably doing a whistle stop campaign. At the 6:40 mark the film shows a DC-3 parked at an airport, with various crew shown. At the 7:30 mark you will see a circus parade with a calliope, horses, elephants and more. This is the Cole Brothers Circus. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4utAh1Yqbc Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:29:42 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/a518ac07-53af-4dfe-b388-f611837d8484 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.