London Honours General Eisenhower

Series

Series Name

Warwork News

Issue

Issue No.

S15/76

Paramount Issue No.

1492

Date Released

4 Jun 1945

Released by Paramount

18 Jun 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Other Man’s Job: Tanks to Beat Japan
2. 2London Honours General Eisenhower

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 2

Summary

Eisenhower is made a freeman of the City of London. He is seen greeting Churchill and his wife at the Mansion House. Crowds cheer. Eisenhower makes speech from the balcony, thanking the people of London for hospitality shown to American soldiers.

Keywords

Politics and government; Ceremonies; Local government

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Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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