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Mayor Willy Brandt meets with President Kennedy
Mayor of West Berlin Willy Brandt meets with President Kennedy / outside the White House side entrance, car containing Mayor Brandt pulls to a stop in front of a small crowd / pressmen with cameras crowd around the mayor / President...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower arrives for 1953 State of the Union speech before a joint session of the US Congress
Title card: "Paramount News Issue No 49" / title card: "The film record of the State of the Union message presented to President Eisenhower by Paramount News" / title "Paramount News The Eyes and Ears of the World" over logo of stars,...
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Scenes from the first Birthday Balls for Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's birthday in Washington, DC and New York City, 1934
Title cards: "Roosevelt's happiest birthday" / Washington, DC: a pyramidal cake featuring the Presidential Seal stands on a table, with former First Lady Edith Wilson, second from Left, and current First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, second...
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Scenes of military defense in US during first term of President Eisenhower compiled before presidential election of 1956
Aerial shot of offshore radar towers, part of early warning system / shot of offshore towers / two shots of military personnel watching radar screens / VS of antiaircraft missiles being raised on launchers / First Lady Mamie Eisenhower...
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Current US First Lady Bess Truman and incoming First Lady Mamie Eisenhower meet at the White House
Title superimposed on the White House, "Meanwhile - In Washington" / The North Portico; Mamie Eisenhower gets out of a limousine wearing a heavy fur coat and walks past / a group of photographers working / Eisenhower walks inside and...
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President Truman at train station and signing keel at USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine
President Harry S Truman walks on train platform with military officer and other men in suits / LS from behind Truman and men walk around corner past cars parked on street, city bldgs in bkgd, grassy area in fgd / MS Truman and entourage...
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Pres. Dwight Eisenhower addresses 1954 American Legion convention in Washington DC
Title card: "Paramount News Issue No 5" / title "Legion" superimposed over CU medal from New York convention / CU Illinois Legion hat / CU hat reading Hamtramck / CU hat reading Baltimore, MD / CU hat reading North Dakota // title "In...
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4-H Club and Girl Scout representatives visit the White House; Pres. Dwight Eisenhower addresses an NAACP session
Title superimposed on the White House seen through barren trees, "The Camera Eye on Washington Events" / 3/9/1954: Mamie Eisenhower greets young girl scouts / photographers focus on the girls / Mamie stands with the girls, one with blond...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower gives speech at "Forward to '54" dinner in Boston, MA
Two shots of Pres. Dwight Eisenhower standing at podium (with presidential seal) acknowledging applause of audience / VS SOTs Eisenhower comments on his reception, cites a person he admires as saying "always take the job seriously, never...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower addresses the Conference of Governors at the White House
Title "Meeting in Washington;" fade to CU paper reading White House Conference of Governors May 4-5 1953 Room 474 Executive Office Building Washington DC, presidential seal at top; fade to various shots governors at conference table / CU...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Camera tours newly renovated White House and French Ambassador presents clock to Pres. Harry Truman
Title: "You're Invited: Let's Visit 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" superimposed over Ext of newly decorated White House / MS White House with fountains in foreground / Shot from inside as door man opens doors / Ride-in shot from outside into...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Eisenhower hosts Guatemala's President Armas at Fitzsimons Army Hospital and receives Guatemala's flag as a gift
Title: "Up and Around - President's Farewell to Denver Hospital" superimposed over Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas, President of Guatemala, presenting presidential flag to US Pres. Dwight Eisenhower as their wives and others look on / MS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Crowd gathers for lighting of Christmas tree in Washington, DC as Pres. Eisenhower lights up the tree from Gettysburg, PA
[Shaky footage throughout] Title: "Gettysburg to Washington" superimposed over Washington, DC: Tree lit up at night / WS crowd gathered around tree in late afternoon / MS crowds gathered around tree in late afternoon / CU band and choral...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower's first inauguration
Graphics: "Special Release, The Eisenhower Inauguration" with a portrait and the presidential seal at the bottom / Military escort the Eisenhowers; they arrive at the North Portico as dozens of journalists and cameramen watch; Dwight...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Harry Truman addresses youth at Columbia Scholastic Press Association luncheon
Title card: "New York - Student Editors Meet Ex-editor Harry Truman" / WS Waldorf-Astoria Hotel auditorium filled with audience with large stage, many flags behind long speakers' tables / WS students sit at round tables / Truman to...