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| Born: | October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas |
| Died: | March 28, 1969, in Washington D.C. |
| Spouse: | Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower |
"Television came of age during the Eisenhower administration. Join us for the first-ever fully televised cabinet meeting and the first fully broadcast presidential press conference. Experience politics 1952-style as we air revealing excerpts from an hour-long "election-eve" broadcast originally produced for the Republican National Convention. It's a unique window into early political advertising and a Madison Avenue preview of things to come."--Richard Norton Smith
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Programs 1 - 12 of 15
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Campaign 1952
(10 min. 35 sec.)
Color Sound
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May 1952: Newsreel footage depicting various scenes of the 1952 presidential campaign. Discusses importance of daily newspapers, trains (whistle stops), and, more recently, airplanes, in getting the candidates out into the country to speak to voters face to face.
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Eisenhower World War II Composite
(10 min. 27 sec.)
B&W Sound
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June 1944: This 1944 composite film documents the military actions in the days leading up to and following D-Day.
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Eisenhower Family Home Movies
(15 min. 25 sec.)
B&W Silent
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A compilation of Eisenhower family home movies (1923 – 1948) beginning with John Eisenhower at age three or four and continuing through 1948.
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General Eisenhower Inspects Allied Troops
(10 min. 4 sec.)
B&W Sound
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June 1944: In 1944 while preparing for the Allied invasion of Hitler's "Fortress Europe," General and Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower visited Sandhurst, England, to review troops that were to take part in the planned D-Day invasion.
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Atoms for Peace Address to United Nations
(10 min. 10 sec.)
B&W Sound
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1953: President Eisenhower's December 8, 1953, address before the United Nations on the peaceful use of atomic energy. Given at the UN Headquarters, New York City.
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Eisenhower Press Conference #58—News Cameras
(32 min. 25 sec.)
Color Sound
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January 1955: At this press conference, given on January 19, 1955, television, newsreel and newspaper camera equipment were present for the first time throughout a presidential news conference. Prior to this event it had been customary to state the president's replies in indirect discourse only.
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Reasons for the Support of the Republican Party
(4 min. 21 sec.)
B&W Sound
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1956: 1956 campaign speech given by former President Hoover on behalf of the Republican National Committee and the Dwight Eisenhower-Richard Nixon ticket. In his remarks Hoover also encourages voters to elect a Republican Congress, and identifies several challenges facing America.
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Eisenhower Presidential Library Dedication
(13 min. 42 sec.)
Color Sound
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May 1962: On May 1, 1962, presidents, dignitaries and ordinary Americans gathered in Abilene, Kansas, to formally dedicate the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library.
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The Big Picture: The Eisenhower Story
(1 hr.)
B&W Sound
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1950: Biographical film recounting Eisenhower's life from his Texas birth to the family's move to Kansas; appointment to West Point; 1916 marriage; early military career; leadership during the Second World War; presidency of Columbia University; and assuming command of NATO forces in 1950.
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Campaign 1956: Decision for Tomorrow
B&W Sound
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This 1956 campaign film provides an overview of President Eisenhower's first term, including the end of the Korean War, lowering of inflation, the Eisenhower federal highway plan, ending segregation in public schools, and progress in civil rights.
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The President Visits the Navy
(25 min.)
Color Sound
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1957: President Eisenhower traveled to the 1957 Bermuda Conference aboard the USS Canberra. He also spent two days observing naval maneuvers of the coast of Florida. Afterwards, the president took in a round of golf at Newport Country Club before inspecting the atomic submarine Sea Wolf.
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