Home Town Welcomes Eisenhower

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1201A
Date Released
12 Jun 1952
Date submitted
9 Jun 1952
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Brm’s Fail Again
  2. 2Curtis Cup for Britain
  3. 3Famechon Masters the Black Flash
  4. 4Coronation Proclamation
  5. 5Home Town Welcomes Eisenhower
  6. 6British Troops in Koje Clean-Up
  7. *Prince Philip Inspects Pipe Band

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Home Town Welcomes Eisenhower. DESCRIPTION: Naturally enough, there was a great welcome in store for General Eisenhower when he returned with his wife to his home-town, Abilene, Kansas. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Eisenhower & wife walk through crowds, lay foundation stone where he used to live. Procession through streets, Eisenhower on balcony of town hall watching procession. Eisenhower at a park meeting, addresses the crowd - pouring with rain. Eisenhower wears mufti.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Weather; Ceremonies; Military
Locations
Abilene; Kansas
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
57315
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
146
Story extras:
Film clip

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