Transfer of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence to the National Archives (1952)

This film contains a mix of silent and sound footage.
National Archives Identifier: 12063
Local Identifier: 64.8
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12063

Creator: National Archives and Records Administration

Series: Moving Images Relating to National Archives Activities and Events
Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration

This item was produced or created: December 13, 1952

Scope and Content: This footage shows the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence as they are loaded into an armored truck at the Library of Congress, taken to the National Archives Building in a procession down Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues, and carried up the building's steps. President Harry S. Truman and Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson speak in a ceremony at the National Archives Rotunda on the historic importance of the documents.

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