News in Brief: Ike’s Birthday
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 8
- Section Title
- News in Brief
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News in Brief - Ike’s 63rd. Birthday. DESCRIPTION: In the little town of Hershey in Pennsylvania, twenty-five thousand people greeted President Eisenhower on his 63rd birthday. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Ike & Mrs drive in buggy into arena, Ike with reins in hand. Alight amid cheering. Walk up to stage. Large birthday cake rises up out of the floor. Ike lights (starts to) candles. Lights match on seat of his trousers. Shots of the cake lit. CU Mr & Mrs Eisenhower waving, very good.
- Keywords
- Commemorations; Politics and government; Food and cooking; Celebrations and festivals
- Locations
- Pennsylvania; Hershey
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 59936
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 50
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